Cultural competence in nursing

It is important that nurses develop cultural competence for their nursing practices.

1. How will you use the five constructs toward cultural competence (awareness, knowledge, encounters, skill, and desire) to develop your cultural competence?  (answer in at least 10 sentences)

2. Give one example from your life in which you have had a cultural encounter and how that impacted you. (answer in at least 5 sentences)