The psychiatric-mental health nurse is caring for a patient who is from a different culture than the nurse. What action best demonstrates the principle of cultural sensitivity?
1. The nurse adheres to his or her own experiences regardless of any past enculturation.
2. The nurse adheres to the patient's cultural practices regardless of any safety concerns.
3. The nurse attempts to use his or her own culture to guide clinical decisions for the patient.
4. The nurse attempts to understand the patient's culture in order to guide clinical decisions for the patient.
Question 2
What concept should guide the nurse's practice regarding the influence of cultural values on a patient's health beliefs?
1. Cultural values may shape the status of the patient's chronic conditions.
2. Cultural values and other differences will negatively influence outcomes.
3. Cultural values may shape perceptions of health, disease, prevention, and treatment.
4. Cultural values will not shape perceptions of health, disease, prevention, and treatment.
Question 3
A patient who lost his job as a result of his habitual lateness tells his therapist that he thinks his boss was making a big deal about nothing. What type of cognitive distortion does the therapist consider the patient to be exhibiting?
1. Arbitrary inference
2. Selective abstraction
3. Overgeneralization
4. Magnification/minimization
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