A nurse provides care in an inner-city hospital that serves a culturally diverse population. When attempting to foster positive and therapeutic nursepatient interactions, the nurse should recognize that these interactions are primarily dependent on what variable?

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Nursepatient interactions, as well as communications among members of a multicultural health care team, are dependent on the ability to understand and be understood. Nursepatient interactions are not dependent on the knowledge of patient tendencies during illness, the nurses ability to work with a multicultural health care team, or cultural diversity among the staff on the unit.

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