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SGallaher96

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A patient's cultural background is identified as being sociologically low context. Which nursing interventions would be appropriate for such a patient? Select all that apply.
 
  a. Asking the patient to contribute suggestions to include in the care plan
  b. Providing the patient with privacy during visits with their religious leaders
  c. Instructing the patient on how to select foods within their prescribed diet plan
  d. Waiting to provide medication education until family members are visiting
  e. Facilitating the family in assuming responsibility for the patient's physical needs

Question 2

The nurse is addressing the possibility that a family of newly emigrated Hispanics may experience cultural shock. Which statements are truisms concerning this cultural adapta-tion issue? Select all that apply.
 
  a. Most primitive cultures embrace the lifestyle of the industrialized ones.
  b. It may take generations for family members to become acculturated.
  c. The most resistant to adaptation are children and young adults.
  d. Typical responses include fear and distrust of strangers.
  e. Family members are at high risk for anxiety disorder.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A, B, C
Behaviors and communication styles of cultural societies referred to as low context (individ-ualistic) are those in which people care for themselves. Low-context societies emphasize thinking and values that are centered on the individual: autonomy, individual initiative, the right to privacy, and emotional independence. Facilitating family in assuming responsibility for the patient's physical and educational needs is not compatible with the characteristic needs of the low-context society.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B, E
Many immigrants experience culture shock, a sudden or violent disturbance of emotions that involves a sense of anxiety, fear, and distrust. Children and young adults usually adapt to their new surroundings more quickly. It takes approximately three generations or longer for members of a minority group to integrate into the dominant cultural environment.



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