Deck 2: Cultural and Spiritual Issues Related to Mental

Question 1

The nurse is doing an assessment interview of a patient. During the interview, the patient comments, Our people are connected with nature. Our world, our seasons, and our weatherthey all have many lessons to teach us. The nurse interprets the patients statement as an expression of which of the following?

A) Religiousness
B) Tribal law
C) Spirituality
D) Ecological values

Answer 1

Spirituality

Question 2

A psychiatricmental health nurse is providing care to a patient who has recently emigrated to the United States from Eastern Europe. Which of the following would be least effective in providing culturally competent care?

A) Demonstrating a genuine interest in the patient
B) Avoiding assumptions about the patients culture
C) Speaking to the patient in his native language.
D) Acquiring information about the patients country.

Answer 2

Speaking to the patient in his native language.

Question 3

A psychiatricmental health nurse working in a Veterans Administration Medical Center is meeting with a military wife who is an Asian American. The woman is to be joining a support group for wives of veterans who have posttraumatic stress syndrome. When asking her to describe her husbands mental health problems, which response would the nurse most likely expect?

A) Oh, he may seem depressed, but it is just a vitamin deficiency. It runs in his family.
B) I know the war messed his mind up. Hell never be the same.
C) Sometimes he hallucinates that he is back in Vietnam.
D) He just stays to himself; he never talks to me about what is bothering him.

Answer 3

Oh, he may seem depressed, but it is just a vitamin deficiency. It runs in his family.

Question 4

A nursing instructor is preparing a class about rural cultures and the influence on mental health problems. Which of the following would the instructor include as impacting the use of mental health services for this group? Select all that apply.

A) Limited access to care
B) Lack of available resources
C) Geographical similarities
D) Diverse cultural groups
E) Consistency in treatment approaches

Question 5

A psychiatricmental health nurse is working on developing cultural competence. Which of the following would be most appropriate for the nurse to do?

A) Research information about the cultures of the population being served after assessing the patients.
B) Recognize that ones own culture is the predominant way of addressing a patients health care needs.
C) Assume that any individual of a racial or ethnic group is the same as another individual in that group.
D) Demonstrate an appreciation of and a genuine interest in the individual and his or her cultural beliefs.

Question 6

The nurse is assessing an Asian American patient. During the interview, the nurse determines that the patient likely follows Taoism based on which statement?

A) Purity and balance guide all of my actions.
B) I strive to be in happy harmony with nature.
C) Natures powers must be respected in life.
D) God is worshipped out of love, not fear.