A Nurse Is Working in a Primary Health-Care Setting That

question 10

Multiple Choice

A nurse is working in a primary health-care setting that has had a recent influx of persons immigrating from a West African country. She wants to incorporate cultural components to the care of patients from this country. What are possible aspects of the culture that she should learn more about? (Select all that apply.)

• A)Kinship
• B)Source of income
• C)Gender roles
• D)Value of children

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Definitions:

Social Learning

The theory that people can learn new behaviors by observing and imitating others, as well as by receiving rewards and punishments.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

Latent Learning

Pertains to knowledge acquired without any immediate or visible reinforcement or outcome, becoming apparent only when needed.

Injunctive Norm

A belief about what behaviors are generally approved of or disapproved of in one’s culture.