A generalization about a form of behavior, an individual, or a group is known as a(n):
a. dialect.
b. religion.
c. ethnicity.
d. stereotype.
D
A stereotype is a generalization about a form of behavior, an individual, or a group.
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after the peak of the contraction. The nurse's first priority is to: 1. change the woman's position. 2. notify the care provider. 3. assist with amnioinfusion. 4. insert a scalp electrode.
The nurse plans care for a hospitalized patient who uses culturally based treatments. Which action by the nurse is best?
a. Encourage the use of diagnostic procedures. b. Coordinate the use of folk treatments with ordered medical therapies. c. Ask the patient to discontinue the cultural treatments during hospitalization. d. Teach the patient that folk remedies will interfere with orders by the health care provider.
A 16-year-old boy confides that he has been sexually experimenting with a male peer until recently breaking things off. He reports feeling ambivalent about the encounters and wonders if he is gay
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