The Crescent of Care — a Nursing Model to Guide the Care of Muslim Patients

Nurses’ care practices at the end of life in intensive care units in Bahrain

“…[48][49][50] Similarly, care for the sick person extends to the family members. 51 Our findings suggest that Glaser and Strauss' seminal work carried out in the 1960s 24 and the concepts they developed in the context of dying are as salient today as they were almost 60 years ago. The process we described as signalling and creating an awareness of death holds resonance with the idea of closed awareness whereby the patient and in this study the families are unaware of impending death.…”

“…. (Interviewee 9: [42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52] While the nurses did not draw on a discourse of ethics to articulate how they cared for patients who were dying, they had a strong sense that ethical care at end of life entailed respecting the rights of patients and ensuring that their privacy was protected so that the dying process was peaceful and dignified. Nursing care of the patient while it included medical care was considered by the nurses as being separate and strictly under their domain and responsibility.…”

Development of the Arabic Spiritual Care Intervention‐Provision Scale

“…, Sawatzky & Pesut , Taylor & Mamier , Ross , Hummell et al . , Lovering , Mamier & Taylor ). The religious dimension is centred on religious beliefs, relationship with God and religious practices (i.e.…”

Bahraini nursing students’ attitudes: from student to nurse-A longitudinal research study

“…In addition, indigenous Muslim nurses are believed to provide nursing care that is based on the Muslim worldview. [6] From this perspective, Lovering [6] developed a unique nursing model, the Crescent of Care, which was based on the ways in which nurses' cultural beliefs about health, illness and healing blended with their professional values and care experiences. The indigenous growth of nursing with an increasing Arab nursing workforce is essential to a culturally sensitive care and enhanced communications with Arabic patients.…”

“…At present, in Bahrain there are 4 nurses per 1,000 population compared to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) average of 8.7. [5] Lovering [6] argued the case for the provision of nursing care that is based on the Muslim worldview. Lovering presented a unique nursing model for Arab Muslim care, which was based on nurses' cultural beliefs and values which supports the case for the indigenous growth of nursing with an increasing Arab nursing workforce.…”