Often when the nurse interacts with clients in need of teaching, assessment data can provide clues to the nurse in how to proceed. For example, if the client indicates he cannot handle hearing about a device required for care, the nurse can infer that the
A) cannot read.
B) is not motivated to learn.
C) is anxious.
D) has limited ability to provide self-care.
B
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1. Hormone dysregulation 2. Peer influences 3. Co-morbid medical illness 4. Exposure to different forms of media 5. Loss of connection to family or culture
The nurse is assigned to care for a patient who is a non-native English speaker. What is the best way to communicate with the patient and family to provide updates and explain procedures?
a. Conduct a Google search on the computer to identify resources for the patient and family in their native language. Print these for their use. b. Contact the hospital's interpreter service for someone to translate. c. Get in touch with one of the residents that you know is fluent in the native language and ask him if he can come up to the unit. d. Use the 8-year old child who is fluent in both English and the native language to translate for you.
June who works the night shift has to administer a medication to Mr. Docherty. What time will she chart
based on this clock. (Use the 24-hour system.) What will be an ideal response?
A nurse was proud of having completed a professional education program on cultural care of Hispanics. It was surprising when the Hispanic client for whom the nurse had been caring did not seem to act very "Hispanic." Which of the following considerations is the nurse not taking?
a. The client may have been trying to demonstrate behaviors to please the nurse. b. The client may have customs that are not identical with the Hispanic culture. c. The client may be in too much pain to demonstrate cultural behaviors d. The client may not have been truthful when claiming to be Hispanic.