Multicultural challenges in critical care nursing
Shrestha, Anjali (2021)
Shrestha, Anjali
2021
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202103032886
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202103032886
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A worldwide integration is increasing constantly formulating extensive network among goods, services, humans, and civilization in different parts of the world. Therefore, our societies are becoming rich in multicultural and multi-ethnic diversity. Finland is also becoming a multicultural country with 7.6% of foreign backgrounds. Consequently, the healthcare system is affected by cultural differences.
The purpose of this study is to identify potential multicultural challenges in critical care nursing while dealing with patient and their families of culturally diverse background. The aim is to collect recent evidence-based knowledge regarding multicultural issues and help nurses to develop competence to face multicultural patients and their families with the help of evidence-based strategies in critical care nursing. The research question was what are the potential multicultural challenges faced by critical care nurses while dealing with patient and their families of culturally diverse background?
The articles were chosen from databases provided by Laurea AMK (CINAHL, ProQuest Central, PubMed etc.) from 2008 to 2020. The research method used in this thesis is a literature review. The collected data, five articles were analyzed using inductive content analysis. The main themes that emerged from content analysis are challenges in communication, complications in providing critical care, family in multicultural patient care, and cultural awareness and sensitivity. The findings of the thesis indicated that there are challenges for nurses to encounter patient and their families of different cultural background due to a lack of cultural knowledge and competence.
As global mobility has accelerated, the population has become ethnically diverse all over the world. Multiculturalism has become an integral part of the current health sector. To date, there have been very few studies related to multicultural issues in critical care nursing, the author of this thesis suggests further studies for better understanding.
The purpose of this study is to identify potential multicultural challenges in critical care nursing while dealing with patient and their families of culturally diverse background. The aim is to collect recent evidence-based knowledge regarding multicultural issues and help nurses to develop competence to face multicultural patients and their families with the help of evidence-based strategies in critical care nursing. The research question was what are the potential multicultural challenges faced by critical care nurses while dealing with patient and their families of culturally diverse background?
The articles were chosen from databases provided by Laurea AMK (CINAHL, ProQuest Central, PubMed etc.) from 2008 to 2020. The research method used in this thesis is a literature review. The collected data, five articles were analyzed using inductive content analysis. The main themes that emerged from content analysis are challenges in communication, complications in providing critical care, family in multicultural patient care, and cultural awareness and sensitivity. The findings of the thesis indicated that there are challenges for nurses to encounter patient and their families of different cultural background due to a lack of cultural knowledge and competence.
As global mobility has accelerated, the population has become ethnically diverse all over the world. Multiculturalism has become an integral part of the current health sector. To date, there have been very few studies related to multicultural issues in critical care nursing, the author of this thesis suggests further studies for better understanding.