The nurse is not happy to learn that a newly admitted patient is from the same culture as a previous patient who had created much turmoil on the care area. What behavior is this nurse prone to demonstrate?
1. Prejudice
2. Discrimination
3. Ethnocentrism
4. Racism
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Explanation: 1. Prejudice occurs when the person making the judgment generalizes an experience of one individual from a culture to all members of that group.
2. Discrimination occurs when a person acts on prejudice and denies another person one or more of his or her fundamental rights.
3. This is the belief that one's own culture is superior to that of others.
4. Racism is the belief that members of one race are superior to those of other races.
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