Evidence Based Nursing Practice And Patient Cultural Diversity Discussion
Evidence Based Nursing Practice And Patient Cultural Diversity Discussion
As a nurse working on the ward on a day to day basis with diverse patients, I have had a rich experience over the years. This experience continues to get enriched with each passing day of my career. One particular recent experience has prompted this reflection. I had the rare experience of taking care of a patient who happens to be an immigrant and asylum seeker from Syria in the Middle East. I was struck by the cultural differences that exist between the American people and persons from that part of the world. I noted in particular that the patient’s culture was absolutely indistinguishable and inseparable from his religion which is Islam. Evidence Based Nursing Practice And Patient Cultural Diversity Discussion
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The above experience made me feel quite inadequate in terms of cultural competence and multiculturalism ( Coleman, 2019). It made me feel that I actually need some more intensive cultural competence training on top of what I already have (Young & Guo, 2016). Indeed I learnt a lot of things from this experience. To begin with, I discovered that a patient’s outcomes become excellent once they realise that you respect their culture and beliefs. Secondly, I learnt that persons from the Middle East revere their religion and live it as a way of life every day. For instance, provision must be made for the patient so that they can pray five times in a day (a quite room with a mat)Evidence Based Nursing Practice And Patient Cultural Diversity Discussion.
From the above experience, what I learnt that was god is that there are a lot of stereotypes about Muslims and especially persons from the Middle East that are very far from the truth. Not all of them are terrorists. I learnt so much about their culture and religion that I now feel so much at ease to the point of wanting to travel there as a tourist some day. What I learnt that was not so good was that a lot of cultural norms among them have been assimilated into religion such that they remain sacred and not open to challenge.
The above experience has impacted me as a person in that I have become more aware of other cultures and more enlightened. Concerning my practice, the experience has made me a better and much more culturally competent nurse (McFarland & Wehbe-Alamah, 2019)Evidence Based Nursing Practice And Patient Cultural Diversity Discussion. Indeed, I am sure that this experience will bring a change in my professional behavior. Going forward, I will not hold any stereotypes I hear about any culture until I found out more about it. This way I will be able to serve my patients better and achieve desired outcomes.
References
Coleman, D.E. (2019). Evidence based nursing practice: The challenges of health care and cultural diversity. Journal of Hospital Librarianship, 19(4), 330–338. https://doi.org/10.1080/15323269.2019.1661734
McFarland, M.R. & Wehbe-Alamah, H.B. (2019). Leininger’s theory of culture care diversity and universality: An overview with a historical retrospective and a view toward the future. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 9(6), 1-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1043659619867134
Young, S., & Guo, K.L. (2016). Cultural diversity training. The Health Care Manager, 35(2), 94–102. https://doi.org/10.1097/hcm.0000000000000100 Evidence Based Nursing Practice And Patient Cultural Diversity Discussion