How can the nurse managing the care of a culturally diverse client population best minimize misinterpreting the values and beliefs of acculturated clients?
A) Asking the client to express their beliefs and values regarding nursing care
B) Recognizing that the client's values and beliefs are becoming more Americanized.
C) Realizing that acculturation is generally focused on external not internal changes.
D) Basing care on the values and beliefs of the client's ethic culture since that is unlikely to change
Question 2
A young African American adult is being treated in the emergency department. When gathering demographic information the nurse asks, Did you ever finish high school?
The client replies, Yes and I've earned a Masters Degree in Business Administration. What is the most impactful immediate outcome of the nurse's biased assumption?
A) The client will assume that the nurse has made and will continue to make incorrect assumptions about them.
B) The nurse is embarrassed and will no longer be able to maintain a professional nurse- client relationship.
C) The nurse's actions have opened up the possibility of legal action against both the hospital and the nurse.
D) The client's sense of self worth has been challenged and will likely result in mistrust of the entire health care profession.
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