Ginny is a nurse who is admitting Mrs. Martinez, a 56-year-old Hispanic patient, to the oncology unit of the hospital. To provide culturally competent care, Ginny needs to determine the influence of culture on Mrs. Martinez's family.
Which of the following questions would best accomplish this? A. What types of foods do you eat?
B. How many children do you have?
C. What is your religious preference?
D. Do you have an advance directive?
Question 2
A new registered nurse who recently passed board examinations was on his way home from the STD clinic where he was working since graduating from nursing school. He stopped at an automobile accident to see if he could assist.
There was one victim who was not breathing. The nurse provided CPR at the scene, but the victim died. The victim's family sued the nurse. Which of the following provides the best protection to the nurse in this case? A. STD clinic's malpractice insurance policy
B. Good Samaritan Law
C. The State Board of Nursing
D. Institute of Medicine
Electrocardiography. (a) Electrodes are placed on the patient’s chest to record the electrical event
Lung cancer. Photograph of part of a lung removed after death. The yellow area is a large tumor and
Fundus of white pateint and black patient
Observed Mother–Child Arguments at Five Time Points Over an Eight-Year Period
Role-Playing a Situation in Which a Patient Is from Another Culture
A histologic slide showing the sponge-like architecture of a patient with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.