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bobypop · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

When assessing a patient from a different culture, what is the most effective approach to meet the goal of cultural sensitivity?

1. Teach the patient how to assimilate into the dominant culture.
2. Explain to the patient that values must be adjusted to reach a healthy state.
3. Determine what aspects of the patient's life should be preserved as they are.
4. Ask the patient how he or she is alienated from his or her primary cultural group.

Question 2

The patient's family brings him to the emergency department because he has been threatening suicide. The patient tells the nurse that he is too hungry to talk and she should just go away.

The nurse decides to bring the patient some food before she does a complete assessment. Whose theory would most support the nurse's action?
1. Peplau
2. Orlando
3. Neuman
4. Leininger

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

Answer to Question 1

Answer: 3
Explanation: Cultural sensitivity is the process of increasing professional effectiveness through understanding, respecting, and appreciating the importance of cultural factors in the delivery of health services. Asking the patient how he or she is alienated, teaching the client to assimilate, and explaining that the patient's values have to be changed are neither sensitive nor supportive.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: 2
Explanation: Orlando focuses on responding to the patient's immediate needs. Peplau's theory emphasizes the psychodynamic process. Neuman sees the client as a system that seeks homeostasis. Leininger addresses cultural beliefs and values.