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mydiamond · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

While working with community members of different cultures, the nurse learns a variety of beliefs about the evil eye. What are the consistent variables of this cause of ILLNESS? Select all that apply:

1. How it is cast
2. Who can cast it
3. Who receives it
4. Degree of power it has
5. What body part is afflicted

Question 2

A patient tells the nurse that an ILLNESS was caused by the evil eye. What are common beliefs about this cause of ILLNESS? Select all that apply:

1. Power comes from the eye and strikes a victim.
2. The onset of illness is sudden.
3. The person who cast the evil eye may not be aware of the power.
4. The illness may be cured with rituals.
5. The illness will become chronic.

tuwy · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

1, 2, 3, 4
Explanation: 1. One variable of the evil eye is how it is cast.
2. One variable of the evil eye is who can cast it.
3. One variable of the evil eye is who receives it.
4. One variable of the evil eye is the degree of power it has.
5. The body part that is afflicted is not a variable of the evil eye.

Answer to Question 2

1, 2, 3, 4
Explanation: 1. One common belief about the evil eye is that power comes from a person's eye and strikes a victim.
2. One common belief about the evil eye is that the onset of ILLNESS is sudden.
3. One common belief about the evil eye is that the person who cast the evil eye may not be aware of his or her power.
4. One common belief about the evil eye is that the ILLNESS may be cured with rituals.
5. ILLNESS believed to be caused by the evil eye is not believed to become chronic.