Exam 3: Cultural and Spiritual Considerations

The nurse educator discusses the expectations concerning the acceptance of a client's cultural beliefs with new nurses. Which statement made by the nurse should the educator recognize indicates the need for further teaching?

The nurse is preparing an educational program for the staff on cultural considerations. The nurse includes the following definition: "The adoption and incorporation of characteristics, customs, and values of the dominant culture by those new to that culture." Which term should the nursing staff understand this definition is being referred to?

The nurse is assessing a client's spiritual strengths using the interpretive framework from a narrative spiritual assessment. Which question should the nurse ask the client to assess their communion?

The nurse manager is discussing cultural considerations with a group of staff nurses. Which statements by the staff nurses indicate an appropriate understanding of cultural concepts? Select all that apply.

The nurse has asked a client if there is anyone else that should be included in the nutritional conversation. Which should the nurse recognize is the cultural importance eliciting this information?

The nurse is caring for an older adult Native American client who is experiencing severe chest pain. The client is accompanied by a tribesman at the insistence of the client. The tribesman tells the nurse that their culture teaches acceptance of death as part of the natural cycle of life and that treatments must be stopped. The client's son insists that his father be treated and states he feels the tribe's teachings are antiquated. Which action by the nurse is the most appropriate?

The nurse has provided discharge teaching using an interpreter for a non-English-speaking client. Which additional material should the nurse provide the client?

The nurse is caring for a non-English speaking client suspected of having food borne illness. Which information should the nurse focus on?

The nurse is assessing an adolescent client fluent in English that immigrated to the United States at the age of

The nurse would like to explore to what extent acculturalization has impacted the diet of a client that has recently immigrated to the United States. Which question should the nurse ask the client?