Studies investigating children and families’ experiences at end of life in Saudi Arabia are limited. However, one factor found to have an impact on patient and primary caregiver end of life care is Islam. Since women are the primary caregivers for children in Saudi Arabia, the purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of Muslim women caring for a child at end of life. Using a qualitative approach, interviews were conducted with 24 female primary caregivers caring for a child at end of life. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. The researchers found that Islamic beliefs and practices had a positive influence on primary caregivers’ experiences. Islamic beliefs and practices helped support participants through their child’s end of life experience. Results have implications for health care education, practice, policy, and future research on end of life in Saudi Arabia other Muslim countries.
The purpose of the study was to develop an understanding of how nursing students gained perspective on nursing care of diverse populations through watching documentaries in a cultural diversity course. The basis of this paper is our analyses of students’ written responses and reactions to documentaries viewed in class. The guiding theoretical frameworks for the course content and the study included postcolonial feminism, Foucauldian thought, and cultural safety. Krathwohl's Taxonomy of the Affective Domain was used to identify themes and determine how undergraduate nursing students were progressing in achieving learning outcomes. Our findings suggest that while the use of documentaries serves as a tool for deepening students’ understanding of the realities of various populations, this activity, in the absence of critical reflection, may inadvertently promote stereotypes and further marginalize different people groups. Even though nursing students reflected on the importance of cultural safety in nursing, our findings indicate that their actions may not reflect this, especially since these students are in the early stages of the nursing program. Students need to be provided with a space where they can explore implicit biases evoked by exposure to new information about different people groups as a way of enhancing culturally safe care.
Foreign investment has become an essential phenomenon in the global economy today. It represents a major driver of economic development for many countries. It is carried out by investors in order to attain a variety of business advantages. However, investments do not flow into economies randomly, but they move to countries based on the available investment facilities that encourage investors to select certain countries over others. Therefore, investment facilities are of utmost importance for attracting foreign investments. The present study aims to investigate the current state of investment facilities and their impact on attracting foreign investments. It presents a comparison between two contexts, which are Turkey and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The author adopts the literature review methodology, which involves reviewing recent relevant literature. In the light of insight provided by literature, the study has obtained the following findings: both Turkey and Jordan are examples of countries that have succeeded in attracting foreign investments through investment facilities; strengths of the Turkish experience include granting foreign investors rights equal to those of their domestic counterparts as well as economic openness and liberalization, while its weaknesses include the failure to attract flows of foreign investments to a level comparable to that of domestic investments; and the strengths of the Jordanian experience include the introduction of a variety of laws, strategies, and plans to create an attractive investment environment, while its main weakness is the failure to maintain consistency of growth in the net
Background: A mother feels complete when she fulfills her role in protecting her child from harm. If a child is diagnosed with a terminal illness and reaches End of Life (EOL), the mother’s life is affected negatively. The mother is affected mentally, psychologically, and physically because her child is dying.Purpose: Explore the recent studies that focused on experiences of mothers caring for a child receiving End of Life Care (EOLC) at home or a healthcare facility.Methods: An electronic search was done in multiple databases, including the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Library, PsycINFO, PubMed, CINAHL, and Academic Search Complete. The included studies were published within the past five years, studies about EOL/ EOLC, hospice care, pediatric care, quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods studies. Thematic synthesis following PRISMA guidelines. Results: Four themes emerged from the thematic synthesis. The main themes included decision making challenges, communication with healthcare professionals, parents’ support system, and grief. Parents were included in most studies. However, the number of mothers exceeded the number of fathers. Some researchers mentioned that there was no difference between their participants (most participants were Caucasian). Conclusion: There is limited information available about children and their family members’ experiences at EOL/ EOLC in Saudi Arabia as has been studied in other countries. Based on this systematic review, more studies are needed related to children at EOL in Saudi Arabia.
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