Culturally Competent Health Care
A Challenge for Nurses in Saudi Arabia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19462390 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linda J Luna (King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, corresponding author), Linda Luna (King Faisel Specialist Hospital and Research, Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 8-14 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Transcultural Nursing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1043-6596 • E-ISSN: 1552-7832 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/104365969800900203 |
| PMID | 9856009 |
| OpenAlex | W2076842003 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 10 |
An emerging global reality is the presence of a culturally diverse workforce in health care environments. Not only are nurses delivering care to culturally diverse clients, the nurses themselves may come from different cultural and educational backgrounds. In order to provide culturally competent health care, such diversity must be molded into professional collaboration and respect. To date, health care to the citizens of Saudi Arabia has been provided largely by a foreign labor force, the vast majority of whom are non-Arabic speaking. This paper explores a number of strategies aimed at educating expatriate non-Saudi health professionals in the provision of culturally competent and culturally congruent health care. Leininger's transcultural health care theory is identified as the framework for achieving this goal. The theory has proved to be of great relevance in a hospital setting where some 40 different nationalities are represented among the work force. In such a setting, the potential for cultural conflict and stress is very real. Health professionals new to the Kingdom are introduced to the cultural dimensions of health care as it relates to patient care modes, as well as living and working together in a transcultural environment. Transcultural nursing is a major component of a professional nurse practice model which provides a visionary perspective for nursing care. Within the practice model, transcultural care principles are used to guide education, clinical practice and nursing research. Furthermore, Leininger's theory serves to grasp a comprehensive view of generic (folk) and professional health systems and to identify ethical issues confronted by nurses in the transcultural setting
Cultural competence · Cultural diversity · Expatriate · Health care · Nurse education · Nursing research · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Transcultural nursing · Workforce · Cultural Competency in Health Care · Global Health Workforce Issues · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Socioeconomic Development in MENA
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.23 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2020 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |