Exam 7: Cultural Implications for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

Which communication techniques would be most effective for a nurse to use during an assessment interview with an adult Aboriginal patient?

Which questions should the nurse ask to determine an individual's world view? Select all that apply.

To provide culturally competent care, the nurse should do which of the following?

A nurse begins work in an agency that provides care to members of a minority ethnic population. The nurse will be better able to demonstrate cultural competence after doing which of the following?

A patient who has been hospitalized for 3 days with a serious mental illness says, "I've got to get out of here and back to my job. I get 60 to 80 messages a day, and I'm getting behind on my email correspondence." What is this patient's perspective about health and illness?

The nurse should be particularly alert to somatization of psychological distress among patients whose cultural beliefs include which of the following? (select all that apply)

The nurse would increase the distance of personal space when interacting with a patient who is of which of the following origins?

MATCHING Match the culture-bound syndrome with the patient most likely to experience it. A cultural heritage may be used for more than one syndrome. Patient's Cultural Heritage -Ataque de nervios

Which intervention best demonstrates that a nurse correctly understands the cultural needs of a hospitalized Asian Canadian patient diagnosed with a mental illness?

A nurse prepares to assess a newly hospitalized patient who moved to Canada 6 months ago from Somalia. The nurse should first determine which of the following?

MATCHING Match the culture-bound syndrome with the patient most likely to experience it. A cultural heritage may be used for more than one syndrome. Patient's Cultural Heritage -Ghost sickness

A nurse prepares to teach important medication information to a patient of Middle Eastern descent. How should the nurse manage the teaching environment?

A patient in the emergency department shows a variety of psychiatric symptoms, including restlessness and anxiety. The patient says, "I feel sad because evil spirits have overtaken my all of me-they think for me and they do things I would not normally do." Which world view is most applicable to this individual?

A patient diagnosed with depression tells the nurse, "There's nothing you can do. This is a punishment. The only thing I can do is see a healer." A religious world view perspective would indicate which of the following?

A Vietnamese patient's family reports that the patient has wind illness. Which menu selection will be most helpful for this patient?

A patient of Asian descent has a diagnosis of depression. A colleague tells the nurse, "This patient often looks down and is reluctant to share feelings. However, I've observed the patient spontaneously interacting with other black patients." Select the nurse's best response.