The basic and most important way for the nurse to become culturally sensitive is:
a. interaction with persons of another culture.
b. increasing personal knowledge of another culture.
c. remaining open-minded.
d. reading materials about other cultures.
Question 2When the 80-year-old Orthodox Jewish man dies in the hospital, the nurse should:
a. notify the rabbi to send a member of the synagogue to stay with the body.
b. inform the mortuary about the desire of the patient to be cremated.
c. prepare the body for the ritual bath by temple members before embalming.
d. facilitate removal of the body because the burial must take place 48 hours after death.
Question 3The nurse anticipates that the 80-year-old African-American woman believes that her health will be improved by:
a. eating fresh fruits and vegetables.
b. daily Bible reading.
c. a visit from her pastor to pray for her recovery.
d. the close attendance of her family.
Question 4Included in the Native-American's spiritual beliefs is that:
a. there is no life after death.
b. all things in the world have a spirit.
c. after death, the spirit stays as part of the tribe.
d. the spirit world is the protector of health.
Question 5The home health nurse caring for an 85-year-old Hispanic woman anticipates that the patient will want to seek health advice from the:
a. local pharmacist for prescription drugs.
b. folk healer (curandero).
c. priest of her church.
d. close family members.
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