Which statement about cultural competence is not accurate?
a. Local health care workers and community advocates can help extend health care to underserved populations.
b. Nursing care is delivered in the context of the client's culture but not in the context of the nurse's culture.
c. Nurses must develop an awareness of and sensitivity to various cultures.
d. A culture's economic, religious, and political structures influence practices that affect childbearing.
ANS: B
The cultural context of the nurse also affects nursing care. The work of local health care workers and community advocates is part of cultural competence; the nurse's cultural context is also important. Developing sensitivity to various cultures is part of cultural competence, but the nurse's cultural context is also important. The impact of economic, religious, and political structures is part of cultural competence; the nurse's cultural context is also important.
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