A Nursing Instructor Is Working with a Native-American Student Nurse

question 11

Multiple Choice

A nursing instructor is working with a Native-American student nurse. When the student is late for the first clinical day, the instructor states, "I'm not surprised she's late; Native-American students are always late." The instructor's statement is an example of

• A) prejudice.
• B) stereotyping.
• C) ethnocentrism.
• D) discrimination.

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