Cultural Components
The organization of spoken or written symbols into a standardized system
What is language?
When preparing a plan of care for a client who is a Jehovah's Witness for surgery, the nurse knows to document this information considering the client's religious preferences
What is administration of blood and blood products?
This drug gets rid of water, lasts 6 hours, and can cause hypokalemia
What is furosemide (Lasix)?
The founder of modern nursing
Who is Florence Nightingale?
Written rules of conduct enacted and enforced by the government
What are laws?
When communicating with a client who speaks a different language, the nurse should implement this practice
What is arranging for an interpreter to translate?
Under the sliding scale protocol, you don't adjust this type of insulin based on the client's blood glucose level
What is basal insulin?
The founder of American Red Cross
Who is Clara Barton?
A strong moral norm that prohibits certain types of behavior or something you just don't do
What is taboo?
When taking care of a client of Muslim faith, the nurse should consider to avoid these foods in their diet
What are pork, crustaceans, and any foods containing alcohol as an ingredient?
This blood-thinner was initially used as rat poison. You have to monitor PT and INR while taking it
What is warfarin (Coumadin)?
The founder of the Henry Street Settlement (1893) coined the term public health nursing *Double Jeopardy*
Who is Lillian Wald?
The smallest, most elementary kinship unit, usually consists of two parents and their dependent child
What is nuclear family?
An Asian American client is experiencing cold like symptoms such as body-ache and fever. The client also has these scraping bruises on her back. The nurse recognizes that the client is likely to self-treat using this method
What is coining?
This commonly used antibiotic is efficacious against MRSA. You have to monitor trough level with this drug
What is vancomycin?
This nurse founded the American Birth Control League, which became Planned Parenthood, in 1921.
Who is Margaret Sanger?
A set of people who are embedded within a larger cultural group or society and who share beliefs, behaviors, values and norms that are also transmitted from generation to generation
What is ethnic group?
The health view represented by the client who made statement, "What did I do wrong to be punished with cancer?"
What is magico-religious health belief?
This antibiotic is used to treat tick-borne disease but is not recommended for children due to risk of teeth staining
What is doxycycline?
The first African American in the U.S. to graduate from nursing school and work as a professional nurse.
Who is Mary Ezra Mahoney?