Cultural health practices of the African-American client are often considered efficacious, neutral, or dysfunctional. In specific circumstances, the nurse may permit the neutral practice of:
A.
Putting a knife under the bed to cut pain.
B.
Use of sugar and overrefined flour.
C.
Use of goat's milk and cabbage juice for infection.
D.
Drinking of a fluid that contains herbs and spices for dehydration.
ANS: A
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