Transcultural Nursing课件.ppt

Cultural Risk in the Aftermath of 9/11 Participants sense of security altered abruptly. Most attributed to intense media coverage with unfair attention on their religion. Muslims became a visible minority. Greatest source of cultural risk involved the feeling of being under constant surveillance and that they would be falsely reported for terrorist activity. 精品文档 Conclusions: Cultural Safety Social disadvantage of a cultural minority has been linked to culturally unsafe health services. The findings should alert the international community of nurses to be aware of the cultural safety of this particular group. 精品文档 Cultural Assessments 精品文档 Cultural Assessment Data Assessment #1 and Application of Culture Care Theory 精品文档 Assessment #1 A. S. is a modern American Muslim that immigrated from Pakistan in 1978. A. S. is involved with his children more so than his father. A. S. is the head of the household and the primary breadwinner for the family. A. S. has a Bachelors degree in computer science. 精品文档 Assessment #1 The family is vegetarian. The family speaks fluent English and are bilingual with Urdu the national language. His wife does not wear traditional Muslim dress but does wear a Hijab, head wrap, in public. Doctors and nurses are viewed positively by A. S. and his family. 精品文档 Assessment #1 Illness is perceived as a test or punishment by God. A. S. believes in abstaining from things that are forbidden in Islam and views the body as a temple. Western medicine is to be taken advantage of but the family also has home remedies that they practice for common illnesses. 精品文档 Culture Care Theory Assessment #1 The preservation of modesty should be a priority for the Muslim patient as well as showing respect. Nurses should accommodate for these patients to bring in their own food and allow a place for storing these items if possible or discuss the special dietary needs with the physician to allow for vegetarian meals. Based on the assessment with A. S., no a