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Tirant22 · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

The nurse manager is concerned that a staff nurse provides client care with a cultural prejudice. Which situation did the manager observe to come to this conclusion?

1. Making an assumption that all members of each culture are alike
2. Believing that all culture members will have the same beliefs
3. Bringing previous negative information and experiences into this situation
4. Taking general knowledge from literature and applying it to the situation

Question 2

A client has requested that she have a special item present in her room and explains that it gives her a feeling of comfort and a sense of organization. On which psychosocial component is this client focusing?

1. Culture
2. Religion
3. Ethnicity
4. Socialization

hanadaa · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 3
Rationale 1: Making an assumption that all members of each culture are alike describes stereotypical behavior.
Rationale 2: Believing that all culture members have the same beliefs describes stereotypical behavior.
Rationale 3: Prejudice is a negative belief or preference that is generalized about a group, which leads to prejudgment. Prejudice occurs when the person making the judgment generalizes an experience of one individual from a culture to all members of that group.
Rationale 4: Taking general knowledge from literature and applying it to the situation is a form of stereotyping.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Culture is a learned behavior and depends on underlying societal traits, including knowledge, beliefs, art, law, morals, and customs.
Rationale 2: Religion may be defined by a system of beliefs, practices, and ethical values about divine or superhuman power and is closely related to ethnicity. Religion gives a person a frame of reference and a perspective with which to organize information.
Rationale 3: Ethnicity describes the traits and common religious customs and language of a group within the social system.
Rationale 4: Socialization is the process of being raised within a culture and acquiring the characteristics of that group.