Adult care HESI prep questions- Culture Questions and Answers 100% Answered
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Adult care HESI prep questions- Culture Questions and Answers 100% Answered
The ambulatory care nurse is discussing preoperative procedures with a Japanese American client who is scheduled for surgery the following week. During the discussion, the client continually smiles and nods the head. H...
Adult care HESI prep questions- Culture
Questions and Answers 100% Answered
The ambulatory care nurse is discussing preoperative procedures with a
Japanese American client who is scheduled for surgery the following week.
During the discussion, the client continually smiles and nods the head. How
should the nurse interpret this nonverbal behavior?
a)Reflecting a cultural value
b)An acceptance of the treatment
c) Client agreement to the required procedures
d) Client understanding of the preoperative procedures
a) Reflecting a cultural value
When communicating with a client who speaks a different language, which best
practice should the nurse implement?
a) Speak loudly and slowly.
b) Arrange for an interpreter to translate.
c) Speak to the client and family together.
d) Stand close to the client and speak loudly.
b) Arrange for an interpreter to translate.
The nurse educator is providing in-service education to the nursing staff
regarding transcultural nursing care; a staff member asks the nurse educator to
describe the concept of acculturation. The nurse educator should make which
most appropriate response?
a) "It is a process of learning a different culture to adapt to a new or changing
environment."
b) "It is a subjective perspective of the person's heritage and a sense of
belonging to a group."
c) "It is a group of individuals in a society who are culturally distinct and have a
unique identity."
d) "It is a group that shares some of the characteristics of the larger population
group of which it is a part."
a) "It is a process of learning a different culture to adapt to a new or changing
environment."
b- ethnic identity
,c- ethnic group
d- subculture
The nurse is providing discharge instructions to a Chinese American client
regarding prescribed dietary modifications. During the teaching session, the
client continuously turns away from the nurse. The nurse should implement
which best action?
a) Continue with the instructions, verifying client understanding.
b) Walk around the client so that the nurse constantly faces the client.
c) Give the client a dietary booklet and return later to continue with the
instructions.
d) Tell the client about the importance of the instructions for the maintenance of
health care.
a) Continue with the instructions, verifying client understanding.
The nurse identifies low-risk therapies to a client and should include which
therapies in the discussion? Select all that apply.
Rationale: Low-risk therapies are therapies that have no adverse effects and, when
implementing care, can be used by the nurse who has training and experience in their
use. Low-risk therapies include meditation, relaxation techniques, imagery, music
therapy, massage, touch, laughter and humor, and spiritual measures, such as prayer.
Which clients has a high risk of obesity and diabetes mellitus? Select all that
apply.
1. A 40-year-old Latino American man
2. A 45-year-old Native American man
3. A 23-year-old Asian American woman
4. A 35-year-old Hispanic American man
5. A 40-year-old African American woman
1. A 40 year old Latino American man
2. A 45 year old Native American man
4. A 35 year old Hispanic American man
5. A 40 year old African American woman
, Rationale: Because of their health and dietary practices, Native Americans, Latino
Americans, Hispanic Americans, and African Americans have a high risk of obesity and
diabetes mellitus. Asian Americans have a lower risk for obesity and diabetes mellitus.
The nurse is preparing a plan of care for a client who is a Jehovah's Witness. The
client has been told that surgery is necessary. The nurse considers the client's
religious preferences in developing the plan of care and should document which
information?
a) The client believes the soul lives on after death.
b) Medication administration is not allowed.
c) Surgery is prohibited in this religious group.
d) The administration of blood and blood products is not allowed.
d) The administration of blood and blood products is not allowed.
Which meal tray should the nurse deliver to a client of Orthodox Judaism faith
who follows a kosher diet?
a) Pork roast, rice, vegetables, mixed fruit, milk
b) Crab salad on a croissant, vegetables with dip, potato salad, milk
c) Sweet and sour chicken with rice and vegetables, mixed fruit, juice
d) Noodles and cream sauce with shrimp and vegetables, salad, mixed fruit, iced
tea
c) Sweet and sour chicken with rice and vegetables, mixed fruit, juice
Rationale: Orthodox Judaism believers adhere to dietary kosher laws. In this religion,
the dairy-meat combination is unacceptable. Only fish that have scales and fins are
allowed; meats that are allowed include animals that are vegetable eaters, cloven-
hoofed, and ritually slaughtered.
An Asian American client is experiencing a fever. The nurse recognizes that the
client is likely to self-treat the disorder, using which method?
a) Prayer
b) Magnetic therapy
c) Foods considered to be yin
d) Foods considered to be yang
c) Foods considered to be yin
Rationale: In the Asian-American culture, health is believed to be a state of physical and
spiritual harmony with nature and a balance between positive and negative energy
forces (yin and yang). Yin foods are cold and yang foods are hot. Cold foods are eaten
when one has a hot illness (fever), and hot foods are eaten when one has a cold illness.
The role of the nurse regarding complementary and alternative medicine should
include which action?
a) Advising the client about "good" versus "bad" therapies
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