Culture, Spirituality, and
Alternative/Complementary
Modalities with complete
solutions
The nurse is performing an admission assessment of a new client. When
assessing potential cultural influences on the client's care, the nurse
should address what domains? Select all that apply. - answer -Decision-
making processes
-Nutrition
-Communication
-Expressions of pain
The nurse has observed that a client who identifies as a Mormon has
drunk the coffee that was on the breakfast tray. How should the nurse
best interpret this observation? - answer The client's personal religious
practices may differ from those of the larger religious group.
An elderly Jewish client received a lunch tray that consists of a
cheeseburger, French fries, and an apple. The client tells the nurse to
remove the tray. What is the nurse's understanding of why the client
wants the tray removed? - answer Clients of the Jewish faith do not allow
the mixture of dairy and meat.
A client is resting in bed. The nurse visits the client to reassess the
client's pain. The nurse notices that a visitor is in the room and is touching
the client in various places on the client's body. The nurse understands
that this type of practice is called: - answer therapeutic touch.
A client with diabetes comes to the clinic for a follow-up visit. During the
visit, the client, who is Jewish, tells the nurse that a holiday will be coming
up next week that requires the client to fast for the day. The client takes
an oral antidiabetic medication daily and checks blood glucose levels twice
, a day. Which response by the nurse would be most appropriate? - answer
"Tell me more about what is involved so we can plan for this better."
The nurse is setting goals for end-of-life care with a client who states, "I'm
not a religious person, but I consider myself a spiritual person." Based on
this conversation, what is the best question to ask about the client's
spirituality? - answer "What are the beliefs that guide your daily
decisions?"
A client in home hospice care verbalizes to the caregiver a desire to meet
with the client's minister. The caregiver does not want the minister to visit
or to interact with the minister because of different values and beliefs and
asks the home health nurse how to handle this situation. To prevent
further disagreement between the client and caregiver, what is the best
recommendation for the nurse to implement? - answer Arrange for an
alternative caregiver to be available for the client when the minister
visits.
The parent of an Indonesian young adult reports through an interpreter to
the nursing supervisor that the staff nurse sometimes shouts at the client.
The nurse tells the supervisor that she has not been shouting at the client.
What would the supervisor expect to note after observing a care
interaction between the staff nurse and the young adult adolescent client?
- answer There is a language barrier present.
A newly admitted client with bone cancer tells the nurse that the folk
healer has not been able to help him. What principle of culturally
competent care will the nurse keep in mind during the client's
conventional medical course of treatment? - answer All people have the
right to care based on their personal preferences and values.
A client with a history of posttraumatic stress is panting and breathing
heavily while shouting out some strange words. The nurse reviews the
nursing assessment and understands that the client is practicing a form of
relaxation called power breathing. The best action for the nurse to take is
to: - answer allow privacy, but check on the client frequently.
The nurse is caring for a client who is a recent immigrant from China.
Through the hospital interpreter, the client expresses an unwillingness to
eat the fried fish that was on the meal tray, describing it as "too hot."
Alternative/Complementary
Modalities with complete
solutions
The nurse is performing an admission assessment of a new client. When
assessing potential cultural influences on the client's care, the nurse
should address what domains? Select all that apply. - answer -Decision-
making processes
-Nutrition
-Communication
-Expressions of pain
The nurse has observed that a client who identifies as a Mormon has
drunk the coffee that was on the breakfast tray. How should the nurse
best interpret this observation? - answer The client's personal religious
practices may differ from those of the larger religious group.
An elderly Jewish client received a lunch tray that consists of a
cheeseburger, French fries, and an apple. The client tells the nurse to
remove the tray. What is the nurse's understanding of why the client
wants the tray removed? - answer Clients of the Jewish faith do not allow
the mixture of dairy and meat.
A client is resting in bed. The nurse visits the client to reassess the
client's pain. The nurse notices that a visitor is in the room and is touching
the client in various places on the client's body. The nurse understands
that this type of practice is called: - answer therapeutic touch.
A client with diabetes comes to the clinic for a follow-up visit. During the
visit, the client, who is Jewish, tells the nurse that a holiday will be coming
up next week that requires the client to fast for the day. The client takes
an oral antidiabetic medication daily and checks blood glucose levels twice
, a day. Which response by the nurse would be most appropriate? - answer
"Tell me more about what is involved so we can plan for this better."
The nurse is setting goals for end-of-life care with a client who states, "I'm
not a religious person, but I consider myself a spiritual person." Based on
this conversation, what is the best question to ask about the client's
spirituality? - answer "What are the beliefs that guide your daily
decisions?"
A client in home hospice care verbalizes to the caregiver a desire to meet
with the client's minister. The caregiver does not want the minister to visit
or to interact with the minister because of different values and beliefs and
asks the home health nurse how to handle this situation. To prevent
further disagreement between the client and caregiver, what is the best
recommendation for the nurse to implement? - answer Arrange for an
alternative caregiver to be available for the client when the minister
visits.
The parent of an Indonesian young adult reports through an interpreter to
the nursing supervisor that the staff nurse sometimes shouts at the client.
The nurse tells the supervisor that she has not been shouting at the client.
What would the supervisor expect to note after observing a care
interaction between the staff nurse and the young adult adolescent client?
- answer There is a language barrier present.
A newly admitted client with bone cancer tells the nurse that the folk
healer has not been able to help him. What principle of culturally
competent care will the nurse keep in mind during the client's
conventional medical course of treatment? - answer All people have the
right to care based on their personal preferences and values.
A client with a history of posttraumatic stress is panting and breathing
heavily while shouting out some strange words. The nurse reviews the
nursing assessment and understands that the client is practicing a form of
relaxation called power breathing. The best action for the nurse to take is
to: - answer allow privacy, but check on the client frequently.
The nurse is caring for a client who is a recent immigrant from China.
Through the hospital interpreter, the client expresses an unwillingness to
eat the fried fish that was on the meal tray, describing it as "too hot."
