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vinney12

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A mental health client is admitted to the psychiatric unit one month after abdominal surgery. During the initial assessment, the nurse asks the client about pain. In order to provide culturally competent care, the nurse should not:
 
  1. Acknowledge that each client holds various beliefs about pain.
  2. Abstain from stereotyping a client's pain responses based on the person's culture.
  3. Assume that all clients will verbally express their pain and ask for medication.
  4. Respect the client's right to react to pain in whatever manner desired.

Question 2

The client reports difficulty remembering at home whether the client took the medication or just thought about taking the medication. Which of the following strategies would be most helpful for the nurse to suggest?
 
  1. Obtaining and using a pill box
  2. Wearing a rubber band to remember
  3. Repeating the need to take the medications routinely
  4. Putting the pill container near the breakfast table



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Answer to Question 1

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Rationale: The nurse should not assume that all clients will verbalize pain and ask for medications. The nurse will provide culturally competent care by acknowledging differences in pain expression, accepting the manner in which clients will express pain, and abstaining from stereotyping a client's pain responses based on the person's culture.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale: A pill box is the only method listed for which the patient can check the date and time to see whether or not the pill was taken.



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