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Nursing QUESTION #9206
Question 1
In Madeleine Leininger's Culture Care Theory, which three modes of nursing decisions and actions are used to provide culturally congruent care?
  • Assessment, Planning, Evaluation
  • Culture Preservation, Culture Accommodation, Culture Repatterning✔️
  • Acculturation, Assimilation, Integration
  • Universal Care, Diverse Care, Transcultural Care
Correct Answer Explanation
Correct Answer: B

Leininger's Three Modes of Culturally Congruent Care Decisions:
  1. Culture Care Preservation / Maintenance: Nurse supports and facilitates practices that are beneficial and do not harm the patient (e.g., allowing family prayer rituals)
  2. Culture Care Accommodation / Negotiation: Nurse adapts or negotiates care to fit the patient's cultural values while still meeting health goals (e.g., modifying diet plans to include culturally accepted foods)
  3. Culture Care Repatterning / Restructuring: Nurse works with patients to change harmful cultural practices while respecting their values (e.g., discouraging harmful traditional remedies)
Leininger's Sunrise Model is the visual tool used to assess cultural factors. Her theory is the foundation of transcultural nursing, essential for Head Nurses managing diverse patient populations.