A health care aide caring for a mentally ill client receiving home care insists that the client must

Question

balance energy forces of his body by eating specific foods.

The client tells the nurse that he "goes
along with the diet to keep the aide happy.". The community psychiatric nurse should assess this
situation as demonstrating
a. biculturalism.
b. cultural imposition.
c. culture-bound syndrome.
d. preserve-accommodate-restructure phenomenon.

Answer 1

ANS: B
Cultural imposition occurs when a member of one culture forces a member of another culture to
adhere to the certain cultural norms. Option A refers to the ability to move back and forth between
traditional culture and a new culture. Option C: A culture-bound illness refers to the behavior that
one culture understands as illness but that is not so designated in other cultures. Option D refers to a
framework for care planning that preserves helpful aspects of client culture, accommodates neutral
practices, and restructures problematic patterns.