The nurse advocating for culturally diverse issues knows that cultural competence and sensitivity is based on:
1. Uniformity training.
2. Life experiences.
3. Client assessment.
4. New knowledge.
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Rationale: Nurses need to make a conscious decision to acknowledge and value the diversity in others. Developing cultural competence and sensitivity needed for comprehensive care is based on new knowledge, personal self-assessment, supervised practice, mentoring experiences, experience in culturally diverse clinical practice settings, participation in discussions, and diversity training.
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