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WhattoUnderstand · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A child drowned while swimming in a local lake 2 years ago. Which behaviors show the child's parents are mourning in an effective way? The parents who: (Select all that apply.)

a. Maintain a place setting for the dead child at the family dinner table.
b. Throw flowers on the lake at each anniversary date of the accident.
c. Keep their child's room exactly as the child left it 2 years ago.
d. Purchase life vests for children at a local group home.
e. Enroll their other children in swimming lessons.

Question 2

To provide culturally competent care, the nurse should:

a. accurately interpret the thinking of individual patients.
b. predict how a patient may perceive treatment interventions.
c. formulate interventions to reduce the patient's ethnocentrism.
d. identify strategies that fit within the cultural context of the patient.

annierak · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B, D, E
Loss of a child is among the highest-risk situations for maladaptive grieving. The parents who throw flowers on the lake on each anniversary date of the accident are openly expressing their feelings. Enrolling their other children in swimming lessons shows the parents' love of the surviving children and interest in their safety. Purchasing life vests for other children is a way of memorializing their child who drowned. The other behaviors indicate the parents are isolating themselves and/or denying their feelings.

Answer to Question 2

D
The correct answer is the most global response. Cultural competence requires ongoing effort. Culture is dynamic, diversified, and changing. The nurse must be prepared to gain cultural knowledge and determine nursing care measures that patients find acceptable and helpful. Interpreting the thinking of individual patients does not ensure culturally competent care. Reducing a patient's ethnocentrism may not be a desired outcome.