The health care provider discusses the need for surgery with an elder and her family. Which information about the elder's culture is important for the nurse to collect before this discussion to facilitate the process of informed consent?
a. Attitudes about caregiving
b. Process of decision making
c. Rituals for death and dying
d. Experience with discomfort
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A Incorrect. Caregiving is unrelated to the process of informed consent.
B Correct. The nurse uses knowledge of the culture's influence on the elder in re-lation to decision making to avoid unnecessary tension and misunderstanding and thus to facilitate the process of informed consent. The nurse uses the infor-mation about decision making by sharing the cultural information with the healthcare provider and by addressing the culturally suitable member of the family for informed consent.
C Incorrect. Death and dying, although potentially relevant, is unrelated to in-formed consent.
D Incorrect. Relevant to surgical procedures, elder and family experiences with pain and discomfort are important to the pain management plan.
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