A nurse manager is teaching a group of staff nurses about common terminology used when discussing the role of culture in providing psychiatric nursing care. Which statement made by the nurse manager correctly differentiates race from ethnicity?
1. "Race is determined by the color of the individual's skin, while ethnicity is genetically determined."
2. "Race is determined by genetics and characteristics based on geography, while ethnicity includes race."
3. "Race is determined by common characteristics, while ethnicity is based on geographical characteristics."
4. "Race is determined by cultural heritage, while ethnicity is determined by the color of the individual's skin."
Answer: 2
Explanation: Because culture involves race and ethnicity, it is important to distinguish between these concepts. Race is based on genetically determined and geographically based characteristics. Often, but not always, it is apparent through skin color, which is a biological adaptation to the geography that may vary as groups of people migrate and intergenerate. Ethnicity includes race in that it describes how a group of people share common characteristics, such as nationality, religion, language, and cultural heritage.
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