A nurse is planning care for a patient with an ethnic background different from her own. Which of the following would be the most appropriate goal?
a. Attempt, in a nonjudgmental way, to change the patient's ethnic beliefs.
b. Strive to keep the ethnic background of the patient from influencing health needs.
c. Encourage continuation of the patient's ethnic practices in the hospital setting.
d. Adapt, as necessary, the ethnic practices to the patient's health needs.
D
When possible, nursing care should facilitate integration of ethnic practices into the patient's health needs. Ethnic background is a vital part of an individual, and it would be inappropriate for a nurse to try to change it or the beliefs associated with it. Additionally, it would be very difficult to eliminate the influence ethnic background has on an individual's health needs. Ethnic practices need to be evaluated within the context of the health care setting to determine whether they are conflicting with health care goals and whether they are appropriate in the health care setting.
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