A nurse says, "I'm not going to change the way I practice nursing based on where the client is from, because research shows that
Western health care technology and research is best." Which of the following is being demonstrated by the nurse's statement? A) Ethnocentrism
B) Prejudice
C) Racism
D) Stereotyping
Ethnocentrism means to have the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture. This means that the nurse wishes to just follow the way she herself wants to treat everyone.
