A pregnant patient from a nondominant culture wants to deliver the baby "the American way" with epidural pain management. How should the nurse describe this patient's statement about childbirth?

A) Attempting assimilation
B) Combating ethnocentrism
C) Expression of acculturation
D) Stereotyping American behavior


A
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Assimilation occurs when people from a nondominant culture adopt the values of the dominant culture. The patient believes that epidural pain management is the American way of childbirth. Ethnocentrism is the belief one's own culture is superior to all others. The patient is not demonstrating ethnocentrism. Acculturation is losing ethnic traditions because of disuse. There is no enough information to determine if the patient is practicing acculturation. Stereotyping is expecting a person to act in a characteristic way without regard to individual traits. The patient's desire to deliver the baby the American way is not stereotyping.

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