A patient who is of Filipino descent is admitted to the hospital. The nurse goes to the room to start intravenous fluids and to perform an admission assessment and finds several family members in the room
Which action by the nurse is appropriate?
a. Ask the family to wait in the hallway until the admission tasks are completed.
b. Determine which family member is the family patriarch and address questions to him.
c. Invite family members to assist with appropriate tasks during the admission process.
d. Provide chairs for family members and ask them to stay seated during the admission.
ANS: C
In general, the Filipino culture expects that family members will stay at a patient's bedside and participate in his or her care. The nurse should include the family in appropriate tasks. It is not correct to ask the family to wait in the hall or to sit in chairs and not participate. Filipino families do not necessarily depend on family patriarchs.
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