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Hands-on Clinic => Nursing and Clinical => Topic started by: cool on Jul 11, 2018
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Which nursing intervention will ensure that the nurse will provide culturally competent healthcare to an older patient?
1. Speak the patient's primary language.
2. Use standardized assessment instruments in health evaluations.
3. Approach patients of a particular ethnic group in the same manner.
4. Know prevalence, incidence, and risk factors for diseases specific to different ethnic groups.
Question 2
An obese patient with a history of smoking and hypertension underwent a coronary artery bypass graft for the treatment of coronary artery disease. During the patient's postoperative recovery, he developed a DVT.
The development of this event was a result of the interaction between which of the following pathophysiological phenomena? Select all that apply.
A) Stasis of blood resulting from immobility and surgery
B) Injury to one or more of the patient's vessel walls
C) Cardiac stress resulting from surgery
D) Alterations in the normal process of coagulation
E) The presence of an inflammatory process
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Answer to Question 1
4
Rationale: It is unrealistic to expect that the nurse will speak the patient's primary language if it is not English.
Answer to Question 2
A, B, D