A Charge Nurse Works on an Inpatient Unit in a Diverse

A charge nurse works on an inpatient unit in a diverse city. To provide culturally congruent care to the patient, which action by the nurse would be most appropriate?

A) Using puns and sarcasm to help draw the patient into sharing information
B) Working to understand the socioeconomic status of the patient so teaching is culturally sensitive and appropriate
C) Assuming a patient from a minority population does not have the economic means to pay for home care follow-up
D) Admonishing a Hispanic patient for showing up for a preoperative teaching class 15 minutes late