Exam 6: Cultural Aspects of Nursing Care

The nurse is clearing the bedside area to give a bed bath to a Muslim woman the day after a cesarean section.The culturally sensitive nurse would:

The nurse has scheduled a specific time for a group of Latino patients who are diabetic to come for diabetic teaching,but the group does not come until almost an hour later.The culturally competent nurse is aware that:

When many cultures and subcultures exist within the same society,as they do in the large cities of the United States,these groups are referred to as:

A nurse,who is leading a discussion with a group of residents of a Jewish long-term care facility to discuss dietary laws and other religious practices,anticipates that the most prominent need of these patients would be:

The nurse is aware that slow drug metabolism,which can cause oversedation with some tranquilizers and sedatives in individuals of other cultures,is a characteristic of:

The process in which children mature and take on the values of their families and their society is called ____________________.

At the request of the family,the instructor makes an assignment change for a black male student who had been assigned to take care of a postpartum Muslim woman.The culturally competent nurse is aware that the request by the family was made because:

The nursing assistant reports to the nurse,"That Hindu guy in room 4 doesn't respond,but he is breathing and his skin is warm and dry." The culturally sensitive nurse recognizes this event as a probable:

The nurse explains that a Hindu refers to the record of his or her life and its accomplishments as ____________________.

As breakfast trays are served,a Catholic patient asks the nurse to take it away,because a priest is coming to administer Communion.The response by the nurse should be:

The Orthodox Jewish patient has died at 3 AM on a Wednesday and no family member was present.Before the family arrives,the culturally competent nurse should:

Many Latino individuals believe in alternate health care practices,among which are: (Select all that apply.)

A Filipino man is admitting his elderly mother to a long-term care facility for custodial care.During the intake interview,the man is alternately tearful and defensive.The culturally competent nurse assesses the labile behavior as being related to the Filipino belief that:

A practicing Hindu patient is dying but has orders for a full diet.However,the patient will accept only soups.The nurse should order which one of the following from the diet kitchen?

Two licensed practical/vocational nurses (LPN/LVNs)are colleagues on the same medical-surgical floor.They went to the same LPN/LVN school.When on break time,they discuss the holistic entries of the nursing care plans they are helping create.This behavior is an example of:

The home health nurse prepares to teach a Hispanic patient who neither speaks nor reads English how to measure and administer insulin.The most helpful teaching tools would be a(n):

The young Asian wife of a businessman recently transferred to the United States is brought to the hospital for an emergency appendectomy.The nurses make every effort to plan correct care.The integration of cultural concepts into the nursing care plan is known as which one of the following?

To help with effective planning for the delivery of transcultural nursing care,the nurse selects an approach that asks the:

The nurse learns at report that the patient is a member of a Seventh-Day Adventist group.At mealtime,which of the following trays should be served to this patient?

Transcultural nursing care is expected for every patient.To provide this type of care,the nurse needs to understand the practices of the predominant cultures of those groups in the health care geographic area that would require the nurse to be aware that: