A 52-year-old Haitian patient with heart failure wants to have a voodoo practitioner visit and say prayers. How should the nurse respond?
a. Tell the patient it is okay for the voodoo practitioner to say prayers.
b. Tell the patient that this is not permitted during hospitalization.
c. Report the request to the physician immediately.
d. Have the patient meet with the voodoo practitioner in the hospital lobby.
ANS: A
Often, folk practices are not harmful and can be added into the patient's plan of care. There is no reason to involve the physician in nonharmful folk practices. A patient should only be told that something is not permitted if it is prohibited by policy. Allowing the practice to occur in the lobby may be unsafe for the patient and upsetting to other patients and visitors.
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