15 Jan Discuss your own culture’s pattern of communication using Purnell’s Domains of Culture as a guide
Discuss your own culture’s pattern of communication using Purnell’s Domains of Culture as a guide. When your personal communication practices differ from what is in the scholarly literature, posit why. See the variant cultural characteristics as a guide. Speak to each one of the following points: • Identify your cultural ancestry. If you have more than one cultural ancestry, chose the one with which you most closely associate. • Explore the willingness of individuals in your culture to share thoughts, feelings, and ideas. Identify any area of discussion that would be considered taboo? • Explore the practice and meaning of touch in your culture. Include information regarding touch between family members, friends, members of the opposite sex, and health-care providers. • Identify personal spatial and distancing strategies used when communicating with others in your culture. Discuss differences between friends and families versus strangers. • Discuss your culture’s use of eye contact. Include information regarding practices between family members, friends, strangers, and persons of different age groups. • Explore the meaning of gestures and facial expressions in your culture. Do specific gestures or facial expressions have special meanings? How are emotions displayed? • Are there acceptable ways of standing and greeting people in your culture? • Discuss the prevailing temporal relation of your culture. Is the culture’s worldview past, present, or future-oriented? Temporality also includes punctuality. • Discuss the impact of your culture on your nursing and/or health care. Be specific, not something that is very general. Paper is a formal paper and should include a title page (no abstract necessary) and references. You should whenever possible write in third person – you may of course identify your own cultural heritage in first person. There are 9 areas to address and you should have a subheading for each area and most students address all 9 areas in 5 – 7 pages (excluding title page and reference page). Thus, no more than 1 or 2 paragraphs per area.
