The nurse is caring for a diabetic patient whose religious ...

[krzymel]

The nurse is caring for a diabetic patient whose religious beliefs require fasting from sun up to sun down on holy days. How can the nurse best advocate for this patient?
 
  1. Teach the patient the importance of eating throughout the day to avoid hypoglycemia.
  2. Choose the nursing diagnosis of noncompliance if the patient becomes hypoglycemic due to fasting.
  3. Invite the spiritual leader of his faith to talk with him about exceptions to the need to fast.
  4. Meet the patient's caloric needs before sunrise and after sunset and monitor blood sugar closely.

Question 2

The charge nurse is preparing assignments when one of the staff nurses requests not to be assigned a specific patient, using a derogatory name to refer to the patient's ethnicity. What is the charge nurse's best response?
 
  1. Encourage the nurse to embrace diversity and reject prejudice.
  2. Report the nurse to human resources for demonstrating prejudicial behavior.
  3. Assign the patient to a different nurse and make a note not to ever assign this patient to this nurse.
  4. Schedule a staff meeting to talk to the entire staff about avoiding prejudice.

[Silverbeard98]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: 4
Respecting a patient's religious needs demonstrates caring. Work with the patient and the physician to develop a diet that allows the patient to fast while adjusting when and what the patient eats and medications are taken.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 1
While the nurse's request may need to be granted to protect the patient from poor care, the nurse should be encouraged to embrace diversity and reject prejudice.