The culturally sensitive nurse will assess cultural attitudes and beliefs about contraception, which can include which of the following? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply
1. Gender inequities
2. Religion
3. Deference to authority figures
4. Devaluation of large families
5. Attitudes about bleeding
1, 2, 3, 5
Explanation: 1. Gender inequities may prohibit some Arab, Latina, and Eastern Indian women from seeking out or using a contraceptive method unless their husbands do not object.
2. The Roman Catholic Church considers all artificial methods of contraception unacceptable.
3. Deference to authority figures is not uncommon in traditional Chinese, Arab, Latina, and East Indian women, especially if the nurse is male.
5. Attitudes toward bleeding affect a woman's duties to her family and partner. Vaginal bleeding may be seen as "unclean" by Muslim and Orthodox Jewish women. Any contraceptive method that involves irregular bleeding might not be acceptable. Among women who feel a monthly period is necessary, any method that ultimately causes amenorrhea would not be acceptable.
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