A nurse works in a multicultural area's health clinic. Which major barrier does this nurse need to consider when she hears that many individuals, regardless of cultural background, are prevented from regular health care?
1. Unwelcoming waiting rooms
2. High costs and a lack of health care coverage
3. Lack of service during hours to meet the needs of the population served
4. Lack of knowledge on the part of health care providers about cultural approaches
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Rationale:
1. Welcoming waiting rooms and service during hours to meet the needs of the population served were found to enhance the use of health care services; lack thereof is not the major barrier.
2. The high cost and a lack of health care coverage are major barriers to some children of immigrant families, Haitians, Koreans, and Hispanics, as well as others.
3. Welcoming waiting rooms and service during hours to meet the needs of the population served were found to enhance the use of health care services; lack thereof is not the major barrier.
4. When health care providers lack knowledge about cultural approaches, it is a problem; however, financial concerns are a more universal barrier.
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