Nurses must understand about policies in the institutions in which they work. What would hospital-based nurses need to understand about policies that pertain to culturally competent nursing care? (Mark all that apply.)
A) These policies provide for translation services.
B) These policies train staff.
C) These policies provide for staff from different cultures on each unit.
D) These policies establish flexible regulations pertaining to visitors.
E) These policies limit visitors who don't speak English.
Ans: A, B, D
Feedback: Policies that promote culturally competent care establish flexible regulations pertaining to visitors (number, frequency, and length of visits), provide translation services for non–English-speaking patients, and train staff to provide care for patients with different cultural values. Options C and E are incorrect because the policies do not provide for a culturally diverse staff on every unit and they do not limit English-speaking visitors.
You might also like to view...
The nurse is caring for a male patient whose wife is visiting. The patient has gone to radiology for an x-ray film. The wife says to the nurse, "I'm going to take some of my husband's sildenafil (Viagra)
Since it helped him so much, I think it will help me, too." What is the nurse's most ap-propriate response? a. "This drug has proven harmful for women. You should not take it." b. "Studies show that this drug does not help women with sexual arousal." c. "I encourage you to try it. Some women have benefited significantly from it." d. "Women should use more natural approaches to improve their sexual arousal."
A patient complains of constipation. Which of the following high-fiber foods would you instruct the patient to add to his diet? (Select all that apply.)
1. Apple juice 2. Oranges 3. Bran cereals 4. Figs
The nurse preceptor on a cancer ward is educating a novice nurse about the theory of carcinogenesis. Which statements by the novice nurse requires additional follow up by the nurse preceptor?
A) "During step 2, promotion, a cancer-causing agent damages DNA." B) "Vitamins may modify how carcinogens can affect my body's cells." C) "Step 3, progression, involves the accumulation of mutations in my body's cells." D) "Promoters are characterized by their ability to initiate carcinogenesis."
Clients actively accomplish the purposes of the group in the ____________________ phase of group work
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word