A client has been referred for a mental health evaluation by the client's workplace because of "weird" behavior that is interpreted as mental illness. The nurse should ask about the client's culture and religious beliefs because:
1. the workplace is prejudiced.
2. what is normal in one culture might not be in another.
3. the client exhibits anger.
4. religions cause mental illness.
Answer: 2
1. The workplace might truly believe the client is outside the normal expected behavior.
2. People of different cultures and religious beliefs do behave differently, and what is considered normal in one culture might be considered abnormal in another. The nurse needs to investigate this with the client.
3. Anger does not mean the client is mentally ill.
4. Religions do not cause mental illness; the client has to have the capability to be ill. However, some religions might dispose the client to wrong thinking due to indoctrination. That does not mean the client is mentally ill.
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