John Ahiga, a Navajo Indian, has been admitted to the hospital for surgery. Mrs. Ahiga asks if their medicine man can perform a 30-minute healing ceremony with her husband. The nurse should:
A.
Tell her that rituals may exhaust Mr. Ahiga.
B.
Provide the space and privacy for the ceremony.
C.
Explain that there is no place in modern health care for medicine men.
D.
Insist that there must be a separation of religion and medicine.
ANS: B
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