An ethnic older adult may experience a loss of self-worth when the nurse
a. informs the patient about ethnic support services.
b. allows a patient to rely on ethnic health beliefs and practices.
c. has to use an interpreter to provide explanations and teaching.
d. emphasizes that a therapeutic diet does not allow ethnic foods.
D
For the nurse to be effective with the ethnic older adult, a sense of respect is critical. Nursing interventions that foster the individual's self-worth include informing the patient about ethnic support services; allowing the patient to implement health practices, rituals, and food patterns that are central to his ethnic identity; and using an interpreter to provide explanations and teaching. Emphasizing that a therapeutic diet does not allow ethnic foods is inappropriate and may lead to the individual's loss of self-worth
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