Multicultural Nursing

A multicultural nursing workforce and cultural perspectives in Saudi Arabia: An overview

In Saudi Arabia, nursing is a less desirable career choice for Saudi nationals in comparison to other professions. Several factors including the type of work, the working hours and perceptions of inadequate monetary compensation by nurses are responsible for this trend.1 The poor image of nursing as a profession in the Middle East, the gender norms and the rapid population growth have contribut...

Diversity in the context of multicultural Australia: Implications for nursing practice

Multicultural Issues

It has been argued that Latino children may be at a disadvantage in their early school adjustment due to disparities between the cultural values and goals of Latino families and those emphasized in U.S. schools (e.g., Delgado-Gaitan, 1994; Goldenberg & Gallimore, 1995). The purpose of the present study was to compare the cultural values and goals of Mexican-origin parents and their children’s H...

Multicultural care in nursing—From the theoretical paradigm to the subjective experiences in clinical settings

Last decade, the geography of immigration in Portugal experienced intense transformations with an increasing inflow of new and diversified migratory groups. An open questionnaire was developed and applied to 22 Portuguese nurses, aiming to analyse personal experiences and significant situations of nursing care in multicultural contexts. The understanding of hospital routines, difficulties in ma...

Applying Watson's nursing theory to assess patient perceptions of being cared for in a multicultural environment.

BACKGROUND J. Watson's (2002) caring theory addresses caring relationships among humans and the deep experiences of life itself. M. Leininger (1988) noted that caring is a universal phenomenon, which is likely to be perceived differently by patients and nurses if they come from different cultural backgrounds. Little is known about the patients' perception of "being cared for" in the Kingdom of ...