A nurse provides care in an inner-city hospital that serves a culturally diverse population
When attempting to foster positive and therapeutic nurse–patient interactions, the nurse should recognize that these interactions are primarily dependent on what variable?
A) The knowledge of patient tendencies during illness
B) The nurse's ability to work with a multicultural health care team
C) The ability to understand and be understood
D) Cultural diversity among the unit staff
Ans: C
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Nurse–patient interactions, as well as communications among members of a multicultural health care team, are dependent on the ability to understand and be understood. Nurse–patient interactions are not dependent on the knowledge of patient tendencies during illness, the nurse's ability to work with a multicultural health care team, or cultural diversity among the staff on the unit.
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