It is extremely important to each patient's well - being that all nurses incorporate a cultural assessment into their initial assessment and then the patient's culture beliefs and values should be included in the plan of care.  ... The nurse did not integrate a cultural assessment into her routine assessment with this patient. ... Think about how this patient felt after this. ... Even if the nurse was very knowledgeable and could educate the patient on everything he needed to know about his diagnosis, that one culturally insensitive act could make the patient not want to return or...

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