A nurse has experienced a cultural encounter.Which of the following best describes what has happened?

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Cultural encounter refers to the process that permits nurses to seek opportunities to directly engage 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 practices 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 demonstrate an interaction,but rather the nurse calling the priest to accomplish a nursing task.

A Nurse Has Experienced a Cultural Encounter