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bcretired · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A culturally diverse patient refuses to participate in a group because of the presence of a person who can put spells on. The nurse recognizes a priority need to explore this pa-tient's:

a. Economic status
b. Home environment
c. Health-illness beliefs
d. Educational background

Question 2

When working with a patient newly emigrated from Asia who has been assessed as hav-ing xenophobia, the nurse could anticipate making the assessment that the individual:

a. Resists sharing food with others
b. Would be reluctant to ride an elevator
c. Is unlikely to talk with nonfamily members
d. Fears the consequences of going out of doors

Eazy416 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
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 other assessments do not relate to the situation as directly.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Xenophobia is defined as a morbid fear of strangers. The xenophobic individual would not necessarily resist sharing food (fear of germs), riding in elevators (fear of closed spaces), or going out of doors (fear of open spaces).