While assessing a patient from the Jewish culture, the nurse learns that the patient believes that an illness is being caused by another soul. What is this health belief considered?
1. While assessing a patient from the Jewish culture, the nurse learns that the patient believes that
an illness is being caused by another soul. What is this health belief considered?
a. Aberglobin
b. Kayn aynhoreh
c. Szatan
d. Dybbuk
2. 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?
a. Remove the amulet
b. Leave it on the baby’s wrist
c. Ask that the amulet be removed until the baby is older
d. Move it to the baby’s ankle
3. During an assessment, a patient tells the nurse, “An onion a day keeps everyone away.” How
does this philosophy protect health?
a. Protects the person from coming in contact with those who might be ill
b. Affirms the belief in the power of onions to prevent disease
c. Recognizes the special antibiotic properties contained within onions
d. Advertises that onions have special healing abilities
4. While caring for a patient from the Chinese culture, the nurse learns that the patient has a
specific practice that follows yin and yang. What impact will this have on the patient’s dietary
intake?
a. There are specific foods for specific purposes
b. Some foods are only eaten at different times of the year
c. The patient will eat only specified proportions of food
d. Identifies if foods should be eaten hot or cold
5. Which patient statement reflects a spiritual belief that defines illness?
a. ”I am being punished for breaking a religious code”
b. “It is a necessary part of my religious culture”
c. “I failed to wear special amulets to ward it off”
d. “I am sick because I violated dietary practices”
6. During a health history, a patient tells the nurse about following traditional epidemiological practices. What is the purpose of these practices?
a. Uses folk medicine herbal remedies
b. Used as a part of the patient’s religion
c. Used to cure an illness
d. Used to protect oneself from evil
7. 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?
a. Is practiced only where it is accepted
b. Accepts other forms of therapy as valid for treating disease
c. Empirical science and scientific methods for treating disease
d. Encompasses different treatment modalities within its framework
8. A patient with a progressive neurological disease wants to visit shrines in the United States to offer prayers for healing. Which shrines would be available for the patient to visit?
a. The Tomb of Menachem Mendel Schneerson
b. Shrine of Our Lady of San Juan
c. Shrine of St. Peregrine
d. All of the above.
9. A patient with terminal cancer is planning a trip to Lourdes, France, the site of a revered Roman Catholic shrine. What is the significance of visiting this shrine?
a. Receiving a cure through a miracle
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