When providing care to clients with diverse cultural backgrounds, it is imperative for the nurse to recognize that:
A.
Cultural considerations must be put aside when the client enters the health care system.
B.
Current health standards should determine the acceptability of cultural practices.
C.
Clients with the same cultural background will respond similarly to stressful situations.
D.
Generalizations about the behavior of a particular ethnic group may be inaccurate.
ANS: D
You might also like to view...
During her latest clinical experience, a nursing student decided to provide a patient with a bedpan rather than helping the patient walk to the bathroom
The student made this decision based on the fact that the patient had recent hip surgery and was drowsy, creating a risk that the patient could fall. What characteristic of effective learners did this student most clearly demonstrate? A) Clinical appraisal B) Mental flexibility C) Critical thinking D) Responsibility
A 60-year-old male client with a long history of back pain has had little success with a variety of analgesic regimens that his family physician has prescribed. He has recently been diagnosed with a chronic pain disorder
Which of the following teaching points about chronic pain would his physician most likely emphasize to the client? A) "If your pain comes and goes, then we won't characterize it as chronic, and it will require different treatment." B) "You need to remind yourself that this is a purely physical phenomenon that requires physical treatment." C) "Our challenge is to bring you relief but still treat the underlying back problem that your body is telling you about." D) "These pain signals your body is sending likely serve no real, useful, or protective function."
Objective physical data describe air moving through small airways over the lung's periphery. The expected inspiratory-to-expiratory phase of this normal vesicular breath sound is which of the following?
a. The inspiratory phase lasts exactly as long as the expiratory phase. b. The expiration phase is longer than the inspiration phase. c. The expiration phase is two times longer than the inspiration phase. d. The inspiratory phase is three times longer than the expiratory phase.
Which topics are appropriate for the nurse to include when teaching preventive disease strategies during infancy? Select all that apply
1. Metabolic screenings 2. Hearing screenings 3. Risks of environmental smoke exposure 4. Stranger danger strategies 5. Bike safety