Exam 5: Cultural Issues

A parent said, "My child had mal ojo, so I did not give her the medicine for an ear infection." The nursing diagnosis of noncompliance was documented by the nurse who saw the child last.A culturally competent nurse should recognize that the situation occurred because of what factor?

The nurse can expect the parent of a child with mal ojo (evil eye) to believe that the effects of the spell can be broken after what intervention?

A patient of Hispanic descent is hospitalized with depression.Considering the traditional cultural world view, which intervention is most applicable to care planning for this patient?

A nurse is scheduled to interview a new patient, a Muslim college professor from the Middle East.Which action by the nurse would support cultural competence?

An African-American patient tells a nurse with a European-American worldview, "There's no sense talking.You wouldn't understand because you live in a white world." What is the nurse's best response In order to build the nurse-patient relation?

A clinic nurse encounters many patients who request acupuncture, nutritional therapies, moxibustion, cupping, and coining.The nurse understands that these patients are seeking to restore what personal characteristic?

A nurse cares for a first-generation American whose family emigrated from Germany one generation ago.This patient would probably have which worldview about the source of knowledge?

A nurse begins work at an agency that provides care to members of a minority ethnic population.What intervention should the nurse implement to demonstrate cultural competence?

A nurse is assigned to an outreach program on a Native-American reservation.Which tenet should the nurse consider when communicating with the consumers with an ecologic worldview?

A nurse prepares to assess a newly hospitalized patient who moved to the United States 6 months ago from Somalia.What issue should the nurse focus upon initially?

A nurse cares for a Chinese-American patient diagnosed with major depression.After the nurse reviews the therapeutic regimen with the patient, which intervention should be implemented next?

A Korean-American patient showed rare eye contact.This nursing diagnosis was formulated: Chronic low self-esteem related to shame and guilt as evidenced by lack of eye contact.Interventions were sought to improve the patient's self-esteem, but after 3 weeks the patient's eye contact was unchanged.What is the accurate analysis of this scenario?

A Chinese-American infant is seen in a well-baby clinic.The parent reports that the baby is irritable and not eating well.The nurse notices several skin abrasions on the thighs and upper arms.What is the nurse's most appropriate initial intervention?

A nurse cares for patients who recently immigrated to the United States.The nurse would expect patients from which countries to hold relational worldviews? (Select all that apply.)

At the time of discharge, a patient with a European-American analytic worldview demands copies of all medical records.Which truth about the patient's values most accurately explains the patient's behavior?

A nurse notes abrasions on a baby's thighs and determines that skin scraping has been used by the parents.In an effort to use cultural negotiation, the nurse should implement which intervention?

A psychiatric nurse leads a medication education group for Hispanic outpatients.This nurse holds an analytic worldview and uses pamphlets as teaching tools while keeping sessions short and concise.After the group session, what conclusion will the patients most likely arrive at regarding the session based on their likely relational worldview?

A Hispanic parent reports, "An old woman gave my baby the evil eye." After it's determined that the infant is physically healthy.What intervention will be most culturally competent in resolving the parent's concern?

A Hispanic patient says, "I have no energy and cannot eat.I want to sleep but can't, because pain moves around different parts of my body." A physical examination reveals no pathology.The nurse should hypothesize that the patient may be experiencing which culturally bound illness?

The nurse administers medications to a culturally diverse group of patients on a psychiatric unit.What expectation should the nurse have about pharmacokinetics?