The nurse is assessing an adolescent client who is fluent in English, participates in high school sports, values riding dirt bikes, and plans to go to college after graduating from high school. The client's health history indicates birth in China and immigrating to the United States at age 4. When asked where he is from, he says "the United States." What does the client's behavior and statements indicate to the nurse?
1. He has no interest in the interview.
2. He is embarrassed about his ethnicity.
3. He is assimilated into the American culture.
4. He wishes to deny his Asian heritage.
Correct Answer: 3
The teen's answers indicate characteristics and behaviors of the American culture. Often, those who have not assimilated are not fluent in the language of the new culture and do not display certain behaviors and characteristics of the new culture. There is no evidence to support other assumptions, such as that he wishes to deny his heritage, that he is embarrassed about his appearance, or that he is bored with the interview.
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