Length: 1 page single space or 2-page double space minimum per question. 1. Describe the cultural factors that have influenced the development of Western psychiatric–mental health nursing practice.

Length: 1 page single space or 2-page double space minimum per question. 

1. Describe the cultural factors that have influenced the development of Western psychiatric–mental health nursing practice. Contrast these Western influences with the cultural factors that influence patients who come from Eastern, Indigenous, or collective cultures.

4. How can barriers such as communication problems, stigma, and misdiagnosis impede the promotion of competent psychiatric–mental health care? What can the members of the healthcare team do to overcome such barriers?