An Asian client enters a community health setting. Based on cultural norms, the nurse might anticipate that the client will:
a. be very verbal and demonstrative about symptoms.
b. have an increased risk for having poor nutrition.
c. be noncompliant with the plan of care.
d. have attempted self-diagnosis and self-treatment.
ANS: D
Self-diagnosis and self-treatment are sometimes characteristic of the Asian culture. The other behaviors are not characteristic.
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