Overview of China
This is the capital city of China
What is Beijing?
This is the official Chinese language
What is Mandarin?
These are the types of cues are important for the nurse to recognize to develop culturally appropriate nursing care for Chinese patients
What are non-verbal?
This represents the positive, active, or "male" force
What is Yang?
This is the art of spatial arrangement of physical structures to achieve proper harmony and balance with nature
What is feng shui?
This is the ruling governmental authority in China
What is the Communist Party?
This is the term for each Chinese written character
What is logogram?
This is the position Chinese Americans feel uncomfortable having a conversation in
What is face-to-face?
The liver, heart, spleen, lungs, and kidneys are categorized into this group
What is Yin?
This number, pronounced in Mandarin, is the same word as "death" and is considered bad luck
What is four? (si)?
This is the type of relationship the Chinese culture has with nature
What is harmonious?
This word is rarely used to avoid confrontation
These family members have authority over younger children
What is older children?
This vegetable is used to treat constipation
What is bok choy?
This number, when pronounced in Mandarin, sounds like the word for "prosperity"
What is 8 (ba)?
These two types of success are highly valued because of pride and honor are brought to the family and community
What are educational achievement and professional success?
Offering this shows humility and respect
What is a limp hand?
This religion has the largest number of professed followers
What is Buddhism?
These herbal roots are used to treat indigestion
What are ginger and ginseng?
These diagnostic tests are perceived as dangerous and unnecessary
What are amniocentesis, glucose testing, ultrasonography, and drawing blood?
This is the term for treating others as one would wish to be treated
What is reciprocation?
This indicates a serious breach of etiquette
What is touching someone's head?
This is the type of movement that time is perceived as by Chinese Americans
What is circular?
Beef, chicken, eggs, fried foods, spicy foods, and hot foods have these qualities
What are Yang?
This hemoglobin abnormality is characterized by a high rate of red blood cell destruction
What is thallassemia?