Putting Cultural Competence All Together: Some Considerations in Caring for Muslim Patients

Rassool, G. Hussein

doi:10.1007/978-1-137-35841-7_17

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“…The Islamic model of health care has been influenced by the cultural context, and is seen as inseparable from Islamic values [ 11 ]. For example, the most significant nurse in the Islamic history and Arabic culture was Rufaidah Al-Asalmiya (570-632 AD) [ 12 ]. The history of mental health services in the Arab countries goes back to the “golden” periods of Islamic civilization.…”

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Mental health needs and services in the West Bank, Palestine

Marie

Hannigan

Jones

2016

Int J Ment Health Syst

110

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BackgroundPalestine is a low income country with scarce resources, which is seeking independence. This paper discusses the high levels of mental health need found amongst Palestinian people, and examines services, education and research in this area with particular attention paid to the West Bank.MethodsCINAHL, PubMed, and Science Direct were used to search for materials.Results and conclusionEvidence from this review is that there is a necessity to increase the availability and quality of mental health care. Mental health policy and services in Palestine need development in order to better meet the needs of service users and professionals. It is essential to raise awareness of mental health and increase the integration of mental health services with other areas of health care. Civilians need their basic human needs met, including having freedom of movement and seeing an end to the occupation. There is a need to enhance the resilience and capacity of community mental health teams. There is a need to increase resources and offer more support, up-to-date training and supervision to mental health teams.

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Mental health needs and services in the West Bank, Palestine

Marie

Hannigan

Jones

2016

Int J Ment Health Syst

110

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“…They receive and disseminate information related to the patient from the doctor and are very involved in the decision-making process. [20] Currey and Worrall-Carter [21] note that when nurses do not have social knowledge of the patient, and their family, clinical decision making and communication is more difficult. Patient-centeredness is an indicator of quality care, and the essence of a reciprocal relationship and inter-subjective experience that neither the patient nor healthcare providers can precisely define.…”

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Family members’ involvement in the care of critically ill patients in two intensive care units in an acute hospital in Bahrain: The experiences and perspectives of family members’ and nurses’ - A qualitative study

Fateel

O’Neill

2015

Clinical Nursing Studies

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Objective: Family can play a vital role in promoting the overall well-being of the critically ill patient. Despite this positive attribute, some nurses, for various reasons are hesitant to include family in patient care. The study explored family members and nurses' perspectives and experiences of family involvement in caring for patients in intensive care units. The objectives were to describe both nurses and family members' perspectives and experiences of family involvement in care. Methods: A descriptive exploratory qualitative study. Focus-group interviews were conducted using a purposeful sample of six family members of critically ill patients and six nurses from two intensive care units of a hospital in Bahrain. Results: A central finding was that overall critical care nurses were reluctant to involve family in care, despite the fact that generally family members were willing to participate in care. Themes that were common to both participant groups were that caring practices and active communication were central to quality patient care. Both groups agreed that kinship roles and relationships were pivotal to caring practices and enabled a sense of security and reassurance for family and patients. Despite the fact that nurses were aware that family knowledge of the patient made it possible for them to personalize patient care, they were reluctant to have open communication with family members and to include them in care. Instead they favored policy development to guide family involvement. Conclusions: Family members expressed the need to be part of caring practices. While the nurses acknowledged that family involvement in patient care benefited the patient they wanted policy guidelines to guide this participation in care. The findings suggest that role clarification of family members and clarification on the responsibilities of nurses are needed if family members are to be involved so that patient care adheres to international standards while maintaining cultural sensitivity to Islamic family values.

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“…The non-Muslim nurses must be virtuous enough to know the need for privacy and decorum, the appropriate and acceptable use of touch, food restrictions and medication usage of their Muslim patients. This ensured a more relevant nursing approach that provides a more efficient and respectable manner of nursing care towards the Muslim patients [6].…”

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Nurses’ Care Approach (NCAp): Connecting Differences to Islamic Believer Patients in the Arab World

Guerrero¹

2019

OJN

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Background: Nursing care approaches may vary from one patient to another. In the nursing profession, nurses are imbibed with the attributes of multicultural care competencies that would empower the nurses to be adaptive and mindful of how they provide and go with their carative nursing managements. This would entail that the non-Muslim nurses must be aware and be sensitive enough in their approaches and communicative exchanges with their Muslim patients. Objective: The study aims to identify the care approaches given by non-Muslim nurses working in the Arab world and how they elicit and provide a universal approach in caring Muslim patients. Methods: The study utilized a mixed methodology, specifically the explanatory sequential design, which involved a descriptive-comparative quantitative research design and eidetic qualitative research design. Results: Based on the result with the highest mean 3.63%, the respondents strongly agree that the non-Muslim nurse is aware of her own culture, 3.60% strongly agree that the non-Muslim Nurse does not discriminate the decisions of the patients regardless of gender, race, culture or belief and 3.58% still strongly agree that the non-Muslim nurse encourages patients to communicate as need arises.Here are three themes emerged from the study: understanding and respect of cultures, caring across borders, and caring calmness. In connecting the differences, non-Muslim nurses must be aware of their own culture, must not discriminate the decisions of the patients regardless of gender, race, culture or belief and must encourages patients to communicate as need arises. Conclusion: Knowing and understanding the scope of nursing practice with a high regard of respect to patients without discrimination will promote and provide holistic, safe and high-quality nursing care.

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Putting Cultural Competence All Together: Some Considerations in Caring for Muslim Patients

Cited by 14 publications

References 19 publications

Mental health needs and services in the West Bank, Palestine

Mental health needs and services in the West Bank, Palestine

Family members’ involvement in the care of critically ill patients in two intensive care units in an acute hospital in Bahrain: The experiences and perspectives of family members’ and nurses’ - A qualitative study

Nurses’ Care Approach (NCAp): Connecting Differences to Islamic Believer Patients in the Arab World

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