When working with Mexican-American clients, a nurse should be aware that this cultural group has which of the following tendencies in the area of communication?
1. They are direct and confrontational.
2. They readily engage in self-disclosure.
3. They use only words, not the other senses, to communicate.
4. They may use elaborate and indirect communication.
ANS: 4
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