A nurse in a large metropolitan city enjoys working in a health clinic that primarily serves Hispanic clients. What does this statement imply about the nurse?
A) The nurse's knowledge and skills are not adequate to care for clients with acute illnesses.
B) The nurse respects and values providing culturally competent care.
C) The nurse is attempting to overcome cultural blindness.
D) This employment makes the nurse feel superior to a minority group of people.
Ans: B
The nurse who recognizes and respects cultural diversity has cultural sensitivity, avoids cultural imposition and ethnocentrism, and provides nursing care that accepts the significance of cultural factors in health and illness.
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