An infant with a diagnosis of pyelonephritis is receiving care on the pediatric unit and the nurse's review of the child's electronic health record reveals that the infant has not received any of her scheduled immunizations
The mother informs the nurse that immunizations are against her cultural beliefs, and she does not want her child to receive immunizations. In this scenario, what do the mother's views on immunizations represent?
A) Acculturation
B) Cultural blindness
C) A cultural imposition
D) A cultural taboo
Ans: D
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Immunizations in this scenario are a cultural taboo. Cultural taboos are defined as activities or behaviors that are avoided, forbidden, or prohibited by a particular cultural group. Cultural imposition is defined as the tendency to impose one's cultural beliefs, values, and patterns of behavior on a person from a different culture. Acculturation is the process by which members of a cultural group adapt to or learn how to take on the behaviors of another group. Cultural blindness is the inability of people to recognize their own values, beliefs, and practices and those of others because of strong ethnocentric tendencies.
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