The nurse manager is concerned that a staff nurse provides client care with a cultural prejudice. Which situation did the manager observe to come to this conclusion?
1. Making an assumption that all members of each culture are alike
2. Believing that all culture members will have the same beliefs
3. Bringing previous negative information and experiences into this situation
4. Taking general knowledge from literature and applying it to the situation
Correct Answer: 3
Rationale 1: Making an assumption that all members of each culture are alike describes stereotypical behavior.
Rationale 2: Believing that all culture members have the same beliefs describes stereotypical behavior.
Rationale 3: Prejudice is a negative belief or preference that is generalized about a group, which leads to "prejudgment." Prejudice occurs when the person making the judgment generalizes an experience of one individual from a culture to all members of that group.
Rationale 4: Taking general knowledge from literature and applying it to the situation is a form of stereotyping.
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