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OSWALD

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on: Jul 8, 2018
Mexican immigrants who take metamizole (Mexican aspirin) for pain may experience life-threatening agranulocytosis. Which of the following actions would be taken by a nurse who employs cultural repatterning?
 
  a. Complete a cultural assessment to identify any other dangerous medications that the client may be taking.
  b. Put this into perspective by considering that many drugs used in the United States cause agranulocytosis.
  c. Explain the harmful effects of metamizole and recommend an alternative medication for pain.
  d. Recognize that taking metamizole is common among persons living in Mexico and accept this as a cultural tradition.

Question 2

The nurse practitioner (NP) discovered that an immigrant client is not taking the penicillin prescribed because his illness is hot and he believes that penicillin, a hot medicine, will not provide balance.
 
  Which of the following terms best describes the action taken by the NP when the client's prescription is changed to a different yet equally effective antibiotic?
  a. Cultural awareness
  b. Cultural brokering
  c. Cultural knowledge
  d. Cultural skill


vseab

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Reply #1 on: Jul 8, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: C

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D


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