Exam 14: Cultural and Spiritual Aspects of Patient Care

A patient who is Native American and visiting a health care clinic for the first time keeps his eyes on the floor and seldom makes eye contact with the nurse. The nurse would be correct in thinking that the patient:

The nurse understands that acupuncture and acupressure are alternative therapies based on:

An example of an ethnocentric remark would be:

Although the words spirituality and religion are often used interchangeably, spirituality actually refers to which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

David is a nurse who is caring for a patient who is in the process of gender reassignment. He has strong beliefs against this and discusses with the patient his strong beliefs. This is an example of which of the following?

A resident in a skilled nursing facility indicates that she is an agnostic and is afraid of what will happen to her when she dies. An appropriate nursing intervention for this patient is to:

The nurse is aware that cultural influences shape the worldview of all people, which define for each person the concepts of the: (Select all that apply.)

A nurse who practices in a culturally competent manner is one who is able to:

The nurse is sensitive to the fact that Hispanics believe that some foods and fluids have "hot and cold" properties that affect their health by:

A nurse is caring for a postpartum patient who adheres to the beliefs of Orthodox Judaism. The question that would be the most culturally sensitive would be:

A nursing instructor is educating a group of nursing students about cultural values practiced by Arab Americans. The nursing instructor would recognize the need for further patient education if a nursing student states, "I will:

A Roman Catholic patient going to surgery for an emergency cesarean delivery is afraid the baby may not survive, and because she is Roman Catholic, she asks you to be sure that the baby is baptized when it is born. Your response to her should be:

A 76-year-old Hispanic woman is in the skilled nursing facility where she is to participate in a rehabilitation program following a hip replacement. She is alert, oriented, and cooperative but speaks only Spanish; her adult children interpret for her when they are present. The nurse plans the most effective way to communicate with this patient is to:

Protestant denominations that use their own holy books in addition to the Bible include: (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is caring for a patient of the Muslim faith. The nurse would send the food tray back if it contains:

A person who believes and practices the Christian Science religion is most likely to:

A nurse caring for a newborn of Eastern European Jewish ancestry is aware that this patient is predisposed to:

Laura is a nurse who is not answering the requests of a patient based on the fact that she is scheduled for an abortion. This is an example of:

The term developed to describe care that recognizes cultural diversity and that is sensitive to the cultural needs of the patient is _________.

Persons of African extraction are predisposed to the three disorders of ____________, _____________, and _______________.