The nurse enters a client's home to provide care to a wound and teach the client's wife how to care for the wound. The nurse is comfortable with the client's culture and the fact that it is matriarchal in nature
As teaching begins, the husband interrupts and states that the woman does not change bandages according to his culture. He asks if the nurse is familiar with his culture and then says that all members of his neighborhood follow its principles. The nurse should suspect that the client is a member of:
A) A cult
B) An orthodox religious group
C) A subculture
D) An occupation
Ans: C
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Just as any group of people from a certain place may share a culture, any group of people who share a certain characteristic can share a smaller culture, or subculture. In this situation, although the nurse is familiar with the culture of the client and her husband, it is apparent that they also belong to a subculture that the nurse is unfamiliar with. There is no indication that the client and her husband are members of a cult, orthodox religious group, or certain occupation, all of which are types of subcultures.
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