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CQXA · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

Michael is a 44-year-old nurse who works in a small clinic with two other nurses and a nurse practitioner. Recently Michael has been staying at work longer than he usually does.

Michael's neighbor, a patient at the clinic, asked one of the other nurses at the clinic how Michael was coping since his wife left him. Michael had not shared this information with his co-workers. The nurse is concerned that Michael may be coping with his loss with which of the following? A. Compensation
B. Conversion
C. Denial
D. Dissociation

Question 2

Harriett has been studying different cultures in relationship to nursing. She understands that transcultural nursing has been developed as a distinct discipline and can be defined as which of the following?

A. Understanding one's own culture within a universal perspective
B. Acknowledging cultural differences among races
C. Understanding cultural similarities and differences among groups of people
D. Respecting cultural differences within an environmental context

beccamahon · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
Denial is avoiding emotional conflicts by refusing to consciously acknowledge anything that causes intolerable emotional pain.

Answer to Question 2

C
Leininger developed transcultural nursing as a distinct discipline to understand cultural similarities (culture universal) and differences (culture-specific) among groups of people.