The nurse is assigned to collect data from a Hispanic-American client during the hospital admission. When meeting the client, the nurse should plan to do which of the following?
1. Avoid touching the client.
2. Greet the client with a handshake.
3. Smile and use humor throughout the entire admission process.
4. Avoid any affirmative nods during the conversations with the client.
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Rationale: To demonstrate respect, compassion, and understanding, health care providers should greet Hispanic-American clients with a handshake. On establishing rapport, providers may further demonstrate approval and respect through touch, smiling, and affirmative nods of the head. Given the diversity of dialects and the nuances of language, culturally congruent use of humor is difficult to accomplish and therefore should be avoided.
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