Check Your Understanding Questions

1.

What characteristics make up a blended family?

2.

The nurse uses a medical interpreter to speak to a person whose first language is Spanish. What guidelines should the nurse and medical interpreter follow?

3.

What can the nurse do to decrease barriers for people with physical disabilities?

4.

Describe the steps in performing a family assessment.

5.

List at least three different types of alternative and complementary therapies.

6.

Describe some steps to begin a culturally sensitive nursing assessment.

7.

List the five domains of the social determinants of health.