I agree with you that every culture has a unique quality, especially with nonverbal communication. I recently took care of a Hispanic patient and one of the family members explain more about some of their cultural interactions and the proper way to communicate with the patient. This conversation made me realize that we do not think about our own behaviors or mindful of the differences in the ways other cultures interact. In the Hispanic culture, eye contact is considered rude and disrespectful. Verbal and nonverbal communication is learned behavior and difficulties arises when individuals do not communicate in a way that is prescribed by the culture (Giger & Davidhizar, 2013). Since then, I have become increasingly aware of my body language
