The Nurse Manager of a Unit Is Asked by a Family

question 19

Multiple Choice

The nurse manager of a unit is asked by a family member of a dying Native American patient if it is possible to have the patient's eight-member family recite the rosary by the bedside.The manager responds affirmatively.The nurse manager is most likely exhibiting behavior related to:

• A) acculturation.
• B) ethnocentricity.
• C) cultural diversity.
• D) cultural sensitivity.

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Definitions:

Observations

Individual data points or recorded values from an experiment or study.

Geometric Mean

A type of mean or average, which indicates the central tendency of a set of numbers by using the product of their values (as opposed to the arithmetic mean which uses their sum).

Weighted Mean

The mean of a data set that accounts for the importance or weight of each value.

Population Parameter

A numerical value that describes a characteristic of an entire population, such as its mean or standard deviation.