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daltonest1984

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A female nurse is caring for an older woman from the Hasidic Jewish community. The woman's son is at the patient's bedside.
 
  The nurse notes that when she communicates with the patient and her son, the son does not maintain eye contact with her and also notes that he withdraws when she attempts to shake his hand. The best response by the nurse is to:
  a. carry on conversation with the patient on-ly, ignoring the son.
  b. continue conversing with both the patient and the son.
  c. ask the son to leave since he is not com-fortable with her.
  d. ask the patient why the son will not en-gage with her.

Question 2

An older patient learns that he has metastatic cancer. The patient states: I must have angered God. This is an example of which type of belief?
 
  a. Biomedical
  b. Magico-religious
  c. Naturalistic
  d. Ayurvedic


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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
In some cultures, direct eye contact or contact between men and women is seen as a sexual ad-vance. This is true in the Hasidic culture. Options A and C are disrespectful to the patient and her son. Option D may put the son in an uncomfortable position.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Magico-religious: views illness as caused by actions of a higher authority.
Biomedical: views disease as a result of abnormalities in structure and function and disease caused by intrusion of pathogens into the body.
Naturalistic: based on the concepts of balance. Health is seen as a sign of balance.
Ayurvedic: the oldest known paradigm in the naturalistic system. Illness is seen as an imbalance.


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