A nurse is conducting a cultural assessment of a 38-year-old American Indian woman who has come to the clinic complaining of persistent headaches
The client tells the nurse that the medicines prescribed by the tribal healer have done "some good." The appropriate response of the nurse is to:
a. Advise the client to stop taking any non-prescription medicines.
b. Tell the client to increase the frequency of the healer's medicines.
c. Ask the client about these medicines and how often the client uses them.
d. Tell the physician that the client probably has headaches caused by the healer's medicines.
ANS: C
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