Exam 6: Cultural Aspects of Nursing Care

The Asian theory of hot and cold as a source of illness is based on the imbalance of the four ____________________.

After a Jewish woman has given birth and returns to her room,the husband arrives with a camera.The culturally sensitive nurse would say:

A patient of Chinese descent is in the community clinic for treatment of his arthritis.The patient tells the nurse that his disease is a "hot disease." The nurse assesses that he is referring to the hot-cold theory,which holds that hot diseases are caused by:

A nurse who is caring for a young woman who is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon)would offer an appropriate snack of:

A Japanese patient,hospitalized for arteriosclerotic heart disease and hypertension,is allowed to have a regular diet with cultural provisions of Asian food.A diuretic,antibiotic,bronchodilator,and vasodilator have been prescribed.The medication that would be hampered by an Asian diet would be a(n):

The nurse should make her care plan to include considerations of cultural similarities that are:

A severely injured adult man is brought into the emergency department after an automobile accident and is given two units of O-negative blood while waiting for a cross-match to be completed for the other four units of blood that the physician has ordered.The nurse discovers a card identifying the man as a Jehovah's Witness.The nurse should: