You are working with an Asian client. The client has suffered ...

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You are working with an Asian client. The client has suffered from mental illness for a long time, but has not sought help and is in the hospital now only because of physical problems.
 
  From your knowledge of the Asian culture, you suspect that this client was reluctant to seek help for the mental illness because the client was: a. afraid of Western, modern medicine administered predominantly by Caucasians
  b. fearful of a terminal diagnosis
  c. not wanting to lose control
  d. of the opinion that the best healing source lies within the family

Question 2

In working with a client with paranoid personality disorder, the MOST therapeutic approach would be for the nurse to:
 
  a. use a strict tone of voice to enforce limit setting
  b. avoid giving the client any choices in matters
  c. employ a teaching manner to provide information
  d. maintain a nonemotional and matter-of-fact manner

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Answer to Question 1

D
Many Asian cultures believe that the best source of healing lies within the family and that it may even be counterproductive to seek counseling or therapy outside of one's family. This belief may be exacerbated by the fact that such counseling methods stem from a Western model, which is not in tune with the healing model traditionally found in Asian cultures.

Answer to Question 2

D
Maintaining a nonemotional, matter-of-fact manner with the client would be the most therapeutic approach when dealing with a client with paranoid personality disorder. The nurse should not attempt to talk the client out of his or her unfounded fears as this will merely lead to the client becoming more defensive. The nurse should provide feedback to the client's behaviors, as often the client does not realize how he or she comes across to others.