Prior to caring for a Native American patient, the nurse reviews the diseases that are more prevalent in this culture. What is the nurse taking into consideration when caring for this patient?

Question

1. Social organization pattern
2. Environmental control
3. Biological variation
4. Component of heritage consistency

Answer 1

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Explanation: 1. Social organization has no effect on a biological variation for disease or illness.
2. Environmental control is the ability of members of a particular cultural group to plan activities that control nature or direct environmental factors.
3. The ways in which people from one cultural group differ biologically from members of other cultural groups constitute their biological variation.
4. Heritage consistency addresses a lifestyle reflective of a tribal culture, but is not a biological impact on disease or illness.