As a nurse, responsibility lies in becoming acquainted with the predominant cultures in each community. Individuals identify with their own cultural, ethnic, racial, and religious backgrounds to various degrees
Because nurses must be aware of their own beliefs and be sensitive to the beliefs of others, what is culture? A) Common heritage shared by a specific culture
B) Genetic characteristics associated with having ancestors from a specific part of the world
C) Accumulated learning for generational groups of individuals within structured or nonstructural societies
D) Groups within dominant cultures
C
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Accumulated learning for generational groups of individuals within structured or nonstructural societies is culture and subcultures are groups within dominant cultures. Common heritage shared by a specific culture is referred to as ethnicity. Genetic characteristics associated with having ancestors from a specific part of the world is called race.
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