The Mexican-American Patient

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  1. 3. Nurses need to provide this to help the family understand how to care for their relative
  2. 5. When nurses work with the patient, caregiver and family to plan care
  3. 9. Typically the decision-maker in the family
  4. 11. If a woman has to assume the roles of head of household and caregiver she may experience _____________
  5. 13. Nurses should try to provide male patients a sense of _______
  6. 15. The Mexican-American family is structured around _________ roles
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  1. 1. What many Mexican-Americans consider themselves to be when they are not able to fulfill their traditional familial role
  2. 2. Traditional role of the male in the family structure
  3. 4. when the man can longer maintain his position in the family he may feel as sense of _______________
  4. 6. What nurses must do to help families adjust to new roles
  5. 7. Mexican-American men traditionally view verbalizing pain as a sign of this
  6. 8. Most Mexican-Americans have a strong sense of ________
  7. 10. Many Mexican-American men have a hard time adapting to the ________ in gender roles
  8. 12. The traditional role of women in the family structure
  9. 14. One ____________ would be "the wife will demonstrate head of household behavior by...."