Author Question: A Native American patient keeps a small bunch of feathers on the over-the-bed table. They are in the ... (Read 31 times)

FButt · **on:** Jul 17, 2018

A Native American patient keeps a small bunch of feathers on the over-the-bed table. They are in the way whenever the nurse serves a tray or sets up equipment for a treatment. A culturally competent action would be to

a. throw them away while the patient is sleeping.
b. move them to a place where they won't be in the way.
c. leave them where the patient wishes to place them.
d. ask why there are a bunch of feathers in a hospital room.

Question 2

Mrs. Lee tells the nurse who asks why she ate so little of the food on her tray that her condition requires hot foods, so she ate only the hot foods on the tray.

The nurse notices that several items the patient left on the tray were served hot, and several of the foods the patient ate were served cold. The nurse should

a. tell the dietary department to make sure Mrs. Lee's foods are hot when served.
b. check Mrs. Lee's menu choices and change choices from cold entrees to hot entrees.
c. tell Mrs. Lee that no hospital food service serves entrees as hot as she may fix at home.
d. ask Mrs. Lee to make a list of foods she believes would help her condition.

laurnthompson · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 17, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Individuals of some cultures believe that amulets and charms are helpful in preventing or curing illness. It is likely that the small bunch of feathers serves this purpose. Leaving them where placed is the culturally sensitive thing to do. The nurse might also respectfully ask about the feathers to gather data about the patient's health beliefs and practices. The other options are not culturally competent behaviors.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
For this patient, hot and cold do not refer to the temperature at which food is served, but rather to culturally determined properties of the food. Asking for a list of foods Mrs. Lee believes would help her condition is the most helpful action for the nurse to take. The other options do not demonstrate understanding the culturally diverse meanings of hot and cold.