Deck 5: Health Traditions

Question 1

In some cultures,spitting is a health protection activity done after giving someone else a compliment.What is the purpose of this action?
1)Prevents the recipient of the compliment from receiving an evil spell
2)Avoids direct speech afterwards with the person who receives the compliment
3)Prevents the recipient of the compliment from being too flattered
4)Makes the air better to take in the compliment

Answer 1

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Question 2

How would the nurse explain alternative HEALTH care traditions to a patient?
1)Outside of the realm of a person's cultural heritage medical tradition
2)For use in concert with other aspects of health care
3)An essential component of a cultural heritage medical tradition
4)Traditional methods of health care

Answer 2

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Question 3

A patient practices traditional methods of HEALTH maintenance.To what is this patient referring?
1)Ethnocultural heritage practices that safeguard HEALTH
2)How a population safeguards its health
3)What someone traditionally does to maintain his or her HEALTH
4)Usual and accepted practices of health maintenance

Answer 3

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Question 4

During a health history,a patient tells the nurse about following traditional epidemiological practices.What is the purpose of these practices? Select all that apply:
1)Preserve a heritage
2)Used as a part of the patient's religion.
3)Cure an illness
4)Uses folk medicine herbal remedies
5)Focus is on viruses and bacteria

Question 5

What would the nurse identify as contributors to ILLNESS? Select all that apply:
1)Imbalance of body,mind,or spirit
2)Imbalance with the family
3)Imbalance with the community
4)Imbalance with the forces of the natural world
5)Imbalance with socioeconomic status

Question 6

While caring for a patient from the Chinese culture,the nurse learns the patient has a specific practice that follows yin and yang.What impact will this have on the patient's dietary intake?
1)The patient will eat only specified combinations of food.
2)Some foods are only eaten at different times of the year.
3)There are specific foods for specific purposes.
4)Identifies if foods should be eaten hot or cold

Question 7

Which actions would the nurse categorize as traditional mental HEALTH maintenance?
1)Activities to concentrate and stimulate the mind
2)Avoiding physically demanding hobbies
3)Using medications to preserve chemical balance in the brain
4)Wearing head covering in the cold to preserve head warmth

Question 8

Which action do most people take when experiencing a mild illness?
1)Rely on self-treatment or do nothing.
2)Ingest herbs specific to how they are feeling.
3)Consult a local faith HEALER.
4)Immediately seek medical attention.

Question 9

While working with community members of different cultures,the nurse learns a variety of beliefs about the evil eye.What are the consistent variables of this cause of ILLNESS? Select all that apply:
1)How it is cast
2)Who can cast it
3)Who receives it
4)Degree of power it has
5)What body part is afflicted

Question 10

Which patient statement reflects a spiritual belief that defines ILLNESS? Select all that apply:
1)"I am being punished for breaking a religious code."
2)"It is a necessary part of my religious culture."
3)"I failed to wear special amulets to ward it off."
4)"I am sick because I violated dietary practices."
5)"As long as I attend religious services,nothing will happen to me."

Question 11

When researching different healing traditions,the nurse learns that many of these traditions are based on which premise?
1)The person recovers from what is afflicting them.
2)The person becomes more ill and then recovers.
3)An outside person must help the person recover.
4)Other interventions aid the healing tradition.

Question 12

Which activities does the nurse recognize as being used by a patient to restore HEALTH? Select all that apply:
1)Drinking herbal tea
2)Using massage
3)Prayer
4)Meditation
5)Purging

Question 13

Which statement would the nurse utilize to define HEALTH?
1)The balance of a person within the outside world
2)A continuous struggle between balance and imbalance
3)Recovering from an illness
4)Physical wholeness for activity

Question 14

During an assessment,a patient tells the nurse,"An onion a day keeps everyone away." How does this philosophy protect HEALTH?
1)An onion protects the person from coming in contact with those who might be ill.
2)This philosophy affirms the belief in the power of onions to prevent disease.
3)This philosophy recognizes the special antibiotic properties contained within onions.
4)This philosophy advertises that onions have special healing abilities.

Question 15

After completing a health history,the nurse identifies which patient actions as being those used for traditional HEALTH maintenance? Select all that apply:
1)Washing hands after using the bathroom
2)Wearing boots when it is cold
3)Wear glasses.
4)Boil food.
5)Bathe once a week.

Question 16

Which action does the nurse recognize as essential for maintaining HEALTH?
1)Having a strong familial and social support system
2)Practicing moderation in all activities
3)Ensuring proper balance in all aspects of life
4)Taking a daily multivitamin

Question 17

A patient tells the nurse that an ILLNESS was caused by the evil eye.What are common beliefs about this cause of ILLNESS? Select all that apply:
1)Power comes from the eye and strikes a victim.
2)The onset of illness is sudden.
3)The person who cast the evil eye may not be aware of the power.
4)The illness may be cured with rituals.
5)The illness will become chronic.

Question 18

While performing a home assessment,the home care nurse identifies traditional practices that the patient uses to protect HEALTH.Which are practices used to protect health? Select all that apply:
1)Picture of a saint hanging on the wall in the bedroom
2)String of garlic hanging in the kitchen
3)Burning a candle on the kitchen table
4)Wearing a purple scarf
5)Chanting prayers

Question 19

While assessing a patient from the Jewish heritage,the nurse learns that the patient believes that an ILLNESS is being caused by another soul.With what is this HEALTH belief concerned?
1)The Dybbuk
2)Kayn aynhoreh
3)Szatan
4)Aberglobin

Question 20

While caring for an infant of Puerto Rican descent,the nurse sees a black amulet on a chain on the wrist of the baby's right hand.What should the nurse do with the amulet?
1)Leave it on the baby's wrist.
2)Remove the amulet.
3)Ask that the amulet be removed until the baby is older.
4)Move it to the baby's ankle.

Question 21

A patient asks the nurse to help identify alternative care approaches for a newly diagnosed illness.Why would the patient want to use an alternative care approach?
1)Allopathic treatments may cause adverse effects that a person can't tolerate.
2)It has a better empirical basis than do allopathic treatments.
3)Insurance reimburses alternative care treatments at the same rate or better than allopathic treatments.
4)Training for alternative care practitioners is closely regulated and licensed.

Question 22

The nurse learns that a patient used to follow homeopathic medicine,but now only uses allopathic medicine approaches.What is the significance of allopathic medicine?
1)Espouses empiric methods for treating disease
2)Accepts other forms of therapy as valid for treating disease
3)Is practiced only where it is accepted
4)Encompasses different treatment modalities within its framework

Question 23

What is an advantage of using complementary medicine for treatment of an illness? Select all that apply:
1)Complementary medicine can be used with allopathic medicine.
2)Complementary medicine replaces allopathic medicine as a primary form of treatment.
3)Complementary medicine lessens a patient's discomfort with allopathic treatments.
4)Complementary medicine is never used with allopathic medicine.
5)Complementary medicine usage requires less monitoring than allopathic medicine practices.

Question 24

A patient uses folk medicine to prevent ILLNESS.On what will the nurse focus when assessing this patient's use of folk medicine?
1)Knowing what herbs are used for prevention
2)Use of amulets to ward off disease
3)Avoiding eating certain animal parts in the diet
4)Having special ceremonies for preventing certain illnesses

Question 25

The nurse notes that a patient's religion is identified as being Christian Science.How will this religious belief impact the health care that the patient will want?
1)The patient will choose the method of health care that is the most effective.
2)The patient will use similar treatments for healing disease.
3)The patient uses aromas for healing.
4)The patient will ask for spinal manipulation.

Question 26

For which patient would the nurse be sure to include an assessment about the use of complementary alternative medical (CAM)treatments?
1)A thirty-five-year-old patient who is dissatisfied with care
2)A male patient who desires to control his healthcare
3)A patient whose family believes CAM is a hoax
4)A patient with an eighth grade education

Question 27

During a history,a patient tells the nurse that a red string is worn to protect HEALTH.What heritage may this patient be from?
1)Japanese
2)French
3)Swedish
4)Italian

Question 28

A patient wants to use a complementary medicine approach that focuses on energy for a chronic health problem.Which approach would the nurse suggest the patient use? Select all that apply:
1)Hypnotherapy
2)Qi gong
3)Biofeedback
4)Reiki

Question 29

The nurse is trying to determine if a treatment that a patient has been taking for an illness is considered a homeopathic remedy.Which are criteria of homeopathy? Select all that apply:
1)The person,and not the disease,is being treated.
2)Does not conform to scientific standards
3)A substance used would cause symptoms in a healthy person.
4)Spinal manipulation realigns mental impulses.
5)Receiving conventional medication therapy