A nurse has experienced a cultural encounter. Which of the following best describes what has happened?
a. Sharing significant assessment findings with members of a racial minority
b. Visiting the native land of the clients served at a community health center
c. Telephoning the priest at a Hispanic church to discuss the health issues of a client
d. Learning about traditional healing practic-es from an American Indian client
ANS: D
Cultural encounter refers to the process that permits nurses to seek opportunities to directly en-gage in cross-cultural interactions with clients of diverse cultures to modify existing beliefs about a specific cultural group and possibly avoid stereotyping. Learning about traditional healing prac-tices is an example of a direct cultural encounter. This occurs when a nurse engages in cross-cultural interactions. Sharing significant assessment findings demonstrates the nurse sharing information, not an engagement with the population. When visiting a native land, there may not be interaction with any other culture. Telephoning a priest at a Hispanic church does not demon-strate an interaction, but rather the nurse calling the priest to accomplish a nursing task.
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