Giger: Transcultural Nursing, 6th Edition
Giger & Davidhizar's Culturally Competent Test Bank: NCLEX-RN
Review
Chapter 16: Chinese Americans
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A Chinese American client with an anxiety disorder tells the nurse she thinks her
symptoms began when her energy became imbalanced. When the nurse asks what ideas
the client has about ways of treating the imbalance, the nurse should expect the client to
suggest a plan for:
A Eating special foods.
.
B Taking psychotropic medication.
.
C Undergoing cognitive behavior therapy.
.
D Having a native healer perform a ritual.
.
ANS: A DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
KEY: Nursing Process: Planning
MSC: NCLEX Category: Psychosocial Integrity
2. The nurse is admitting a Chinese American client who subscribes to the theory of yin
and yang. Because of this the nurse needs to:
A Determine the Chinese dialect the client uses.
.
B Ask the client to express her feelings.
.
C Explain the importance of therapeutic touch.
.
D Assess what type of self-treatment was used.
.
ANS: D DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
KEY: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX Category: Psychosocial Integrity
3. While caring for the Chinese American client, the nurse needs to be particularly alert
to possible side effects of which classification of drugs?
A ACE inhibitors
.
B Psychotropic medications
Giger & Davidhizar's Culturally Competent Test Bank: NCLEX-RN
Review
Chapter 16: Chinese Americans
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A Chinese American client with an anxiety disorder tells the nurse she thinks her
symptoms began when her energy became imbalanced. When the nurse asks what ideas
the client has about ways of treating the imbalance, the nurse should expect the client to
suggest a plan for:
A Eating special foods.
.
B Taking psychotropic medication.
.
C Undergoing cognitive behavior therapy.
.
D Having a native healer perform a ritual.
.
ANS: A DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
KEY: Nursing Process: Planning
MSC: NCLEX Category: Psychosocial Integrity
2. The nurse is admitting a Chinese American client who subscribes to the theory of yin
and yang. Because of this the nurse needs to:
A Determine the Chinese dialect the client uses.
.
B Ask the client to express her feelings.
.
C Explain the importance of therapeutic touch.
.
D Assess what type of self-treatment was used.
.
ANS: D DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
KEY: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX Category: Psychosocial Integrity
3. While caring for the Chinese American client, the nurse needs to be particularly alert
to possible side effects of which classification of drugs?
A ACE inhibitors
.
B Psychotropic medications
