When working with a client newly emigrated from Asia who has been assessed as having xeno-phobia, the nurse could anticipate making the assessment that the individual:
1. Welcomes strangers to the home
2. Admires the customs of the new homeland
3. Is wary of alternative or different ideas
4. Readily joins diverse groups
ANS: 3
Xenophobia is defined as a morbid fear of strangers. The xenophobic individual would neither welcome strangers into the home (option 1) nor join diverse groups (option 4). Even admiring foreign customs (option 2) is unlikely. The only behavior consistent with fear of strangers is op-tion 3.
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