The charge nurse has provided a staff inservice on the cultural triad and nursing care. Which statement, made by a staff nurse, best indicates an understanding of a healthcare team's difficulty with cultural literacy?

Question

1. "Our healthcare team has limited knowledge of each others' backgrounds."
2. "Each of our perspectives of our own heritage interferes with cultural literacy."
3. "A feeling of being disconnected from our own culture has resulted in cultural illiteracy."
4. "The lack of healthcare policies have contributed to the current state of cultural illiteracy."

Answer 1

1. "Our healthcare team has limited knowledge of each others' backgrounds."

Explanation: 1. Limited understanding of ethnic, cultural, religious heritages and life trajectories of each other results in difficulty with cultural literacy.
2. The perspective of a person's heritage reflects the consistency with their own heritage.
3. Feeling disconnected from one's own culture and not being able to acculturate to a prevailing culture is a personal experience known as cultural marginality.
4. There is not specifically a lack of healthcare policies that have contributed to cultural illiteracy. However, nurses should recognize the effect of healthcare policies, delivery systems, and resources on the older adult populations and continue to advocate for their inclusion.