NURS 101 Chapter 14: Values and Beliefs Williams: Basic Geriatric Nursing, 7th Edition

1. At what age is a person’s value system well established? a. 5 b. 8 c. 10 d. 12 ANS: C 2. How does a culturally sensitive nurse care for a patient with a different value system? a. The nurse is open and nonjudgmental. b. The nurse treats all patients the same without concern for their value system. c. The nurse explains the differences between the two value systems. d. The nurse abandons his or her own value system. ANS: A 3. An 80-year-old Orthodox Jewish patient dies in the hospital. What should be the first action by the nurse? a. Notify the rabbi to send a member of the synagogue to stay with the body. b. Inform the mortuary about the desire of the patient to be cremated. c. Prepare the body for the ritual bath by temple members before embalming. d. Facilitate removal of the body because the burial must take place 48 hours after death. ANS: A 4. The nurse is careful not to remove the yarmulke from the head of the Jewish patient. What does the yarmulke symbolize? a. Having been circumcised b. The belief that God is higher than man c. God’s endless love and