When the nurse advocates and intervenes between the health care system and the client's cultural beliefs on behalf of the client, the nurse's action is called:
1. Cultural accommodation
2. Cultural brokering
3. Cultural preservation
4. Cultural repatterning
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Culture brokering is advocating, mediating, negotiating, and intervening between the client's culture and the biomedical health care culture on behalf of clients.
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Why would a patient from the American Indian culture be prone to developing diseases of the poor, such as tuberculosis and malnutrition?
A. Because of living in abject poverty B. Because of living in areas not accessible to the general population C. Genetic predisposition to these illnesses and conditions D. Health practices are conducive to these conditions
The nurse obtains a pulse oximetry reading of 95% on a client 2 days postoperative. Which action should be taken by the nurse?
1. Encourage the client to do more coughing and deep breathing. 2. Document the findings. 3. Recheck the pulse oximetry after the client ambulates. 4. Increase the level of oxygen delivery by 1 L/minute.
The nurse caring for the patient with lymphedema of the left arm will implement what interven-tion?
a. Encourage patient to keep the arms as in-active as possible to reduce further injury. b. Clean the arm with mild soap and massage gently. c. Take blood pressure and give injections in the right arm. d. Keep the arm below the level of the heart to minimize edema.
Niacin and aspirin have been prescribed for a client diagnosed with hyperlipidemia. Which statement regarding why this drug combination is prescribed is the most accurate?
1. "A common side effect of niacin therapy is joint pain." 2. "Taking niacin and aspirin together increases the therapeutic effect of niacin." 3. "Aspirin can decrease discomfort associated with niacin therapy." 4. "Severe headaches are common during the early weeks of niacin therapy."