This document contains a 10 question quiz about providing culturally competent nursing care to patients from various ethnic and religious backgrounds. The questions cover topics like appropriate foods for Hindu and Mormon patients, showering customs for Korean patients after childbirth, views on medical treatment from Jehovah's Witness and Thai families, and customs around cleansing for Muslim and Iraqi patients.
This document contains a 10 question quiz about providing culturally competent nursing care to patients from various ethnic and religious backgrounds. The questions cover topics like appropriate foods for Hindu and Mormon patients, showering customs for Korean patients after childbirth, views on medical treatment from Jehovah's Witness and Thai families, and customs around cleansing for Muslim and Iraqi patients.
This document contains a 10 question quiz about providing culturally competent nursing care to patients from various ethnic and religious backgrounds. The questions cover topics like appropriate foods for Hindu and Mormon patients, showering customs for Korean patients after childbirth, views on medical treatment from Jehovah's Witness and Thai families, and customs around cleansing for Muslim and Iraqi patients.
This document contains a 10 question quiz about providing culturally competent nursing care to patients from various ethnic and religious backgrounds. The questions cover topics like appropriate foods for Hindu and Mormon patients, showering customs for Korean patients after childbirth, views on medical treatment from Jehovah's Witness and Thai families, and customs around cleansing for Muslim and Iraqi patients.
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TRANSCULTURAL NURSING
By: Jo Smith Medina, RN USRN
1. The client is a practicing Hindu. Which food should be removed from the clients tray? a. Bread b. Cabbage c. Steak d. Apple 2. A Korean patient is admitted to the postpartum unit following the delivery of a 9 lb infant. Although the client does not refuse to shower, the nurse notice that she stands in the shower but does not allow the water to touch her. Which of the following should be the next action by the nurse? a. Ask the client why she refuses shower b. Call the doctor and report the clients refusal to shower c. Tell the client, that the nurse will obtain heat lamp to assist in the healing of the perineum d. Turn the shower so that the water sprays the client 3. An infant is admitted with a volvulus and scheduled for surgery. The parents are Jehovas witness and refuse to sign the permit. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate? a. Obtain a court order b. Call the doctor c. Tell them that the surgery is optional d. Monitor situation 4. Which medication will most likely refused by a Muslim client? a. Insulin b. Cough syrup c. NSAID d. Antacids 5. The condition of an Arab client who is terminally ill deteriorates and death seems immenent. If the client is hospitalized in the mainland United States, the nurse should position the bed facing which direction? a. Northeast b. Southeast c. West d. South 6. An 88- year-old female Jewish client is admitted to the hospital and diagnoses with diabetes. Which type of insulin is refused by the client? a. Beef b. Pork c. Synthetic d. Fish
7. The nurse observes that a Hispanic client and his family have been later for their appointment the last three times. Which of the following is the best explanations for this behavior? a. A lack of concern for the health of the client b. An attempt to avoid talking to the nurse c. The client probably forgot the appointment time d. The client and family view time differently than the nurse does. 8. A 90-year-old client from Thailand is diagnosed with terminal cancer. The family seems unconcerned and although they do not refuse treatment for the client, they do not assist with treatment. Which of the following is the nurses likely assessment of the behavior? a. The family believes in the cycle of life and the death is a step to the next cycle. b. The family is in denial concerning the diagnosis and needs for further teaching. c. The family is planning to get another opinion regarding the diagnosis. d. The family is not concerned with the treatment and care of the client. 9. The nurse is assisting a client from Iraq with her bath. The nurse notices that the client uses only left hand to bathe her genital area. Which of the following is the correct assessment of this behavior? a. The clients dominant hand is her left one b. The client is using her nondominant hand to more easily cleanse the perineum c. The client believes that the right hand is reserved for eating and touching others and that the left hand is the dirty hand d. The client has in some way injured her right hand, making it difficult to use it. 10. Which of the following foods should be removed if the client is a Mormon? a. Tea b. Decaffeinated coffee c. Pork d. Fish