INTRODUCTIONWatson (2005) suggested that nurse-patient relationships can be therapeutic, as they are assumed to improve the patient's well-being and the likelihood of gaining independence quickly; He went further by arguing that nurses and patients should have a mutual relationship based on trust and respect, which would help foster the patient's physiological and psychological needs towards recovery. The above-mentioned phenomenon was highlighted when a group of nursing students attended a professional cultural immersion course in Toronto, Canada, and found that different or differential cultures existing between nurses and patient can create an obstacle to nurse-patient relationships , however, once mitigated, the relationship is assumed to proceed smoothly (www.salem .kent.edu, 2014). As expected; The progression of nursing studies over the years provides nurses (both in training and in practice) with the opportunity to acquire technical and theoretical skills which are universally regulated and conferred, however, this could be called into question when situations which highlight diversity cultural obstacles present obstacles such as the inability of nurses and patients to relate effectively (West 1994). Furthermore, relevant studies have suggested that nurses are more likely to fail in providing sensitive and essential healthcare to clients (patients) from different subcultural entities due to basic obstacles such as language difference. this would create a barrier in effective communication that is integral to the caregiver's understanding of the patient's complaints (Gerrish and Papadopoulos, 1999). Therefore, the study suggests that nurses should be able to operate and interact with different cultures, in... half of the document... April 17, 2014.19. NT Contributor (2013). The evolution of nursing standards, then and now. Available: http://www.nursetogether.com/evolving-standard-of-care-in-nursing. Last accessed 16 April 2014.20. Quappe S. and Cantatore G. (2007). What is cultural awareness, anyway? How do I build it?. Available: http://www.culturosity.com/articles/whatisculturalawareness.htm. Last accessed 21 April 2014.21. U.S. Census Bureau (2000). 2000 census data for the United States. Available: http://www.census.gov/census2000/states/us.html. Last accessed 17 April 2014.22. Watson J. (2005). The care of science as a sacred science. Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company. p6.23. Wenniljoy (2012). Importance of the nurse-patient relationship. Available: http://www.studymode.com/essays/Importance-Of-Nurse-Patient-Relationship-1069194.html. Last access April 17th, 2014.