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HCA UNIT 3<\/p>\n

1. The nurse is observing a healing ceremony performed by people of the American Indian culture. What is a characteristic of this ceremony?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0a. Sound\u00a0<\/p>\n

b. Quiet\u00a0<\/p>\n

c. Herbal teas\u00a0<\/p>\n

d. Hallucinogenic plants<\/p>\n

2. A patient of the American Indian culture tells the nurse that the medicine man is consulted when an illness develops. How does a person become a medicine man?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0a. Know the interrelationships between people, the earth, and the universe\u00a0<\/p>\n

b. Understand the ways of plants and animals\u00a0<\/p>\n

c. Perform special ceremonies\u00a0<\/p>\n

d. All of the above.<\/p>\n

3. What is the difference between the modern physician and the medicine man when determining the cause of an illness?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0a. The medicine man looks for the physical cause of the problem\u00a0<\/p>\n

b. The medicine man looks for the spiritual cause of the problem\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0c. The medicine man studies the patient\u2019s past medical history to determine the cause of the illness<\/p>\n

\u00a0d. The medicine man studies the dietary practices of the person being seen<\/p>\n

4. In which American Indian tribe are meditation and herbs used to create a trance to provide the vision of the evil that causes an illness?<\/p>\n

\u00a0a. Hopi\u00a0<\/p>\n

b. Sioux<\/p>\n

\u00a0c. Navajo<\/p>\n

\u00a0d. Cherokee<\/p>\n

5. Which Navajo American Indian divination method will women practice to diagnose the cause of a disease?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0a. Singing<\/p>\n

\u00a0b. Listening\u00a0<\/p>\n

c. Motion in the hand \u00a0<\/p>\n

d. Stargazing<\/p>\n

6. What is the purpose of sand paintings when diagnosing illness in the Navajo American Indian culture?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0a. Creates symbolic representations of the client and family<\/p>\n

\u00a0b. Ensures that appropriate payment is made by the family\u00a0<\/p>\n

c. Provides an atmosphere of calm for the medicine man<\/p>\n

\u00a0d. Determines the cause and treatment of the illness\u00a0<\/p>\n

7. The nurse is conducting a medication history with a patient from the Oneida American Indian culture. Which remedies would the nurse include as part of this history?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0a. Witch hazel\u00a0<\/p>\n

b. Comfrey\u00a0<\/p>\n

c. Skunk oil\u00a0<\/p>\n

d. All of the above.<\/p>\n

8. A patient that is of the American Indian culture is waiting to be seen in a non-Indian Health Service facility. What concern might this patient have about receiving health care through this route?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0a. Conflict between his or her perception of the illness and what the physician diagnoses\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0b. Easier to receive medical care through emergency departments rather than private physicians<\/p>\n

\u00a0c. Receive better health care from mainstream medical services\u00a0<\/p>\n

d. Concern that medical insurance won\u2019t cover all the medical costs\u00a0<\/p>\n

9. Which action would the nurse take when assessing a patient of American Indian culture?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0a. Remaining quiet and recognizing the importance of nonverbal communication to seek \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0information<\/p>\n

\u00a0b. Asking detailed questions regarding the presenting symptoms<\/p>\n

\u00a0c. Asking indirect questions about the reason for seeking health care\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0d. Ensuring that no one beyond the medical provider and the client discuss what has brought the client to seek care<\/p>\n

10. Which is a concept of holism in traditional Chinese medicine?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0a. Integration of the body with the external environment\u00a0<\/p>\n

b. Energy fields that create health or disease \u00a0<\/p>\n

c. Local pathology as separate from the body\u00a0<\/p>\n

d. Harmonic balance that creates illness<\/p>\n

11. Which action would a patient, who practices Ayurvedic medicine, take to reestablish harmony \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and balance in the body?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0a. Sit in the sun\u00a0<\/p>\n

b. Speak to a doctor\u00a0<\/p>\n

c. Yoga<\/p>\n

\u00a0d. Ingest a substance to cleanse the body of substances that cause disease<\/p>\n

12. The nurse is planning care for a group of community members who follow Ayurveda medicine. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0What beliefs about this form of health care would the nurse need to keep in mind while \u00a0planning this care?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0a. All things in the universe are joined together.<\/p>\n

\u00a0b. Human beings contain elements that can be found in the universe.<\/p>\n

\u00a0c. All people are born in a state of balance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

d. All of the above.<\/p>\n

13. A patient of the Asian culture tells the nurse that an alteration in yin and yang will lead to \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0disease. Which variable can affect the body\u2019s yin and yang?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0a. Clothing\u00a0<\/p>\n

b. The weather \u00a0<\/p>\n

c. Social class\u00a0<\/p>\n

d. Improper food preparation<\/p>\n

14. Why does the Chinese physician focus on palpating a patient\u2019s pulse?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0a. It is considered the storehouse of the blood.\u00a0<\/p>\n

b. It indicates a specific treatment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

c. It can help to cure a patient.\u00a0<\/p>\n

d. It determines the time of death.<\/p>\n

15. A belief of Ayurvedic medicine is the concept of doshas. What is a characteristic of this concept?<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0a. Combine space and air to control nutritional preferences\u00a0<\/p>\n

b. Blend fire and water to balance mental capacities\u00a0<\/p>\n

c. Are constantly formed and reformed by food, activity, and bodily processes \u00a0<\/p>\n

d. Use water and earth to regulate hormonal balance\u00a0<\/p>\n

16. While assessing the health history of a patient who is an Asian\/Pacific Islander, what will the \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0nurse identify as a leading cause of death for people from this culture?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0a. Malignant neoplasms\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0b. Influenza and pneumonia\u00a0<\/p>\n

c. Alzheimer\u2019s disease\u00a0<\/p>\n

d. Chronic lower respiratory diseases\u00a0<\/p>\n

17. Why does poor health continue to occur among immigrant Asian populations?<\/p>\n

\u00a0a. Poor working environments and crowded living conditions\u00a0<\/p>\n

b. Refusal of Western medicine to treat Asian immigrants\u00a0<\/p>\n

c. Inability to tolerate Western medications<\/p>\n

\u00a0d. Low number of health care workers of Asian origin<\/p>\n

18. How would a patient from the Black culture treat poison ivy?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0a. Sprinkling crushed bluestone powder on the affected area \u00a0<\/p>\n

b. Placing a mixture of garlic, onions, and parsley on the site\u00a0<\/p>\n

c. Placing clay in a dark leaf over the affected area\u00a0<\/p>\n

d. Rubbing Vicks Vaporub on the area\u00a0<\/p>\n

19. In the Black culture, what would be used to treat colds?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0a. Sassafras tea\u00a0<\/p>\n

b. Hot lemon water with honey\u00a0<\/p>\n

c. Hot toddy made of tea, honey, lemon, peppermint, and alcohol\u00a0<\/p>\n

d. All of the above.<\/p>\n

20. Why are folk remedies still used today in the Black community?<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0a. Tradition of quality care and treatment by healers \u00a0<\/p>\n

b. Acknowledgement of the African heritage \u00a0<\/p>\n

c. Rituals associated with folk remedies\u00a0<\/p>\n

d. Close proximity of hospitals in the community<\/p>\n

21. What would be a benefit of following the African food tradition of geophagy?<\/p>\n

\u00a0a. Dirt is high in calcium\u00a0<\/p>\n

b. Pica is an accepted cultural practice\u00a0<\/p>\n

c. Red clay is rich in iron\u00a0<\/p>\n

d. Starch is sweet and dry<\/p>\n

22. For which reasons might a patient of the Black culture and of the Muslin religion refuse insulin to treat diabetes mellitus?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0a. Because any injectable medication is forbidden<\/p>\n

\u00a0b. If it has a pork base \u00a0<\/p>\n

c. Because it implies the person has not led a holy life\u00a0<\/p>\n

d. During Ramadan\u00a0<\/p>\n

23. Which is a health statistic of significance to Black or African Americans when compared to all \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0races?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0a. A lower incidence of breast cancer\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0b. Lower percentages of low birth weight infants\u00a0<\/p>\n

c. A lower crude birth rate<\/p>\n

\u00a0d. Lower male death rates from homicide\u00a0<\/p>\n

24. Who does the nurse recognize as being the leading authority figure within the Black familial \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0structure?<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0a. Female\u00a0<\/p>\n

b. Minister\u00a0<\/p>\n

c. Male\u00a0<\/p>\n

d. Oldest adult child\u00a0<\/p>\n

25. Why would some patients of the Black culture resent using health clinics for care?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0a. Prescription medications are given out only to those seen first.\u00a0<\/p>\n

b. Cheaper accessible health care is regarded as demeaning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

c. A day\u2019s work may be lost in waiting to be seen by a physician.\u00a0<\/p>\n

d. There are not enough clinics to focus on Black health problems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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