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s.tung · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A client from the West Indies refuses to participate in a group because of the presence of a per-son who can put spells on him. The nurse recognizes a priority need to explore this client's:

1. Health-illness beliefs
2. Economic status
3. Home environment
4. Educational background

Question 2

To include a cultural focus in client care planning, which of the following beliefs about faith will the nurse incorporate? Faith is a:

1. Belief of body and mind
2. Manner of expressing spirituality
3. Use of spiritual resources without empiric proof
4. Search for the sacred, transcendent, or universal

kmb352 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: 1
Culture influences beliefs about health and illness, including causes of illness. What the nurse might label as delusional might be a culturally determined belief about illness causation. The oth-er assessments do not relate to the situation as directly.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 3
Faith is the ability to draw on spiritual resources without having physical and empiric proof. Op-tion 1 refers to psychosomatic concepts. Option 2 refers to religion. Option 4 refers to spirituality.