For this discussion, first, read chapter 9 in your textbook, Transcultural Concepts in Nursing Care and Culturally sensitive communication in healthcare: A concept analysis.

Then, address the following questions:

What cultures, other than your own, do you encounter in your workplace?

Do you have any education within communication? If so, what?

1. Define communication in your own words.
2. How do you communicate with patients who speak a different language from you?
3. How do you meet the patients’ personal desires in combination with their cultural or traditional needs within your work?
4. What would you say are the greatest challenges of transcultural communication?