Author Question: The nurse in the Emergency Department finds a woman collapsed on the floor and crying loudly. The ... (Read 55 times)

karateprodigy · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

The nurse in the Emergency Department finds a woman collapsed on the floor and crying loudly. The woman's husband was in a car accident and is being attended to by the medical staff.

Which statement by the nurse best demonstrates acting in a culturally competent manner? a. You need to control yourself. Your husband was not injured that badly.
b. Let me take you to a room with more privacy so we can talk.
c. I am concerned about how you are acting right now. No one else here is acting like this.
d. We will call the psychiatrist to see if medication can be ordered for you.

Question 2

A parent with schizophrenia and 10-year-old child live in a homeless shelter. The child has adapted to shelter life. The child says, I have three good friends at school. We talk about lots of things and sit together at lunch..

Select the nurse's best action. a. Recommend foster home placement of the child.
b. Refer the parent to the domestic violence program.
c. Refer the child for evaluation of emerging developmental problems.
d. Foster the child's healthy characteristics and existing environmental supports.

miss_1456@hotmail.com · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
The nurse is demonstrating cultural competence and using cross-cultural therapeutic health care skills by offering to allow the client to express herself. The nurse is imposing personal beliefs on expected behavior in the other options.

Answer to Question 2

D
Because the child shows no evidence of poor mental health, the best action would be to foster existing healthy characteristics and environmental supports. No other option is necessary or appropriate under the current circumstances.