A Psychiatricmental Health Nurse Is Working on Developing Cultural Competence

A psychiatricmental health nurse is working on developing cultural competence. Which of the following would be most appropriate for the nurse to do?

A) Research information about the cultures of the population being served after assessing the patients.
B) Recognize that ones own culture is the predominant way of addressing a patients health care needs.
C) Assume that any individual of a racial or ethnic group is the same as another individual in that group.
D) Demonstrate an appreciation of and a genuine interest in the individual and his or her cultural beliefs.