A nurse is performing an admission assessment of a newly admitted hospital client and has documented the client as being a member of the Native American subculture. A subculture is best described as which of the following?
A) A cultural group that has less than 5 million members in the United States
B) A unique cultural group with unspecified geographic origins
C) A cultural group with values that are incongruent with those of the dominant culture
D) A unique cultural group that exists within the larger culture
D
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Subcultures are unique cultural groups that coexist within the dominant culture of the United States. They are not defined according to the size of their membership or the lack of specific geographic origins. They may have some values that differ from those of the dominant culture, but this is not their defining characteristic.
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