The nurse educator is teaching a group of students about the different cultural rituals that are associated with grief and loss. Which statement by a student indicates correct understanding of the information presented?
1) "A patient of Muslim descent may want to have his or her body washed two times after death by a person of the same sex."
2) "A patient of Chinese descent may request Santero near the time of death."
3) "A patient of Arab descent may request that candles are lit in the room after death to light the path to the afterlife."
4) "A patient of Korean descent may want rice wine sprinkled on the grave."
ANS: 4
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