One of the staff nurses on your unit makes the comment, "All this time I thought Mary was black. She says she is Jamaican." The best response would be to say:
a. "Who cares what she is?"
b. "What did you think when you learned she was Jamaican?"
c. "Why did you assume she was black?"
d. "We have never had a Jamaican on this unit."
ANS: B
The response of the nurse manager invites cultural awareness, which involves self-examination and in-depth exploration of one's own biases, prejudices, and assumptions.
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