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Latino American man .
Native American man.
Asian American woman.
Hispanic American man.
African American woman.
“I cannot have surgery.”
“I cannot have any medicine.”
“I believe the soul lives on after death.”
“I cannot have any food containing or prepared with blood.”
Pork roast, rice, vegetables, mixed fruit, milk.
Crab salad on a croissant, vegetables with dip, potato salad, milk.
Sweet and sour chicken with rice and vegetables, mixed fruit, juice.
Noodles and cream sauce with shrimp and vegeta- bles, salad, mixed fruit, iced tea
Prayer.
Magnetic therapy.
Foods considered to be yin.
Foods considered to be yang.
Advising the client about “good” versus “bad” therapies.
Discouraging the client from using any alterna- tive therapies.
Educating the client about therapies that he or she is using or is interested in using.
Identifying herbal remedies that the client should request from the health care provider.
Ignore the resistance.
Exert coercion on the UAP.
Provide a positive reward system for the UAP.
Confront the UAP to encourage verbalization of feelings regarding the change.
A client requiring a colostomy irrigation.
A client receiving continuous tube feedings.
A client who requires urine specimen collections.
A client with difficulty swallowing food and fluids.
Open doors to client rooms.
Move beds away from windows.
Close window shades and curtains.
Place blankets over clients who are confined to bed.
Relocate ambulatory clients from the hall- ways back into their rooms.
Chess.
Writing.
Ping pong.
Basketball.
A client with pneumonia.
A client undergoing diagnostic tests.
A client who thrives on managing others.
A client who could benefit from the client’s assistance at mealtime.