When checking the diet trays, the nurse identifies a menu choice that would be culturally inappropriate for the Muslim patient as:
a. fish and tomatoes.
b. liver and onions.
c. chicken and broccoli.
d. pork chops and sweet potatoes.
Question 2The nurse is careful not to remove the yarmulke from the head of the Jewish man during care, because it is a symbol of:
a. having been circumcised.
b. the belief that God is higher than man.
c. God's endless love and protection.
d. the justice of Talmudic law.
Question 3The culturally sensitive nurse is aware that in caring for a patient with a different value system, the nurse should:
a. be open and nonjudgmental.
b. treat all patients the same without concern for their value system.
c. explain the differences between the two value systems.
d. abandon their own value system.
Question 4The nurse explains that a Japanese stress reduction strategy that increases the energy of life force by laying on of hands is called ________.
Fill in the blank with correct word.
Question 5Match the types of stress to specific stressors.
a. External physical threats
b. Internal psychological threats
c. External social threats
1. Fear of chronic illness
2. Extreme cold
3. Loss of job
Question 6The nurse is enthusiastic about the effects of geriatric massage, which include _____________________________
_____. (Select all that apply.)
a. improved circulation.
b. increased range of motion.
c. reduction of anxiety.
d. increased sexual potency.
e. improved mobility.
Question 7It is believed that a person's value system is well established by the age of:
a. 5 years.
b. 8 years.
c. 10 years.
d. 12 years.