Determine which of the following situations would be a provider barrier to the nurse developing cultural competence?
a. A nurse who is unaware of personal biases to other ethnic groups
b. No family rooms to accommodate a criti-cally ill patient's family
c. A nurse who seeks encounters with indi-viduals from other cultures
d. A health care provider who incorporates alternative therapies in health care
A
A nurse who is unaware of personal biases to other ethnic groups represents a provider barrier. "No family rooms" is an example of a system barrier. Nurses who seek encounters with individ-uals from other cultures and incorporate alternative therapies into health care have a developed sense of cultural competence.
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