To provide culturally competent care, the nurse should:
a. accurately interpret the thinking of individual patients.
b. predict how a patient may perceive treatment interventions.
c. formulate interventions to reduce the patient's ethnocentrism.
d. identify strategies that fit within the cultural context of the patient.
D
The correct answer is the most global response. Cultural competence requires ongoing effort. Culture is dynamic, diversified, and changing. The nurse must be prepared to gain cultural knowledge and determine nursing care measures that patients find acceptable and helpful. Interpreting the thinking of individual patients does not ensure culturally competent care. Reducing a patient's ethnocentrism may not be a desired outcome.
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