After a class on culture and ethnicity, the new graduate nurse reflects a correct understanding of the concept of ethnicity with which statement?

A) "Ethnicity is dynamic and ever changing."
B) "Ethnicity is the belief in a higher power."
C) "Ethnicity pertains to a social group that may possess shared traits such as religion and language."
D) "Ethnicity is learned from birth through the processes of language acquisition and socialization."

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Jose Luis Tula Zamora · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : C, Explanation :  Ethnicity pertains to a social group that may possess shared traits such as common geographic origin, migratory status, religion, language, values, traditions, or symbols and food preferences. Culture is dynamic, ever changing, and learned from birth through the processes of language acquisition and socialization. Religion is the belief in a higher power. Ethnicity pertains to a social group within the social system that claims to have variable traits, such as a common geographic origin, migratory status, religion, race, language, values, traditions, symbols, or food preferences.

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