A parent informs the nurse that immunizations are against her cultural and religious beliefs, and she does not want her child to receive immunizations
The nurse proceeds to inform the parent that the child will be ill all her life and will not be allowed to start school unless she is immunized. The nurse also informs the parent that she had all of her own children vaccinated. What is the nurse's behavior an example of?
A) Acculturation
B) Cultural blindness
C) Cultural imposition
D) Cultural taboos
Ans: C
Feedback: The nurse's behavior is an example of cultural imposition, defined as the tendency to impose one's cultural beliefs, values, and patterns of behavior on a person from a different culture. Acculturation is the process by which members of a cultural group adapt to or learn how to take on the behaviors of another group. Cultural blindness is the inability of people to recognize their own values, beliefs, and practices and those of others because of strong ethnocentric tendencies. Cultural taboos are activities or behaviors that are avoided, forbidden, or prohibited by a particular cultural group.
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