A patient is admitted to a patient care area. The nurse has never provided care to a patient from this patient's culture before and is concerned. Which of the following would be beneficial to the nurse at this time?
1. Briefly review the patient's culture and its expectations of health care providers.
2. Locate an interpreter to assist with communication.
3. Approach the care of this patient as with any other patient admitted to the care area.
4. Have another nurse provide care to this patient.
Briefly review the patient's culture and its expectations of health care providers.
Rationale: Cultural competence is needed to provide empathy, understanding, communication, value, and caring in health care. The nurse lacks the four components of cultural awareness, which are cultural awareness, knowledge, skill, and encounters. The nurse would benefit from a brief review of the patient's culture and its expectations of health care providers. Locating an interpreter might be beneficial but does not help with the nurse's knowledge deficit. The nurse should not approach the care of this patient in the same way as any other patient admitted to the care area because the patient's cultural norms may be different. The nurse should not ask another nurse to provide care to this patient.
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