Exam 3: Culturally Competent Care

An 82-year-old Asian American patient tells the nurse that she has lived in the United States for 50 years. The patient speaks English but lives in a predominantly Asian neighborhood. The nurse will need to

A new RN graduate is assessing a newly admitted non-English-speaking Chinese patient. The charge nurse should intervene if the new RN's first action is to

The best example of culturally appropriate nursing care when caring for a newly admitted patient is

While talking with the nursing supervisor, a staff nurse expresses frustration that a Native American patient always has several family members at the bedside. The most appropriate action by the nursing supervisor is to

When performing a cultural assessment with a patient of a different culture, the nurse's first action should be to

A Hispanic patient complains of abdominal cramping caused by empacho. The nurse's first action should be to

To determine a patient's cultural practices regarding communication and eye contact, the nurse should

If an interpreter is not available when a patient speaks a language different from the nurse's language, it is appropriate for the nurse to

A family member of an elderly Hispanic patient admitted to the hospital tells the nurse that the patient has traditional beliefs about health and illness. The best action by the nurse is to

When doing an admission assessment for a patient, the nurse notices that the patient pauses before answering questions about the health history. The most appropriate action by the nurse is to

When planning care for a hospitalized patient who uses culturally based treatments, the most appropriate action by the nurse is to

When planning health care for a community with a large number of recent immigrants from Asia, the most important intervention for the nurse to include is