Culture, Spirituality, and Alternative / Complementary
Modalities Exam Questions & Answers
The nurse is performing an admission assessment of a new client. When assessing potential cultural
influences on the client's care, the nurse should address what domains? Select all that apply. - ✔✔
-Decision-making processes
-Nutrition
-Communication
-Expressions of pain
The nurse has observed that a client who identifies as a Mormon has drunk the coffee that was on the
breakfast tray. How should the nurse best interpret this observation? - ✔✔The client's personal religious
practices may differ from those of the larger religious group.
An elderly Jewish client received a lunch tray that consists of a cheeseburger, French fries, and an apple.
The client tells the nurse to remove the tray. What is the nurse's understanding of why the client wants
the tray removed? - ✔✔Clients of the Jewish faith do not allow the mixture of dairy and meat.
A client is resting in bed. The nurse visits the client to reassess the client's pain. The nurse notices that a
visitor is in the room and is touching the client in various places on the client's body. The nurse
understands that this type of practice is called: - ✔✔therapeutic touch.
A client with diabetes comes to the clinic for a follow-up visit. During the visit, the client, who is Jewish,
tells the nurse that a holiday will be coming up next week that requires the client to fast for the day. The
client takes an oral antidiabetic medication daily and checks blood glucose levels twice a day. Which
response by the nurse would be most appropriate? - ✔✔"Tell me more about what is involved so we can
plan for this better."
The nurse is setting goals for end-of-life care with a client who states, "I'm not a religious person, but I
consider myself a spiritual person." Based on this conversation, what is the best question to ask about
the client's spirituality? - ✔✔"What are the beliefs that guide your daily decisions?"
