Intro to Nursing-Holistic Care

A client's rituals, values, customs and beliefs is referring to what?

• Race

• Heritage

• Culture

• Ethnicity

Providing care to the whole client and incorporates the client's culture, values and beliefs into the care. What kind of care is the nurse providing?

• Culturally Assimilated

• Culturally Competent

• Culturally Intense

• Culturally Deviant

When a nurse understands the relationship between mind, body and spirit, they are demonstrating knowledge of what?

• Religion

• Spirituality

• Culture

• Beliefs

Nursing care that crosses cultural boundaries is referred to as what?

• Holistic Nursing

• Biomedical Nursing

• Transcultural Nursing

• Geriatric Nursing

Health beliefs that are based on scientific evidence are referred to as?

• Holistic

• Folk Healing

• Religious based

• Biomedical

The balancing of the body, between Hot & Cold disease and illness is what type of health belief?

• Biomedical

• Folk Healing

• Holistic

• Religious based

The nurse encounters a patient that does not speak the same language. In order to provide the best care, the nurse should utilize what?

• A family member

• Another nurse

• An interpreter

• Pictures

The nurse is caring for a homeless client that has a foot wound that has been there for several months. The client did not seek care due to lack of insurance coverage and inability to afford care. The nurse attributes this to what?

• Geography

• Economics

• Misunderstanding

• Prejudice

A client reports that they have not had an OBGYN visit or a yearly Pap smear for more than 7 years. The last healthcare provider she saw made a comment about her weight, so she has been reluctant to return to see someone. The nurse recognizes this as being what barrier to health care?

• Language

• Education

• Geography

• Stereotyping

The client was diagnosed with a terminal illness and is angry with God, the nurse realizes the client is experiencing spiritual distress and should implement which intervention?

• Leave the client alone.

• Offer a foot massage

• Be Present

• Tell the client they are being dramatic