While Completing an Admission Database,the Nurse Is Interviewing a Patient

question 8

Multiple Choice

While completing an admission database,the nurse is interviewing a patient who states that he is allergic to latex.The most appropriate nursing action is to first

• A) Leave the room and place the patient in isolation.
• B) Ask the patient to describe the type of reaction.
• C) Proceed to the termination phase of the interview.
• D) Document the latex allergy on the medication administration record.

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Definitions:

Tradition

The transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way.

Status Obligations

Responsibilities or behaviors expected from an individual based on their social, professional, or familial position.

Enculturation

The process of transmitting a group’s culture from one generation to the next.

Ethnocentrism

Belief that your cultural traditions and assumptions are superior to those of others.