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A patient requests a consultation between the health care provider and a religious leader known as an Imam. What is this patient's cultural belief?
- A. Muslim
- B. African American
- C. Chinese American
- D. Mexican American
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Muslims may wish to have their health care provider consult with an Imam, a religious leader.
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A nurse is caring for a male neonate born to observant Orthodox Jewish parents. Who will the nurse anticipate will circumcise the neonate?
- A. A bishop
- B. A mohel
- C. His father
- D. His health care provider
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Male children are named 8 days after birth, when ritual circumcision is done. A mohel performs the circumcision.
What basic philosophy in the United States is relevant to health care?
- A. Folk remedies
- B. Biomedical therapy
- C. Holistic therapy
- D. Spiritual intervention
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Most people in the United States believe biomedical therapy is the best way to treat disease.
The nurse is caring for a Mexican American patient. What nursing intervention would best demonstrate cultural sensitivity?
- A. Encouraging consultation of male members of the family regarding health care decisions
- B. Discouraging consultation of male members of the family regarding health care decisions
- C. Insisting on providing all personal care required by the patient
- D. Asking only female family members about health care decisions
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: When caring for Mexican Americans, families may expect to help care for the patient. Male family members usually are consulted before health care decisions are made.
A nurse is caring for an Orthodox Jewish patient. What is the most appropriate dietary requirement for the nurse to implement?
- A. Mixing of milk and meat at a meal
- B. Use of separate cooking utensils for meat and milk products
- C. Use of one set of cooking utensils for meat and milk products
- D. Consumption of food not slaughtered in accordance with Jewish law
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: For observant Jews, Kosher dietary laws include the following: no mixing of milk and meat at a meal; no consumption of food or any derivative thereof from animals not slaughtered in accordance with Jewish law; use of separate cooking utensils for meat and milk products; if a patient requires milk and meat products for a meal, the dairy foods should be served first, followed later by the meat.
Which statement about the biomedical health belief system is true?
- A. Life processes can be manipulated by humans by mechanical interventions.
- B. Life processes cannot be manipulated by humans by mechanical interventions.
- C. Disease has a nonspecific cause onset course and treatment.
- D. Disease is only caused by failure of body parts and chemical imbalances.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Characteristic of the biomedical health belief system includes the beliefs that life is regulated by biomedical and physical processes. Life processes can be manipulated by humans by mechanical interventions. Health is the absence of disease or signs and symptoms of disease. Disease is an alteration of the structure and function of the body. Disease has a specific cause, onset, course, and treatment. It is caused by trauma, pathogens, chemical imbalances, or failure of body parts. Treatment focuses on the use of physical and chemical treatments.