Author Question: The nurse is giving care to a Hispanic American woman in the client's home. A curandero visits and ... (Read 36 times)

vicotolentino · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

The nurse is giving care to a Hispanic American woman in the client's home. A curandero visits and administers herbs to the client that were not prescribed by the physician. The best action for the nurse is to:

a. inform the client that medication that is not prescribed by the physician may not be taken.
b. politely escort the curandero out of the client's home.
c. remove the herbs from the client's home.
d. recognize the client's right to different types of healing.

Question 2

A Native American client admitted to the hospital for surgery asks if his medicine man can perform a 30-minute healing ceremony prior to surgery. The nurse should:

a. tell him that such rituals are not part of the preoperative routine.
b. explain that in modern health care, there is no need for the medicine man.
c. provide the space and privacy for the ceremony.
d. request the hospital chaplain to pray with the client.