Madeleine Leininger's theory directs the nurse to understand the meaning of crisis events for the client from:
a. within the client's cultural perspective
b. a comparison with American culture
c. the nurse's perspective of the event
d. whatever cultural rules are known
A
Leininger's theory directs the nurse to understand the meaning of crisis events for the client from within a client's cultural perspective. Nurses skilled in cultural care understand that there are important cultural perspectives in all life's events. Related to crisis, cultural care theory guides the nurse in two matters: recognizing that crises are culturally determined and understanding that insensitive cross-cultural experiences can produce crisis and culture conflict for the nurse and client.
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