Your patient is a 72-year-old African American male.The patient is married,with three children and eight grandchildren.He is a retired lawyer from New York who is now living in Florida and has requested a health assessment.Together,the cultural influences just described make up which of the following?

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Every individual has a combination of cultural influences,derived from membership in the primary culture as well as multiple subcultures,which creates a multicultural identity.This unique identity makes it critical for the nurse to assess each patient in context rather than simply as a normative member of a single culture,subculture,race,or ethnic or minority group.Cultural identity is the cultural orientation with which an individual self-identifies.Predominant cultural identity is the main cultural group with which one self-identifies.

Your Patient Is a 72-Year-Old African American Male