Answer to Question 1
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Rationale 1: The culturally sensitive nurse should find out what medications and home remedies the patient is using, and counsel the patient regarding overall effects.
Rationale 2: The culturally sensitive nurse will discuss the importance of a well-balanced diet during pregnancy with consideration of the patient's cultural beliefs and practices.
Rationale 3: The patient has a right to make birthing choices. The nurse cannot refuse to talk to the patient about them.
Rationale 4: Encouraging the use of support systems and spiritual aids that provide comfort for the mother is important in culturally sensitive care.
Rationale 5: Telling the patient not to use any home remedies is not culturally sensitive.
Answer to Question 2
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Rationale 1: Epinephrine is used to relieve bronchospasm, or during anaphylactic reactions.
Rationale 2: Terbutaline is used as a tocolytic.
Rationale 3: Ephedrine is the medication of choice to increase maternal blood pressure.
Rationale 4: Epifoam is a topical anesthetic.
The nurse is using Standard Precautions to draw blood.
Nurse examining and measuring hematuria sample from client with a UTI
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Using hot stones for specific applications under the scapula.
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