MC The local clinic employs a Hispanic receptionist, who is also used as an interpreter for the many non-English speaking Latino clients who utilize the clinic. Members of the staff believe the clients should learn English, and they have
refused offers from the receptionist to learn some basic phrases. They are hindering culturally competent care through:
A. Cultural destructiveness.
B. Cultural blindness.
C. Cultural incapacity.
D. Cultural pre-competence.
Question 2
MC The most important facet to developing cultural competence is for the nurse to
A. Gain proficiency in another language beyond English.
B. Understand the culture of the client.
C. Understand and recognize the nurse's own cultural background.
D. Identify the goals for culturally competent care.
A hearing-impaired patient using an interpreter.
Headsets are ergonomically correct and allow the medical assistant or receptionist to use both hands
Each patient is greeted by the receptionist.
Local Anesthetic Agents
Recommended Maximum Doses of Local Anesthetics with Vasoconstrictor
After multiple injections of a local anesthetic, the patient developed herpetic lesions.