The focal point of nursing is the nurse–client interaction. What must nurses consider when conducting the necessary assessment of their clients and significant others?
A) Their health disparities
B) Their societal beliefs
C) The subgroup they belong to
D) Their own cultural orientation.
Ans: D
Because the nurse–client interaction is the focal point of nursing, nurses should consider their own cultural orientation when conducting assessments of patients and their families and friends. Although nursing as a whole is actively recruiting more diverse members, many nurses are members of, and have the same value systems as, the dominant middle-class structure in the United States.
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