A nurse demonstrates cultural desire to provide culturally competent care by
a. Relying on a textbook for information about an ethnic group
b. Bringing a translator to the local community clinic
c. Taking Spanish classes in the evening at a local college
d. Judging others using his or her own cultural values
ANS: C
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