Author Question: The nurse is planning the care for a patient from a non-English-speaking culture. Which terms would ... (Read 73 times)

geoffrey · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

The nurse is planning the care for a patient from a non-English-speaking culture. Which terms would the nurse use that reflect cultural care? Select all that apply:

1. Literacy
2. Refugee
3. Silence
4. Sacred times
5. Surgery

Question 2

The nurse is reviewing the steps needed to develop cultural competency. In which order will the nurse complete the steps of this process?

1. Personal heritage
2. Heritage of others
3. Health and health beliefs and practices
4. Health care culture and system
5. Traditional health care systems

kaykay69 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

1, 2, 3, 4
Explanation: 1. Literacy is a term that would reflect cultural care.
2. Refugee is a term that would reflect cultural care.
3. Silence is a term that would reflect cultural care.
4. Sacred times is a phrase that would reflect cultural care.
5. Surgery is not a phrase that would reflect cultural care.

Answer to Question 2

1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Explanation: The first step to cultural competency is personal heritage. The nurse will analyze answers to the following questions: Who are you?, What is your heritage?, and What are your health beliefs? The second step to cultural competency is the heritage of others. Here, the nurse will determine who the family is, and community is, to the patient. The third step to cultural competency is health and health beliefs and practices. The nurse will analyze competing philosophies in this step. The fourth step to cultural competency is healthcare culture and system. In this step, the nurse analyzes all of the issues and problems within the healthcare culture and system. The fifth step to cultural competency is traditional healthcare systems. At this step, the nurse analyzes the way that health was for most, and the way health still is for many.