Answer to Question 1
ANS: 3
Culture has both visible (easily seen) and invisible (less observable) components. Nurses cannot appreciate the meanings and beliefs associated with these artifacts without further assessment.
Recognition of visible signs of a client's culture will assist in the formation of a therapeutic nurse-client relationship because it conveys the nurse's interest in the client as a person; it is not essential to the relationship process. Recognition of visible signs of a client's culture will assist in the formation of trust (a component of a therapeutic nurse-client relationship) because it conveys the nurse's interest in the client as a person; it is not essential to the trust-establishing process. Recognition of visible signs of a client's culture will assist in the formation of a therapeutic nurse-client relationship, which is vital to the nurse's ability to provide therapeutic care because it conveys the nurse's interest in the client as a person.
Answer to Question 2
ANS: 2
Cultural competence is the process of acquiring specific knowledge, skills, and attitudes that en-sure delivery of culturally congruent care. By arranging for the family to assume responsibility for the client's hygiene, the nurse has shown a specific knowledge of the client's needs and acted upon that need. The other options are not as specific or as directly related to nursing care as noti-fying the staff that the client's bath will be done by her sister.
The tone of the nurse-patient introduction sets the stage for the patient interview and patient care
A subculture of employees who work at a medical practice
Testing Visual Fields by Confrontation: The nurse and patient should be approximately at an eye to e
A, A nurse is adding a medication to an IV line as a piggyback
EXAMPLES OF NURSING-SENSITIVE OUTCOME MEASURES
The overlapping relationship among research, evidence-based practice