Burns are common in low- and middle income countrie ssuch asTarzania and firerelated deaths are numerous in Africa compared to high income countries in Europe. The nurse's primary professional responsibility is to require nursing care to people. Nursing care for burned patients is important and demands knowledge. Nurses in Tanzania experience difficulties in their daily work in terms of heavy workload and lack of material. Transcultural nursing aims to see care, health and illness from a cultural perspective and the goal is to provide competent care to people in different cultures. The purpose of the study was to illuminate how nurses in Tanzania take care of patients with burns.The study was implemented at the hospital Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre in Moshi,Tanzania. A qualitative method was used;participating observations of nine nurses were carried out. The field notes were analyzed by content analysis and gradually two themes appeared; preventing infections and meeting the patient.The conclusion was that nursing care meant collaboration with the relatives, a calm and low stress atmosphere and concems about the patients' integrity. Difficulties experienced in the nurse's daily work were lack of time and material, but despite this the nurses wanted to improve the care of the burned patients in order to reduce the risk of infection. An interesting finding was that normally no contact was created between the nurse and the patient. Overall the lasting impression was that nursing care must be seen and understood in the cultural context. / <p>Röda Korsets sjuksköterskeförening stipendium 2010</p>

Syfte: Syftet var att beskriva sjuksköterskans upplevelser av kommunikation och kulturella yttranden mellan personer från olika kulturer samt att granska de valda artiklarnas urvalsmetod och bortfall. Metod: Föreliggande litteraturstudie har en deskriptiv design. Tio artiklar med kvalitativ ansats inkluderades. Resultat: Resultatet visade att sjuksköterskorna upplevde kommunikationssvårigheter mellan personer från olika kulturer vilket kändes utmanande och frustrerande. För att underlätta kommunikationssvårigheterna utvecklade sjuksköterskorna sina egna strategier samt tog hjälp av tolk, flerspråkig vårdpersonal och anhöriga. Sjuksköterskorna upplevde svårigheter kring kulturella yttranden som bestod bland annat av att många besökte patienten samt att rutiner och besökstider inte respekterades. Slutsats: Sjuksköterskorna upplevde att de saknade kulturell kunskap, förståelse och utbildning. Genom att etablera undervisning om transkulturell omvårdnad på sjuksköterskeprogrammet skulle kunna leda till att nyexaminerade sjuksköterskor har bättre redskap att möta patienter från olika kulturer när de börjar arbeta. För redan kliniskt verksamma sjuksköterskor bör de olika verksamheterna förse personalen med utbildning. / Aim: The aim was to describe nurses’ experiences of communication and cultural manifestations with people from different cultures and to review the selected articles sample and drop-outs.   Method: The present study has a descriptive design. Ten articles with qualitative approach were included. Findings: The results showed that nurses experienced communication difficulties with people from different cultures which was experienced as challenging and frustrating. To facilitate communication difficulties the nurses developed their own strategies and enlisted the help of an interpreter, bilingual healthcare professionals and relatives. The nurses experienced difficulties with cultural manifestations which included that many relatives visited the patient, and that routines and visiting hours were not respected. Conclusion: The nurses felt that they lacked in cultural knowledge, understanding and education. By establishing teaching of transcultural nursing in nursing programmes could lead to newly graduated nurses having better tools to meet patients from different cultures when they start working. Professional practising nurses should be provided with training.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 2007. / Title from title page screen, viewed on March 11, 2008. Dissertation Committee: Amee Adkins (chair), Zeng Lin, Dianne Gardner, Jacklyn Ruthman. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-127) and abstract. Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, San Francisco, 2004. / Bibliography: leaves 217-233. Also available online.

Thesis (M.N.)--University of Alberta, 2010. / A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing. Title from pdf file main screen (viewed on April 24, 2010). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 2005. / Title from title page screen, viewed September 26, 2006. Dissertation Committee: George Padavil, Dianne Gardner (co-chairs), James Palmer, Norma Kelly. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 190-198) and abstract. Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Duquesne University, 2006. / Title from document title page. Abstract included in electronic submission form. Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-174) and index.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Duquesne University, 2006. / Title from document title page. Abstract included in electronic submission form. Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-172) and index.

Text in English / In this study an attempt has been made to reflect upon T.G. Mashaba's transcultural themes. For the purpose of this study, the researcher had to differentiate between traditional and professional cultural themes. All of these were mirrored in some of Mashaba's works through the employment of descriptive devices in a manner that enables one to picture her philosophy of transcultural nursing care, her ideas and ideals, conceptions, opinions and beliefs. The chief aim of this study was to survey the significance and contribution of Mashaba transcultural themes to nursing. In identifying the two systems, Mashaba was attempting not only to help nurses to become aware of these systems, but to consider ways to make reciprocal interfaces with the two systems. Marked caring differences among health care systems exist as well as similar features. Efforts were made - by Mashaba - to explicate these caring aspects in order to provide a sound rationale and therapeutic nursing care. The design used in this study was purely descriptive, investigative, interpretive and analytic with the specific aim of elucidating Mashaba's ideas, ideals and thoughts. This approach helped in bringing to light the value of the themes while at the same time focusing attention on their transcultural nature. Leininger's Cultural Theoretical Model was applied - as a conceptual Model - for the analysis of transcultural themes. This research study gives us a picture of a gifted and hardworking woman. She was ambitious and had set definite goals for herself. Her sense of cultural observation and imaginativeness elevate her as- a spokesperson for the underprivileged, not only of her race, but of any nationality. In her efforts, she was a moderate who believed that engagement in a dialogue would bring better and more lasting solutions than war. This gives her work the universal relevance and appeal. / Health Studies / D.Litt. et Phil. (Advanced Nursing Sciences)

Transcultural nursing refers to the provision of nursing care to patients whose values, beliefs and life-style differ from those of the nurse. To enable nurses to honour their ethical obligation to provide quality care, they must have the necessary knowledge to nurse patients across cultural boundaries. This study was conducted to determine the nurse's knowledge of and attitudes towards the culturally different patient. A questionnaire was used to collect the data. Although nurses see it as a challenge to nurse patients from different cultures, it was found that they do not have the necessary knowledge to provide culture-sensitive care. Other factors, such as the nurse's attitude towards culturally different patients, communication problems, mistrust, prejudice and a lack of understanding of cultural uses and traditions, contribute to the lack of culture-sensitive care. The nursing profession should pay attention to these problems. / Health Studies / Van Tonder, Sally / M.A. (Nursing)