A nurse is aware that members of a particular ethnic group discard the antibody-rich colostrum that a woman produces in the hours and days following the delivery of a baby
Which of the nurse's following actions would demonstrate Leininger's culturally congruent nursing care mode of cultural care repatterning/restructuring?
A) Providing commercial infant formula until the woman wishes to begin breastfeeding
B) Teaching women from this group about the nutritional and immunological benefits of colostrum
C) Ensuring that the other nurses are aware of these women's practices around breastfeeding
D) Advocating for the utilization of this practice among women of other cultures
Ans: B
In cultural care repatterning/restructuring, the nurse educates the client to change practices that are not conducive to health. Accommodating the practice or advocating its spread does not exemplify repatterning/restructuring.
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