A female Hindu patient with a broken right hand has not touched her vegetarian food for several meals. The nurse intervenes once realizing the problem is
1. Hindus do not like vegetarian food.
2. Hindus can only eat after sundown.
3. Hindus avoid eating with their left hand.
4. Hindus can only eat if they are facing east.
ANS: 3
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