High context equals high involvement and has much less intergenerational and kinship knowledge and is less responsive to change. Low context provides less intergenerational and kinship knowledge and is more readily responsive to change. Nurses can strive to understand cultural context and use it to cultivate acceptance and cooperative partnerships in health care. Do some searching on Transcultural Nursing on the Internet. One classmate, VL, said, Most of the sites recognize that there is a danger associated with transcultural nursing theories and models because there is an assumption that people can be categorized, rather than individualized, by virtue of race, culture, and ethnicity.
Superficial knowledge leads to stereotyping.
All of the sites noted language as a big barrier. Nurses, on the other hand, had significantly more positive attitudes about collaboration than physicians. Plan strategies now for future roadblocks to collaboration and other role issues. Being prepared with a plan for these inevitable roadblocks can help maintain your confidence, competencies, and open communications. You are confident that Dr. Olden will retire in the near future and you see a golden opportunity to build a practice with Dr. Newhouse or by yourself too great an opportunity to blow on being overly assertive or aggressive.