The nurse practitioner (NP) discovered that an immigrant client is not taking the penicillin prescribed because his illness is "hot" and he believes that penicillin, a "hot" medicine, will not provide balance
Which of the following terms best describes the action taken by the NP when the client's prescription is changed to a different yet equally effective antibiotic?
a. Cultural awareness
b. Cultural brokering
c. Cultural knowledge
d. Cultural skill
ANS: D
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a. ventilation. c. diffusion. b. respiration. d. perfusion.
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a. It can increase the need for insulin and may result in hyperglycemia. b. It can decrease the need for insulin and may result in hypoglycemia. c. It can increase muscle bulk and may result in malabsorption of insulin. d. It can decrease metabolic demand and may result in metabolic acidosis.
What is the most common reason a colostomy is performed?
a. ruptured diverticulum c. colorectal cancer b. traumatic injury to colon d. ischemic bowel syn-drome
The nursing student realizes health care education and training was not always the way it is today. One report, the Flexner Report, had the goal of increasing accountability in
a. nursing education c. client education b. medical education d. governmental education