Deck 24: People of Russian Heritage

Question 1

A 76-year-old man from Russia is 3 days postcoronary bypass.The nurse notices he is reluctant to take prescribed pain medication.The best approach to get him to accept pain medication is to
1) Give it to him without asking him.
2) Tell him that the doctor has ordered it.
3) Explain that the pain medicine will promote healing.
4) Explain that taking pain medicine will not decrease his manliness.

Answer 1

3

Question 2

In terms of burial practice,Russian Orthodox
1) Usually practice cremation.
2) Do not usually practice cremation.
3) Practice interment exclusively.
4) Bury in waterproof vaults aboveground.
Chapter 24: People of Russian Heritage
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Answer 2

2

Question 3

A 60-year-old Russian immigrant is reluctant to share his troubled history with the nurse.The nurse recognizes that he needs to
1) Establish trust.
2) Speak more slowly owing to a generational difference.
3) Use very simple English; she does not understand him.
4) Obtain someone with the same religious background as the patient.

Answer 3

1

Question 4

Vladimir Sarinov,a visitor from Russia,was in a minor automobile accident.The emergency room physician recommended that he apply ice packs to the contusions on his abdomen.He asked the discharge nurse if that was really correct and that in his country they did not use ice for such things.The nurse should explain
1) The necessity of treatment with ice in factual terms.
2) That treatments in Russia are outdated.
3) That this is the way contusions are treated in the United States.
4) That treatment with ice will prevent further bruising.

Question 5

Many Russian immigrants are reluctant to immunize their children because
1) Immunizations are not done in Russia.
2) They fear adverse side effects.
3) The quality of immunizations in Russia was questionable.
4) They do not want the child to undergo a painful procedure.