Exam 6: Cultural and Ethnic Considerations

Which health belief system focuses on restoring balance with physical,social,and metaphysical worlds?

The nurse is preparing an Orthodox Jewish patient's tray during Passover.What intervention is appropriate for this patient?

Following the death of a Presbyterian infant,the nurse should help arrange for __________.

The nurse is caring for a Chinese American patient.How should this nurse demonstrate cultural awareness?

What should the culturally sensitive nurse do for a Muslim woman being treated in the hospital? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse from New York City is caring for a patient from Atlanta,Georgia.What difference between the nurse and patient may cause them to experience difficulty in communicating?

A nurse is caring for a patient who is a Latter-Day Saint.The nurse is aware members of this faith may wear sacred undergarments.What intervention is appropriate for the nurse caring for this patient?

The nurse is caring for a Mexican American patient who is in labor.How can this nurse best demonstrate cultural sensitivity?

A nurse is caring for a neonate born to observant Orthodox Jewish parents.Who can the nurse anticipate will name the neonate?

What is the term for a generalization about a form of behavior,an individual,or a group?

A nurse working in a long-term care facility is admitting an 85-year-old resident of Hispanic descent diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.What should this nurse take into consideration when caring for the resident? (Select all that apply.)

Culture varies from patient to patient.Why is it important that the nurse understand and accept each person as an individual?

What is the term used to describe cultures in which women make decisions about health care and provide the care and discipline to the children?

The father of an American Indian has just died.What should the nurse do immediately after death?

A nurse is caring for an Orthodox Jewish woman immediately after she has given birth.What can the nurse expect regarding the spouse's participation in his wife's care?

Which health belief system is commonly referred to as "third-world" beliefs and practices?

The nurse is caring for an African-American patient.Who would the nurse expect to be the primary decision maker in the patient's family?

A nurse is caring for a female neonate born to observant Orthodox Jewish parents.What book does the nurse know will be used when naming this neonate?

Which health belief system includes a belief of a supernatural force exerting influence to cause health or illness?

What is the term for a group of people who share a common social and cultural heritage based on shared traditions,national origin,and physical and biological characteristics?