When providing an inservice to new graduate nurses, the nurse educator discusses expectations for the nursing staff concerning the acceptance of client cultural beliefs
Which of the following statements by a participant indicates further teaching is needed? 1. "The acceptance of different cultural values is needed to provide quality nursing care."
2. "Cultural values may dictate my client assignments on the nursing unit."
3. "My own cultural values are irrelevant to the acceptance of the values of others."
4. "My knowledge of the cultural values of others will increase in time."
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Rationale 1: Failure to have self-awareness can result in ethnocentrism.
Rationale 2: The cultural values and beliefs of the client may require "sensitive" scheduling.
Rationale 3: The knowledge and acceptance of one's own cultural values is essential to the acceptance and awareness of the values of the client.
Rationale 4: Time does allow the nurse to develop additional knowledge of many issues in nursing, including cultural considerations.
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