Author Question: The nurse uses touch to comfort clients who are in pain. Which of the following should the nurse be ... (Read 98 times)

bclement10 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

The nurse uses touch to comfort clients who are in pain. Which of the following should the nurse be aware of when using this technique?

A) Touch is an effective, welcome nursing intervention in all cultures.
B) The use of touch is appropriate in most cultures.
C) The use of touch varies greatly upon culture.
D) Touch is an expected nursing intervention regardless of culture.

Question 2

A nurse refuses to recognize his own beliefs and practices as well as the beliefs and practices of his client who is of a different ethnic group than his own. What is the term for this practice?

A) Ethnocentrism
B) Cultural knowledge
C) Cultural blindness
D) Etic care