A pediatric nurse provides information on immunizations to the parent of an infant. The parent informs the nurse that immunizations are against her cultural and religious beliefs and she does not want her child to receive immunizations
Immunizations in this scenario represent:
A) Acculturation
B) Cultural blindness
C) A cultural imposition
D) A cultural taboo
Ans: D
Feedback: Immunizations in this scenario are a cultural taboo, 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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