terms having a chronic disease - noticing religious artifacts and literature on a patient’s night stand - curandero or faith healer

- A patient indicates that he’s coming to terms with having a chronic disease when he says, “I’m never going to get any better.”

- On noticing religious artifacts and literature on a patient’s night stand, a culturally aware nurse would ask the patient the meaning of the items.

- A Mexican patient may request the intervention of a curandero, or faith healer, who involves the family in healing the patient.
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