Sarah,one of your RNs,tells you that she can't understand why Jim,an Aboriginal patient,wants to do a smudge.In coaching Sara,you suggest which of the following?

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By talking with Jim,Sarah is able to step outside her "circle of familiarity" and find and enhance her understanding of personally held prejudices.Prejudice enables Sarah to find meaning in situations,but it also limits understanding.Paradox describes this tension.We have the responsibility to acknowledge the "possibility of tension" as a potential for new and different understandings derived from our communication and interpretation.Possibility,therefore,presumes a condition for openness with a person from another culture (Spence,2004).

Sarah,one of Your RNs,tells You That She Can't Understand Why