Which intervention will the nurse consider to be a central responsibility when planning for culturally competent treatment?
a. Learn what the illness means to the patient and how the patient's beliefs can help mediate the stressors.
b. Learn as much as possible regarding the beliefs of both the patient and the patient's extended family.
c. Ask the patient about beliefs in a formal organized religion and daily or weekly religious practices that can be factored into treatment.
d. Tell the patient that it will be important to examine together the belief systems of both the nurse and patient to be sure that they are congruent.
A
In terms of treatment planning, the psychiatric nurse needs to be sensitive to sociocultural issues but also must transcend them. A central responsibility of the nurse is to understand what the illness means to the patient and the way in which the patient's beliefs can help to mediate the stressful events or make them easier to bear by redefining them as opportunities for personal growth.
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