The licensed practical/vocational nurse is caring for a client from China who is admitted to the hospital with a respiratory infection

Question

The client speaks English and told the nurse that she wants to follow principles of Yin and Yang to help in the healing process. The nurse recognizes that there are cultural differences and should:
A) accept the client's deep-rooted values and beliefs and ask the client if she has a specific treatment or healer she would like to use.
B) inform the client that the nurse must provide only what the physician prescribes.
C) accept that the client is different, but ask the client to try American treatment ways.
D) provide treatments from the client's culture as long as they don't interfere with the ones ordered by the physician.

Answer 1

Ans: A
Feedback:
Cultural practices stem from values and beliefs. The nurse should accept the client's cultural beliefs and practices and ask what specific treatments or if the client has a healer she would want to help to provide the yin and yang. The nurse does not respect the client's culture by informing her that she has to receive only what the physician orders. Stating that the nurse accepts the client's differences but asking the client to try American treatments provides the message that the other culture is not as good as the American culture. The nurse should inform the physician about the client's request, so the physician may talk with the client and provide treatments that do not interfere with cultural-based remedies.