The nurse is preparing to provide care to a patient from a non-English

QUESTION

The nurse is preparing to provide care to a patient from a non-English speaking culture. To support the patient’s space and environment, in which order should the nurse complete the following actions?

1. Look at the patient’s armband
2. Palpate the abdomen for masses
3. Greet the patient form the doorway of the room
4. Observe the patient being escorted to the hospital room

ANSWER:

Correct Answer: 4, 3, 1, 2

The public zone is the least threatening. Seeing the patient being escorted to the hospital room would be the public zone. The social zone is the distance from the doorway of the patient’s room. The personal zone would be looking at the patient’s armband. Palpating the abdomen would be completed in the intimate zone.