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mwit1967 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

Which communication behavior would be considered uncharacteristic for a client from a high-context culture?

1. Little direct eye contact
2. Use of global messages
3. Use of nonverbal symbolization
4. Arguing points with the physician

Question 2

Assessment of interpersonal relationships of Asian and Asian-American clients is dependent on the nurse's understanding that such clients value:

1. The good of the group over individual needs
2. Privacy to the extent of leaving family out of touch
3. Individual autonomy, initiative, and assertiveness
4. Analytic thinking and self-advocacy

Christopher · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: 4
Arguing to get a point across is more characteristic of the communication of a person from a low-context culture. A person from a high-context culture would not be expected to dispute a person with authority. The person from a high-context culture would be expected to use global communication and nonverbal symbolization but to make little direct eye contact,

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 1
Asian and Asian-American clients have been socialized into high-context cultures in which there is collective identity, group decision making, emotional dependence, deference to those of higher status and age, and use of indirect language to communicate. Options 2, 3, and 4 are characteris-tic of low-context cultures.