The nurse plans health care for a community with a large number of recent immigrants from Vietnam. Which intervention is the most important for the nurse to implement?
a. Hepatitis testing
b. Tuberculosis screening
c. Contraceptive teaching
d. Colonoscopy information
Question 2When doing an admission assessment for a patient, the nurse notices that the patient pauses before answering questions about the health history. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?
a. Interview a family member instead.
b. Wait for the patient to answer the questions.
c. Remind the patient that you have other patients who need care.
d. Give the patient an assessment form listing the questions and a pen.
Question 3An older Asian American patient tells the nurse that she has lived in the United States for 50 years. The patient speaks English and lives in a predominantly Asian neighborhood. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?
a. Include a shaman when planning the patient's care.
b. Avoid direct eye contact with the patient during care.
c. Ask the patient about any special cultural beliefs or practices.
d. Involve the patient's oldest son to assist with health care decisions.
Question 4A staff nurse expresses frustration that a Native American patient always has several family members at the bedside. Which action by the charge nurse is most appropriate?
a. Remind the nurse that family support is important to this family and patient.
b. Have the nurse explain to the family that too many visitors will tire the patient.
c. Suggest that the nurse ask family members to leave the room during patient care.
d. Ask about the nurse's personal beliefs about family support during hospitalization.
Question 5The nurse is caring for a newly admitted patient. Which intervention is the best example of a culturally appropriate nursing intervention?
a. Insist family members provide most of the patient's personal care.
b. Maintain a personal space of at least 2 feet when assessing the patient.
c. Ask permission before touching a patient during the physical assessment.
d. Consider the patient's ethnicity as the most important factor in planning care.
Question 6The nurse plans care for a hospitalized patient who uses culturally based treatments. Which action by the nurse is best?
a. Encourage the use of diagnostic procedures.
b. Coordinate the use of folk treatments with ordered medical therapies.
c. Ask the patient to discontinue the cultural treatments during hospitalization.
d. Teach the patient that folk remedies will interfere with orders by the health care provider.
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