Author Question: The nurse is caring for the teenage child of immigrants from China. The teenager voices distress ... (Read 36 times)

beccaep · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

The nurse is caring for the teenage child of immigrants from China.

The teenager voices distress because after living in the United States for several years, he no longer wants to participate in some of the Chinese religious rituals that are important to his parents. What is the teenager experiencing?
A) Culture shock
B) Cultural ethnocentrism
C) Cultural change
D) Cultural relativity

Question 2

The newly employed nurse working in a physician's office seeks advice on the job responsibilities and how best to implement these responsibilities. Who is the key informant for this nurse?

A) the physician
B) the nurse who has been working in this office for 8 years
C) the office manager who has been employed by this physician for 14 years
D) the unlicensed assistive personnel who has worked in this office for 22 years

Dominic · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: C
Feedback:
The teenager is experiencing cultural change. This often occurs when a person changes upon coming into contact with new beliefs and ideas. Culture shock is a stress response that involves being unable to comprehend the culture that one is immersed in. Viewing one's own culture as the only correct standard by which to view people of other cultures is ethnocentrism. Cultural relativity refers to an understanding that cultures relate differently to the same given situations.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: B
Feedback:
While the physician will convey expectations of the nurse's role, the nurse presently working will be the key informant for the newly employed nurse. The key informant is the person who has an especially rich base of cultural knowledge, is reflective, willing to share their views, and is able to articulate her culture; in this case the responsibilities of a nurse in this setting. The office manager and unlicensed assistive personnel, while employed in this office longer, will have different roles in this office culture than will the nurse.