Lippincott\'s Primary Care Psychiatry notes

Lippincott mood disorders 1. The nurse is planning care with a Mexican client who is diagnosed with depression. The client believes in "mal ojo" (the evil eye) and uses treatment by a root healer. The nurse should do which of the following? 1. Avoid talking to the client about the root healer. 2. Explain to the client that Western medicine has a scientific, not mystical, basis. 3. Explain that such beliefs are superstitious and should be forgotten. 4. Involve the root healer in a cons...

TESTBANK PRIMARY CARE PSYCHIATRY 2ndvEdition McCarron Xiong

TESTBANK PRIMARY CARE PSYCHIATRY 2ndvEdition McCarron Xiong

Lippincott mood disorders 1. The nurse is planning care with a Mexican client who is diagnosed with depression. The client believes in "mal ojo" (the evil eye) and uses treatment by a root healer. The nurse should do which of the following? 1. Avoid talking to the client about the root healer. 2. Explain to the client that Western medicine has a scientific, not mystical, basis. 3. Explain that such beliefs are superstitious and should be forgotten. 4. Involve the root healer in a cons...