Mathew Is a Nurse Working in a Remote First Nations

question 7

Multiple Choice

Mathew is a nurse working in a remote First Nations community.The client is using traditional medicine to treat a wound.Mathew is experiencing moral distress because he believes that a Western therapy is required to treat the wound.How should Mathew resolve his moral distress?

• A) Ask another nurse to take on this client so that Mathew does not have to compromise his standards of practice
• B) Contact the Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada for guidance
• C) Transfer care to a Shaman or herbalist in keeping with the client's belief system
• D) Tell the client that Western medicine is needed because the wound is not healing with the traditional approach

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Definitions:

Affiliation Needs

The inherent human desire to belong to a group or form close and interpersonal relationships.

Esteem Needs

Refers to the human desire for respect, self-esteem, and recognition from others, considered a higher-level need in Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

Security Needs

The requirements essential for an individual's or organization's safety, protection, and freedom from threats or harm.

Esteem Needs

In Maslow's hierarchy of needs, these are the fourth level and represent the human desire for respect, self-esteem, and recognition from others.