An Asian-American patient diagnosed with depression explains to the nurse that eating two specific foods will restore the balance of hot and cold and she will be cured. The nurse should:
a. Explain that foods cannot cure mental disorders.
b. Arrange for the patient to talk with the dietitian.
c. Change the subject to focus on medication compliance.
d. Accept that cultural beliefs about illness die slowly.
ANS: B
Culturally determined beliefs about health and illness should be respected. If there are no contraindications to the patient eating the foods mentioned, the nurse should facilitate ob-taining them. Attempt to explain the flaw in the patient's belief is an attempt to negate cul-turally determined beliefs. Changing the subject does not address patient concerns. Assuming that the belief is inflexible suggests the patient's beliefs have no merit.
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