Cultural Ancestry and Communication Assignment
Assignment Instructions:
Identify your cultural ancestry. If you have more than one cultural ancestry, choose the
one with which you most closely associate.
Explore the willingness of individuals in your culture to share thoughts, feelings, and
ideas. Can you 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?
Discuss the impact of your culture on your nursing and/or health care.
Assignment Instructions:
Identify your cultural ancestry. If you have more than one cultural ancestry, choose the
one with which you most closely associate.
Explore the willingness of individuals in your culture to share thoughts, feelings, and
ideas. Can you 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?
Discuss the impact of your culture on your nursing and/or health care.
