Author Question: The nurse is using Giger and Davidhizar's Transcultural Assessment Model to gain information about a ... (Read 43 times)

clmills979 · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

The nurse is using Giger and Davidhizar's Transcultural Assessment Model to gain information about a patient from an unfamiliar culture. What questions does the nurse ask that are relevant to this mode? (Select all that apply.)

a. Who would you like present to help answer questions?
b. What do you believe caused your current illness?
c. How important is planning for the future to you?
d. Why don't you want to shake my hand?
e. What activities would you do to control your health?

Question 2

The nursing student learns that which are correct regarding acculturation and assimilation? (Select all that apply.)

a. Assimilation is forced entry into a different culture.
b. Acculturation depends on first-hand contact between groups.
c. Acculturation results in changes to the minority culture only.
d. Assimilation can occur at the group or individual level.
e. Assimilation causes a minority group member to blend into the majority group.

6ana001 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A, B, C, E
The Giger and Davidhizar Transcultural Assessment Model looks at communication, space, social orientation, time, environmental control, and biological variation. The questions all address these factors; however, asking why the patient does not want to shake the nurse's hand sounds judgmental and why questions are a communication barrier.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B, D, E
Acculturation occurs from first-hand contact between a minority group and the majority cultural group and can result in changes to one or both cultures. Assimilation occurs when members of a minority group blend into the majority group and can occur at the group or individual level. Assimilation is not a forced change.