Answer to Question 1
ANS: 3
Culture has both visible (easily seen) and invisible (less observable) components. Nurses cannot appreciate the meanings and beliefs associated with these artifacts without further assessment.
Recognition of visible signs of a client's culture will assist in the formation of a therapeutic nurse-client relationship because it conveys the nurse's interest in the client as a person; it is not essential to the relationship process. Recognition of visible signs of a client's culture will assist in the formation of trust (a component of a therapeutic nurse-client relationship) because it conveys the nurse's interest in the client as a person; it is not essential to the trust-establishing process. Recognition of visible signs of a client's culture will assist in the formation of a therapeutic nurse-client relationship, which is vital to the nurse's ability to provide therapeutic care because it conveys the nurse's interest in the client as a person.
Answer to Question 2
ANS: 2
Cultural competence is the process of acquiring specific knowledge, skills, and attitudes that en-sure delivery of culturally congruent care. By arranging for the family to assume responsibility for the client's hygiene, the nurse has shown a specific knowledge of the client's needs and acted upon that need. The other options are not as specific or as directly related to nursing care as noti-fying the staff that the client's bath will be done by her sister.
The nurse assists the patient in reflecting on his feelings
The nurse needs to inform the patient with impaired vision when a touch is to occur and ask permissi
Testing Visual Fields by Confrontation: The nurse and patient should be approximately at an eye to e
A nurse adjusts the rate of a client’s IV.
NURSE CARING BEHAVIORS AS
Entry level nurse competencies