A nurse wants to provide patient-centered care to a patient of another culture. Which question is the most culturally sensitive when talking about a patient's illness?
a. "What do you call your problem?"
b. "How long has your child had the runs?"
c. "When did you last void today?"
d. "Has anyone else in your family had diarrhea?"
A
To start an assessment, Seidel and others (2011) offer useful questions to begin to explore a patient's illness or health care problem in context of the patient's culture: "What do you call your problem?" A different culture may not know what "the runs" means. Most people do not know what void (urinate) means. Has anyone else in your family had diarrhea is not as culturally sensitive as finding out what the problem is according to the patient's culture.
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