The nurse recognizes that the subculture of health care:
1. Can be ignored when dealing with clients from one's culture.
2. Takes precedence over her own personal culture.
3. Affects thinking and cultural values.
4. Causes many nurses to view their personal cultures as more important.
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Rationale 1: The subculture of health care can cause the nurse to view health practices from her personal culture as primitive. The client from the personal culture might lack trust in the nurse who has become part of the healthcare subculture
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