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notis · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A nurse begins work in an agency that provides care to members of a minority ethnic population. The nurse will be better able to demonstrate cultural competence after:

a. identifying culture-bound issues.
b. implementing scientifically proven interventions.
c. correcting inferior health practices of the population.
d. exploring commonly held beliefs and values of the population.

Question 2

A nurse wants to engage an interpreter for a severely anxious 21-year-old male who immigrated to the United States two years ago. Of the four interpreters below who are available and fluent in the patient's language, which one should the nurse call?

a. 65-year-old female professional interpreter
b. 24-year-old male professional interpreter
c. A member of the patient's family
d. The patient's best friend

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

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
Cultural competence is dependent on understanding the beliefs and values of members of a different culture. A nurse who works with an individual or group of a culture different from his or her own must be open to learning about the culture. The other options have little to do with cultural competence or represent only a portion of the answer.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
A professional interpreter will be most effective because he/she will be able to interpret both language and culture. When an interpreter is engaged, the interpreter should be matched to the patient as closely as possible in gender, age, social status, and religion. Interpreters should not be relatives or friends of the patient. The stigma of mental illness may prevent the openness needed during the encounter.