click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
concepts of nursing
Culture and the nursing process
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What facet of nursing is being considered when nurses focus on human caring-associated differences and similarities among the beliefs, values, and patterned ways of cultures? | Transcultural care |
| The nurse alerts the health care provider about a female patient’s cultural preference for only female health care providers for examination. Which cultural behavior is being demonstrated by the nurse? | Openness |
| Which nursing model or theory holds the basic tenet that people are connected to their cultural backgrounds, social constructs, world-views and environmental context? | Leininger's sunrise model |
| nurse is working with a Jehovah’s Witness patient who is refusing blood transfusion, despite low hemoglobin. The nurse does not agree with her decision but she respects her patient’s religion. Which behavior is the nurse demonstrating? | Cultural competence |
| Which nursing action shows cultural competence? | Teaching an Asian male's adolescent daughter how to change his dressing |
| Which statement relates more to Latin culture rather than Asian culture? | Traditional diagnoses and treatments are categorized as "hot" or "cold." |
| Which cultural issue is the patient most likely to hide from the nurse? | Illiteracy |
| Which model is applied when the nurse assesses the coping strategies of a patient from a different culture? | 4 C's of culture |
| Which model is demonstrated when nurses collect information about the six cultural domains? | Giger and Davidhizar's Transcultural Assessment Model |
| When assessing the patient, the nurse asks, “What is your role in the family unit?” Which cultural domain is the nurse assessing? | Social orientation |
| The nurse is assessing an African American patient who states that her illness was caused by conflict with her brother. By discussing this belief with the patient, the nurse is assessing which domain? | Health beliefs |
| The nurse is caring for a Native American patient newly diagnosed with lung cancer, who smokes his own tobacco. Which of the Leininger’s strategies is most recommended for the nurse? | Cultural care restructuring |
| The nurse completed discharge teaching with an Asian male. The patient’s wife arrived and was upset that she was not present for the teaching. Which consideration did the nurse fail to realize? | Family |
| The nurse observes a surgeon explaining a surgical procedure in English to a patient she knows to only understand Spanish and getting her to sign the consent form (written in English). What action should the nurse take based on this observation? | Speak with the surgeon and offer to find a Spanish interpreter. |
| Which statement by the nurse when giving report on a Middle Eastern patient shows cultural competence? | "He doesn't wear deodorant but he has a fever, so you may notice a slight odor despite his morning bath." |