Ensuring cultural sensitivity for Muslim patients in the Australian ICU: Considerations for care

Bloomer, Melissa; Al-Mutair, Abbas Saleh

doi:10.1016/j.aucc.2013.04.003

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“…Presently, most studies describing EOL in the ICU have a European or western-world ethnocentric perspective on what good EOL care includes (Wiegand, 2006). However, an increasing number of studies examining EOL care from different cultural perspectives can now be seen (Bloomer and Al-Mutair, 2013;Kongsuwan et al, 2010).…”

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Caring for the dying patient in the ICU – The past, the present and the future

Fridh

2014

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

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Section: Challenges In the Present And For The Futurementioning

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Caring for the dying patient in the ICU – The past, the present and the future

Fridh

2014

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

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“…12 Extensive publications from North America, Europe, and Australia have highlighted the significance of cultural sensitivity to nursing care. 3,[5][6][7][8]10,[12][13][14][15][16] In a number of organizations, cultural sensitivity has been listed as a quality indicator while others have included this as a core component of nursing practice. 5,13,17,18 Many accrediting bodies have identified a knowledge of cultural diversity as a key aspect of the curriculum for baccalaureate-prepared nurses.…”

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Cultural and Religious Educational Needs of Overseas Nurses Working in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates

Al‐Yateem

AlYateem

Rossiter

2015

Holistic Nursing Practice

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A competent transcultural health care service has been identified as essential for the delivery of safe health care in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and indeed internationally. Delivery of contextually informed educational programs to new employees forms an important component of achieving this requirement. Nurse educators have an essential role in identifying the cultural and religious knowledge needed by new employees and in designing programs to address these needs. The objective of this article was to explore the cultural and religious educational needs of overseas nurses working with Muslim patients in the KSA and the UAE as derived from the experience of nurses themselves. Written narratives from nurses employed to work primarily with Muslim nurses were analyzed using a qualitative descriptive methodology. In the UAE and the KSA context, and perhaps for nurses working with Muslim-Arabic patients worldwide, the culturally and religiously specific topics that need to be a component of preemployment education include the basic Islamic principles (5 daily prayers, Ramadan fasting, Zamzam water, and time management skills to accommodate religious practices within care); Kinship and Social Factors (family structure, gender-related issues, and social support system); and Basic Arabic language skills.

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“…[1] When medical experts believe death is inevitable, withdrawal of withholding treatment is acceptable, because this is seen as allowing death to take its natural course. [22] According to Atashzadeh et al [23] in Iran, withholding and withdrawing LSTs are not legal. They go on that since there are no guidelines, legislations or offi cial statements concerning end-of-life care, Iranian physicians are not likely to write orders regarding withholding and withdrawing LSTs.…”

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Critical care nurses' attitude towards life-sustaining treatments in South East Iran

Razban

Iranmanesh

Aliabadi

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World Journal of Emergency Medicine

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BACKGROUND: Life-sustaining treatments (LSTs) may prolong life but greatly decrease the quality of death. One factor influencing decision-making about withholding and withdrawing these treatments is the attitude of nurses. This study aimed to evaluate the attitude of critical care nurses towards life-sustaining treatments in South East Iran. METHODS:In this cross-sectional study, "Ethnicity and Attitudes towards Advance Care Directives Questionnaire" was used to investigate the attitude of 104 critical care nurses towards lifesustaining treatments in three hospitals affi liated to Kerman University of Medical Sciences. RESULTS:The fi ndings of this study indicated that although a majority of critical care nurses (77%) did not have personal desire for use of LSTs including CPR and mechanical ventilation, they had moderately negative to neutral attitude towards general use of LSTs (2.95 of 5).CONCLUSIONS: These fi ndings suggest that nurses' attitude towards LSTs can be changed by inclusion of specific courses about death, palliative care and life-sustaining treatments in undergraduate and postgraduate nursing curricula. Educating Muslim nurses about religious aspects of LSTs may also improve their attitudes.

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Ensuring cultural sensitivity for Muslim patients in the Australian ICU: Considerations for care

Cited by 50 publications

References 20 publications

Caring for the dying patient in the ICU – The past, the present and the future

Caring for the dying patient in the ICU – The past, the present and the future

Cultural and Religious Educational Needs of Overseas Nurses Working in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates

Critical care nurses' attitude towards life-sustaining treatments in South East Iran

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