The husband of a patient in active labor asks the nurse to phone him when the baby is delivered because he needs to go to work. Which nursing response respects the husband's culture?
A) Ask if he knows that he can stay with his wife during labor.
B) Tell him that all fathers now stay with their wives during labor.
C) Tell him he is missing out on the opportunity of a lifetime by leaving.
D) Insist he stay with his wife during labor because she will need his support.
A
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When implementing care, the nurse needs to avoid forcing cultural values onto others. The nurse needs to appreciate that such values are ingrained and usually very difficult to change. The nurse also does not know the cultural value of work and should not assume that the patient's delivery is more important that work in that family's culture. The responses that "tell" or "insist" that the husband stay to support the patient do not respect the family's culture.
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