A nurse is caring for a Sunni Muslim patient. The nurse demonstrates cultural sensitivity by
a. allowing the patient to pray three times daily.
b. placing the patient's dinner tray on top of the Koran.
c. offering the patient food and fluids during Ramadan.
d. positioning the patient's bed in a southeast direction from the United States.
ANS: D
Muslims are called to prayer five times a day. If a Muslim brings the Koran, the holy book of Islam, to the health care facility, the nurse should not touch it or place anything on top of it. During Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, adult Muslims abstain from dawn to sunset from food, drink, and sexual activity. If a patient requests to face Mecca, the holy city of Islam, a bed or chair may be positioned in a southeast direction from the United States.
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