A Filipino nurse practices nursing in a hospital in the United States. In looking at the definition of cultural competence, a lifelong journey that requires the elimination of ethnocentrism (belief that one's way is best) and an unconditional
acceptance of cultural diversity, the nurse is moved to provide an inservice on cultural factors to enhance nursing care. Which of the following steps to acquire cultural competence involves learning how to read verbal and nonverbal messages?
A) Becoming culturally aware
B) Learning specific communication strategies
C) Identifying biases in one's own self
D) Interacting with different cultures
B
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a. "I should drink at least 3 liters of fluid every day." b. "I will eliminate all dairy or sources of calcium from my diet." c. "Aspirin and aspirin-containing products can lead to stones." d. "The doctor can give me antibiotics at the first sign of a stone."
Why is it important to examine individual familial health/HEALTH practices?
A. Helps a person become sensitized to understand the role that ethnocultural and religious heritage has played within a family B. Identifies what healing practices need to be used when one is ill C. Rejects those health traditions if they differ from those of the same ethnocultural group D. Generalizes to all members of the same ethnocultural group the various health practices that are done
The nurse prepares to administer PCA to a client. Rank the nursing interventions in sequential order
1. Allow the client to depress PCA system button. 2. Prime tubing with medication from drug reservoir. 3. Instruct client that lockout time prevents overdose. 4. Insert PCA tubing into injection port nearest client.
The nurse is caring for a client with a prosthetic eye. Which of the following is a recommended guideline for inserting a prosthetic eye?
A) Make sure the prosthesis is dry when inserting it. B) Close the eyelid and slip the prosthesis under the top lid. C) Press inward on the bottom of the prosthesis to seat it in place. D) Ask the client to blink to seat the prosthesis in place.