A nurse is in the process of admitting an ethnically diverse patient. To plan culturally competent care, what must the nurse do? (Select all that apply.)
a. Assume that cultural processes are the same within a social group.
b. Conduct a systematic cultural assessment.
c. Communicate effectively.
d. Negotiate world view differences.
B, C, D
Critical to success is your ability to conduct a systematic cultural assessment, communicate effectively, and have the skills to negotiate world view differences with others. Cultural processes frequently differ within the same social group (a family, a group of white people, a group of women friends, an immigrant family, a group of nurses) because of differences, for example, in age, gender, political association, class, or religion.
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