The term used to describe cultures in which women make decisions about health care and provide the care and discipline to the children is:
a. biological.
b. matriarchal.
c. cultural.
d. patriarchal.
B
In a matriarchal society, women make the decisions about health care.
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The sibling of a client who is a single Asian American college student tells the nurse "My sister
needs help for the pain in her back. She goes crazy—screaming and crying, like when they brought her to the hospital, from the hurt.". What understanding on the part of the nurse will contribute to a culturally relevant care plan? The client a. will require a prolonged hospitalization to stabilize these symptoms. b. will probably respond best to a therapist who remains aloof and ungiving. c. may express emotional distress with physical symptoms and look to health professionals to treat the physical symptoms. d. has an independent worldview and must be treated without consideration to information given by family members.
The nurse who is providing care for an older adult patient who has dementia has read in the patient's chart that she has developed skin breakdown in her perineum as a result of urinary and fecal incontinence. The nurse knows to specifically assess:
A) The skin in and around the woman's gluteal crease B) The woman's labia majora and labia minora C) The woman's urethral meatus and the adjacent mucus membranes D) The area between the woman's vagina and rectum
The nurse is providing care to patients for whom she has 24-hour accountability and responsibility. How would the nurse describe this care delivery system?
1. Team nursing 2. Functional nursing 3. Case method 4. Primary nursing
The nurse is preparing an intramuscular (IM) injection for a client with strep throat. Which principles of absorption may have guided the health care provider's decision to order the medication by IM route?
1. IM drugs are rapidly absorbed. 2. IM drugs bypass the gastrointestinal tract, resulting in increased absorption. 3. IM drugs avoid drug–drug and food–drug interactions, which can decrease absorption. 4. IM drugs have the ability to accumulate in the muscle and may remain in the body for an extended amount of time. 5. IM drugs bypass the gastrointestinal tract and are delivered to the small intestine, where most medications are rapidly absorbed.