A pregnant patient from a nondominant culture arrives 2 hours late for a scheduled sonogram. What does this patient's behavior indicate to the nurse?
A) The patient is confused.
B) The patient does not wear a wrist watch.
C) Time orientation may be different for the patient's culture.
D) The patient's culture may focus on the past and not the future.
C
Feedback:
The patient who is from a culture that has a different time orientation than the dominant culture will have difficulty adhering to time expectations. The patient not arriving for the diagnostic test at the scheduled time does not mean that the patient is confused. It is inconsequential if the patient does or does not wear a wrist watch. There is no enough information to determine if the patient is from a culture that focuses on the past and not the future.
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