The nurse is providing nutrition education to a Korean patient using the five food groups. In doing so, what should be the focus of the teaching?
a. Discouraging the patient's ethnic food choices
b. Changing the patient's diet to a more conventional American diet
c. Including racial and ethnic practices with food preferences of the patient
d. Comparing the patient's ethnic preferences with American dietary choices
ANS: C
As a nurse, consider the food preferences of patients from different racial and ethnic groups, vegetarians, and others when planning diets. Initiation of a balanced diet is more important than conversion to what may be considered an American diet. Ethnic food choices may be just as nutritious as American choices. Foods should be chosen for their nutritive value and should not be compared with the American diet.
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