Giger: Transcultural Nursing, 6th Edition
Giger & Davidhizar's Culturally Competent Test Bank: NCLEX-RN
Review
Chapter 9: Mexican Americans
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nurse is admitting an elderly Mexican woman who has cellulitis of her lower leg.
She has been applying a homemade poultice to her leg for a week and refuses to remove
it during the admission assessment. The nurse should first:
A Remove the poultice in order to assess the lower leg.
.
B Inform the physician that the client won’t remove the poultice.
.
C Ask the client about the wound and how the poultice has worked for her.
.
D Instruct the client that her leg won’t heal until she follows the doctor’s orders.
.
ANS: C DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
KEY: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. The nurse is admitting a 40-year-old Mexican patient who does not speak English.
The nurse needs to obtain assessment data. The best way to do this is to:
A Use the 10-year-old daughter who is in the room and knows English.
.
B Call for an interpreter.
.
C Use an adult family member who is in the waiting room.
.
D Ask the patient’s roommate who speaks Spanish if she will translate.
.
ANS: B DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
KEY: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
3. In discharge-teaching a Mexican client about nutrition, the nurse considers that the
basic grain used in the Mexican food pattern is:
A Rice.
.
B Corn.
.
Giger & Davidhizar's Culturally Competent Test Bank: NCLEX-RN
Review
Chapter 9: Mexican Americans
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nurse is admitting an elderly Mexican woman who has cellulitis of her lower leg.
She has been applying a homemade poultice to her leg for a week and refuses to remove
it during the admission assessment. The nurse should first:
A Remove the poultice in order to assess the lower leg.
.
B Inform the physician that the client won’t remove the poultice.
.
C Ask the client about the wound and how the poultice has worked for her.
.
D Instruct the client that her leg won’t heal until she follows the doctor’s orders.
.
ANS: C DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
KEY: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. The nurse is admitting a 40-year-old Mexican patient who does not speak English.
The nurse needs to obtain assessment data. The best way to do this is to:
A Use the 10-year-old daughter who is in the room and knows English.
.
B Call for an interpreter.
.
C Use an adult family member who is in the waiting room.
.
D Ask the patient’s roommate who speaks Spanish if she will translate.
.
ANS: B DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
KEY: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
3. In discharge-teaching a Mexican client about nutrition, the nurse considers that the
basic grain used in the Mexican food pattern is:
A Rice.
.
B Corn.
.
