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Państwo i Społeczeństwo / State and Society

Published: 2024-12-18

The problem of multiculturality in patient care in the opinion of professionally active nurses

Monika Majoch Logo ORCID , Izabella Węgrzyn Logo ORCID , Elżbieta Rafa Logo ORCID , Sylwia Siekierczak Logo ORCID

Abstract

Introduction: Globalization and migration, understood in many aspects, pose new challenges related to transcultural care in the health care system. The aim of this study was to find out the opinions of active nurses on the provision of care to patients from a cultural background other than their own.
Material and methods: The study included 113 professionally active nurses. The diagnostic survey method was used using an original survey questionnaire. The results were analyzed using the χ2 test and a percentage analysis of the responses, with a significance level of p > 0.05.
Results: Nearly two thirds of the respondents (66.4%) confirmed that they had encountered a culturally different patient in their professional practice. Statistical significance was not confirmed in the perception of the degree of difficulty of care in relation to language skills. Those under 35 years of age were more likely to indicate a feeling of uncertainty (p = 0.018) when dealing with a culturally/linguistically different patient, and those over 35 years of age were more likely to indicate motivation (p = 0.024). The need for additional training/courses on multiculturalism in nursing was cited by 69.9% of respondents.
Conclusions: The emotions of those in the nursing profession related to the care (experienced or hypothetical) of a patient from a cultural background different from their own, as well as the perception of such care, can be described as positive. The overwhelming majority of the respondents showed an interest in developing their own competences in caring for a culturally different patient, indicating the need to organize training sessions/courses for nurses on such topics.

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Majoch, Monika, et al. “The Problem of Multiculturality in Patient Care in the Opinion of Professionally Active Nurses”. Państwo I Społeczeństwo State and Society, vol. 24, no. 2, Dec. 2024, pp. 39-52, doi:10.48269/2451-0858-pis-2024-2-003.

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Vol. 24 No. 2 (2024)
Published: 2024-12-18


eISSN: 2451-0858
Ikona DOI 10.31749/2451-0858-SaS

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AFM Publishing House of the Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University

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