Transcultural
Communication
Stumbling
Blocks
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Transcultural Communication Stumbling Blocks, Slides of Nursing
The key barriers to effective transcultural communication between nurses and patients from diverse cultural backgrounds. It covers topics such as lack of cultural knowledge, fear and distrust, racism, bias and ethnocentrism, stereotyping, ritualistic behavior, language barriers, and differences in perceptions and expectations. The seven stages of adjustment that individuals go through when encountering people from different cultures, from initial fear and dislike to eventual acceptance, respect, trust, and liking. It emphasizes the importance for nurses to understand these barriers in order to provide culturally competent care and overcome communication challenges in transcultural settings. Valuable insights and strategies for improving cross-cultural understanding and communication in the nursing profession.
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Transcultural
Communication
Stumbling
Blocks
Key Terms
Barrier
Bias
Cultural
blind spot
syndrome
Dialect
Ethnocentris
m
Idiom
Nursing Ritual
Regionali
sm
Racism
Simultaneous
Dual Ethnocentrism
Stereotyp
e
Objectives
- (^) Describe the different types of language barriers that can impede transcultural communication.
- (^) Develop an awareness of the various dialects, regionalisms, and idioms that distinguish the speech of people from different races, ethnic groups, and regions.
- (^) Identity ways in which differing perceptions and expectations can complicate communications between nurses and patients from diverse
Introduction
- (^) Communication between nurses and
patients from different cultures are often
complicated by different values, beliefs, traditions, expectations, and languages. As you work with patients from multicultural backgrounds, you will find that these differences raise barriers to transcultural communication.
Lack of Knowledge
The failure to understand cultural
differences in values, behaviors, and
communication styles is a common
stumbling block for nurses who work in
transcultural settings. Nurses who are not
knowledgeable about cultural differences
risk misinterpreting patients' attempts to
communicate. As a result, patients may
not receive the proper care.
Fear and Distrust
Fear, dislike, and distrust are emotions that all too often erupt when people from diverse cultures first meet. Rothenburger (1990) has identified seven stages of adjustment that individuals pass through during their intial encounters with people of different cultures that they do not know or understand. These stages are:
2. Dislike
Dislike is a much milder emotion than fear. Group members have a tendency to dislike people who behave or communicate differently from what is considered "the norm" in that culture or group.
3. Distrust
People from different cultures are often suspicious of each others' actions and motives because they lack information.
5. Respect
If individuals from diverse cultures are open minded, they will allow themselves to see and admire qualities in one another.
6. Trust
Once people from diverse cultures have spent enough quality time together, they usually are able to trust each other.