A female Caucasian nurse, overhead discussing a patient from another culture, asks why the patient wants to see a practitioner from his own culture, since everyone sees physicians when they are ill. What characteristic is the nurse exhibiting?
a. Stereotyping
b. Ethnocentrism
c. Cultural sensitivity
d. Cultural generalization
ANS: B
B. Ethnocentrism is the tendency for human beings to think that their ways of thinking, acting, and believing are the only right ways. A. A stereotype is an opinion or belief about a group of people, which is ascribed to an individual from that group. C. Cultural sensitivity is using politically correct language and not making statements that may offend another person's cultural beliefs. D. A generalization, or assumption, may be true for the group, but it does not necessarily fit an individual.
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