Author Question: The emphasis on understanding cultural influence on health care is important because of a. ... (Read 47 times)

BRWH · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

The emphasis on understanding cultural influence on health care is important because of

a. disability entitlements.
b. HIPAA requirements.
c. increasing global diversity.
d. litigious society.

Question 2

When teaching an Asian patient with newly diagnosed diabetes, the nurse notes the patient nodding yes to everything that is being said. With a better understanding of cultural interdependence in self-concept, a nurse should immediately

a. write everything down for the patient to refer to later.
b. prompt further to elicit additional questions or concerns.
c. call the recognized elder for this patient.
d. call the oldest male relative for help with decision making.

maaaaaaaaaa · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Culture is an essential aspect of health care because of increasing diversity. Disability entitlements refer to defined benefits for eligible mental or physically disabled beneficiaries in relation to housing, employment, and health care. HIPAA requirements refers to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, which protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information; the HIPAA Security Rule, which sets national standards for the security of electronic protected health information; and the confidentiality provisions of the Patient Safety Rule, which protect identifiable information being used to analyze patient safety events and improve patient safety.
Litigious society refers to excessively ready to go to law or initiate a lawsuit.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
When a nurse provides nutritional education to a patient who is from a culture that values greater power distance, it might appear that the patient is willing to accept all that the nurse suggests, when further prompting would elicit additional questions or concerns. The patient from a collectivist culture will usually consult family members for a best course of action. It is not acceptable for nurses to take it upon themselves to call the recognized elder or oldest male relative for help with decision making. While writing everything down may be OK for some cultures, with Asian patients it may be best to prompt further to elicit additional questions or concerns.