Ethnic, Cultural, and Spiritual Aspects of Care

A nurse is caring for a patient whose hemoglobin and hematocrit levels are very low. The health-care provider has recommended that the patient be transfused with two units of packed red blood cells to help bring up the blood count, but the patient refuses. He tells you this is due to his religious beliefs. The nurse understands that the patient is most likely a member of which group?

A. Seventh-Day Adventists

B. Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)

C. Jehovah's Witnesses

D. Practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine

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