The nurse is planning to provide care according to Leininger's ...

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The nurse is planning to provide care according to Leininger's theory of culturally congruent care. What should the nurse include when providing care to the client?
 
  1. Care should be influenced by the organizational structure.
  2. The client's familiar lifeways are preserved.
  3. Accommodations should be satisfying to clients.
  4. Nursing care must be repatterned to help the client move toward wellness.
  5. Care should be structured to fit the nurse's needs

Question 2

The nurse is researching the concept of caring as it relates to specific situations in the clinical area. More specifically, the nurse is interested in caring as it relates to cultural differences.
 
  Of the following theorists, which would be of the most help to this nurse researcher?
  1. Florence Nightingale
  2. Jean Watson
  3. Dorothea Orem
  4. Madeline Leininger

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Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 2, 3, 4
Rationale 1: Care influenced by organizational structure is in line with Ray's theory of bureaucratic caring.
Rationale 2: Culturally congruent care involves three action-decision care approaches, one of which is preservation of the client's familiar lifeways.
Rationale 3: Culturally congruent care involves three action-decision care approaches, one of which is ensuring accommodations that help clients adapt to or negotiate for satisfying care.
Rationale 4: Culturally congruent care involves three action-decision care approaches, one of which is repatterning nursing care to help the client move toward wellness.
Rationale 5: Structuring care to meet the nurse's needs is not an aspect of culturally congruent care.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Nightingale's theory focuses on the environment.
Rationale 2: Watson's theory focuses on caring in itself.
Rationale 3: Orem's theory is about self-care and deficit.
Rationale 4: Leininger's theory of culture care diversity and universality is based on the assumption that nurses must understand different cultures in order to function effectively.

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