Which of the following is an example of the process of socialization?
a. The student nurse assesses the needs of a patient who is a member of another culture.
b. The student nurse learns how to think and act like a nurse.
c. The student nurse uses cultural bias when evaluating the beliefs of a diverse culture.
d. The student nurse demonstrates ethnocentrism related to health-illness beliefs.
ANS: B
Socialization is the process by which a person of one culture learns how to function within another culture. The other options are not examples of the socialization process, but rather are merely statements that incorporate terms relating to culture.
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