One of the Staff Nurses on Your Unit Makes the Comment,"All

question 16

Multiple Choice

One of the staff nurses on your unit makes the comment,"All this time I thought Mary was Black.She says she is Jamaican." The best response would be:

• A) "Who cares what she is?"
• B) "What did you think when you learned she was Jamaican?"
• C) "Why did you assume she was Black?"
• D) "We have never had a Jamaican on this unit before."

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