HEALTH PROTECTION

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Question 1 Which health protection activity would a patient of Iranian-American Moslem heritage practice?

Keep feet from getting wet inthe rain

Question 2 Which action is a birth belief among Shintos?

1. Saving the umbilical cord as a lasting bond between mother and child
2. Never setting up a crib for an infant until after the birth
3. Wearing white and blue bead charms on the wrist as a protection from evil
4. Hoping that a newborn is not a female baby because it will decrease the mother’s looks

Question 3 A patient who is of Greek Orthodox heritage is a new widow. What will the patient do after the death of her spouse?

1. Wear black and remain in mourning for the remainder of her life.
2. Hire a professional mourner to cry for the deceased.
3. Wash the body and prepare it for the wake.
4. Pray the Rosary aloud as part of the burial ritual.

Question 4 How would a patient of French-Canadian Catholic heritage use a HEALTH restoration practice to treat a rash?

Take an oatmeal bath

Question 5 An older patient talks about being given preparations as a child that were considered patent medications. The nurse recalls that these medications included which items?

Select all that apply.

1. Alcohol
2. Opium
3. Cocaine
4. Aspirin 

Question 6 A patient tells the nurse about using cod liver oil every day. Which heritages utilize cod liver oil as a health maintenance practice?

Select all that apply.

1. English
2. French
3. Norwegian
4. Polish

Question 7 Why is it important to examine individual familial health/HEALTH practices?

1. Helps a person become knowledgeable about the role that ethnocultural and religious heritage has played within a family
2. Identifies what HEALING practices need to be used when one is ill
3. Rejects those health/HEALTH traditions if they differ from those of the same ethnocultural group
4. Generalizes to all members of the same ethnocultural group the various health/HEALTH practices that are implemented.

Question 8 For which heritage is applying a red scarf around the chest performed for a cold or a sore throat?

1. English tradition
2. Norwegian tradition
3. Polish tradition
4. Eastern European tradition

Question 9 The nurse asks a patient of Italian-American Catholic heritage to describe health protection activities. What will this patient most likely reply to the nurse?

Select all that apply.

1. Keeping feet warm
2. Keeping warm in cold weather
3. Never washing hair at night
4. Staying out of drafts

Question 10 What would a patient of Irish Catholic heritage use to treat menstrual cramps?

Select all that apply.

1. Hot milk sprinkled with ginger

2. Shot of whiskey

3. Glass of warm wine

4. All of the above.