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| Culture is uniform among all members within a cultural group. |
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| Every individual is prejudiced to some degree. |
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| Most women prefer more personal space and will stand farther apart than men while communicating. |
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| Every individual has the right to choose the type of health care system and method of treatment he or she feels is best. |
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| To determine a patient's health care preferences, the health care provider should talk with the patient and ask questions. |
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| The key to respecting cultural diversity is to regard each person as a unique individual. |
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| Statistics from U.S. Census Bureau verify that almost 20 percent of the population under age 65 speaks a language other than English at home. |
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| Most patients appreciate it when a health care worker can speak even a few words of their language. |
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| Always be alert to the patient's verbal and nonverbal communication as well as inconsistencies between them. |
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| Health Care workers must use touch and invade personal space to give many types of care. |
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| While washing hands, use hot water to help kill pathogenic organisms. |
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| Fingertips should be pointed downward while washing hands. |
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| Every patient must be considered a potential source of infection. |
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| Gloves can be washed between patients if the gloves have not been contaminated. |
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| Standard precautions must be followed at all times by all health care workers. |
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| To remove contaminated gloves, put the gloved fingers of one hand inside the cuff of the glove on the opposite hand to remove the first glove. |
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| To don the first sterile glove, insert your hand under the folded-down cuff of the glove. |
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| An epidemic is present when a communicable disease affects a large number of people at the same time over a wide geographic area. |
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