MrJacobson,53,is a Home Health Client Who Participates in Cultural Health

question 12

Multiple Choice

Mr.Jacobson,53,is a home health client who participates in cultural health practices that the nurse feels may be considered folk medicine.In order to remain attentive to cultural sensitivity and provide appropriate cultural nursing care,what should the nurse do?

• A)Explain the right and wrong of Mr.Jacobson's treatment to convince him to follow professional health care practices
• B)Have Mr.Jacobson's physician explain the care to him in a firm but gentle manner
• C)Negotiate with Mr.Jacobson to interface his cultural health practices with professional health care practices
• D)Tell Mr.Jacobson that because he is now living in Canada,professional health care practices must be used

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Definitions:

Electrolyte

Minerals in the body fluids that carry an electric charge and are essential for muscle function, hydration, and blood pH balance.

Fluid Volume

The amount of body fluids, including blood and lymph, critical for maintaining physiological balance and health.

Extravasation

The leakage of a liquid, especially of blood or an intravenous fluid, out of a vessel and into surrounding tissues, often due to vessel puncture or rupture.

Infiltration

The process by which a fluid passively enters or accumulates in a tissue, often incorrectly referring to the unintended leakage of IV fluid into surrounding tissue.