The home health nurse visits the home of a Korean couple to follow up on their jaundiced 4-day-old baby. Considering family structure, what family members might the nurse expect to see in the home?
1. The godparents
2. Just the parents
3. The grandmother
4. The grandfather and parents
4
Explanation:
1. Asians traditionally revere their elders and their wisdom. The godparents would not have the last word in decision making for this family.
2. Asians traditionally revere their elders and their wisdom. The parents would not have the last word in decision making for this family.
3. Asians traditionally revere their elders and their wisdom. The grandmother would not have the last word in decision making for this family.
4. The grandfather is the family member who plays a key role in decision making and who is likely to be present in this situation. Asians traditionally revere their elders and their wisdom.
You might also like to view...
An elderly patient in the ICU is taking erythromycin to treat a bacterial infection. The patient is diabetic and has been on bed rest for 3 days. She has hypoglycemia and nausea
After being on erythromycin for 24 hours, the patient is still showing signs of infection, including fever and delirium. What is the most likely reason for the medication not taking effect? A) Lack of movement due to bed rest B) Delayed stomach emptying time C) Drug interaction between erythromycin and insulin D) Drug resistance
The nurse is caring for a 78-year-old patient with liver cancer. The patient and his wife live at home. In addition to caring for the patient, the nurse also assesses caregiver stress in the patient's wife
Which of the following indicates caregiver stress? a. Increased visits from church members b. Asking her daughter for help with shopping c. Remaining cheerful and without depression d. Contracting pneumonia
Proteins that are produced by the immune system in response to specific foreign viruses and bacteria are called
a. hormones. b. antibodies. c. lipoproteins. d. enzymes.
Identify an accurate statement about the dose-response relationship.
A. Drugs that continue to show an increase in drug response with an increase in dosage have a ceiling effect. B. Above a certain dosage no further increase in effect is observed. C. A drug response is inversely proportional to the dose. D. The magnitude of a drug response decreases with an increase in its dose.