The nurse is answering a question on the NCLEX examination regarding cultural awareness when providing nursing care. What category of client needs is being examined?
A) Health promotion and maintenance
B) Psychosocial integrity
C) Physiologic integrity
D) Safe, effective care environment
B
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Psychosocial integrity refers to the promotion/support of emotional, mental, and social well-being. Issues include abuse/neglect, behavioral/crisis intervention, coping, cultural awareness, end-of-life, grief/loss, mental health, religious/spiritual influences, sensory/perceptual alterations, stress management, substance-related disorders, suicide, therapeutic communication, and body image changes.
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