The first nursing diagnosis that could relate to the Chinese culture is deficient knowledge. Deficient knowledge comes into play with the use of the alternative healing techniques and herbal remedies mentioned before. The knowledge deficit is related to the use of the cupping, coining, pinching, and acupuncture due to the fact that all of these could impair the skin integrity of the patient, and therefore introduce the patient to infection. The nursing diagnosis of knowledge deficit would also be related to the use of ginseng and black tree mushrooms for healing due to the interaction these could have with some medications that the patient may not know about. A nursing intervention for the knowledge deficit would be to first and foremost assess for cultural self-care practices. “Folk and home remedies may interact with medications and …show more content…
An intervention to be implemented for the ineffective coping would be to provide opportunities for the patient to express feelings. The patient may keep the feelings suppressed for fear of disappointing the family. The nurse should provide a therapeutic and trusting relationship in which the patient can report feelings as well as questions as to how to cope more thoroughly with the diagnosis at hand. The nurse may be able to ease the patient into expressing such feelings to the family at the patient’s