A nurse engages in professional rituals as a means to standardize practice and ensure efficiency. In doing so, the nurse integrates understanding of which of the following as a characteristic?
A) Preconceived and untested belief about people
B) Viewing one's own culture as the only correct standard
C) Common and observable expressions of culture
D) Belief system held to varying degrees as absolute truth
Ans: C
Rituals are common and observable expressions of culture. A preconceived and untested belief about people is called a stereotype. Viewing one's own culture as the only correct standard is ethnocentrism. A belief system held to varying degrees as absolute truth is referred to as culture.
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