1. According to Spector’s model, he following would be included in a cultural assessment:
A. finances and family accounts
B. medical condition, and patient problems
C. religion and ethnicity
D. psychiatric history and current adaptation

2. Suggestions to manage a culturally diverse team include:
A. identify which culture is preferred
B. exclude those having difficulty with problem solving
C. confront, acknowledge, and work with prejudices
D. use assumptions about membership when there is no time to investigate

3. Spiritual distress can be defined as:
A. readiness for enhanced spiritual well being
B. participating in an organized belief system of worship
C. following rituals that are meaningful to patients but not valued by others
D. questioning purpose of life and its meaning

Answers to Study Questions

1. C. Spector’s model regarding a cultural assessment include: space, culture, social organization, communication, time, religion, ethnicity, environmental control, and biological variations.

2. C. There are six dimensions of diversity defined in the text including: age, gender, ethnicity/culture, physical abilities, race, sexual/affectional orientation. Often team members have many different dimensions that require skill to manage. Although there is no best way to work with multicultural teams, it is best to strive to understand and identify issues so that they can be discussed and worked through.

3. D. Spiritual distress can include multiple behaviors which patients may exhibit. Distress may be seen as patients and refusing religious practices, seeking unusual assistance rather than the norm, or questioning life’s purpose and meaning.