The nurse is caring for an older patient who recently immigrated to the United States from Asi
a. To best address the patient's apparent resistance to the medical and nursing plan of care, the nurse:
a. discusses the patient's behavior with Asian staff members.
b. researches the patient's cultural views on health care.
c. requests a cultural consultation from social services.
d. asks family members to discuss the pa-tient's views on health care.
D
Concepts of health and illness are deeply rooted in culture, race, and ethnicity and influence an individual's (and family's) illness perceptions and health and illness behavior. The patient's fam-ily should have the best insight into the patient's culturally biased beliefs. Discussing behavior with other staff members might be a privacy violation. Researching culture may be helpful, but each patient is an individual and should not be stereotyped. Social services may or may not be able to provide cultural services.
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