M.Cur. / In a changing South-Africa new challenges regarding multiculturality emerge. In psychiatric nursing the psychiatric nurse also faces new challenges. During a cultural discussion, the personnel of a private psychiatric clinic realised that culture has numerous different meanings. (that numerous different meanings may be attached to culture). Culture has an interesting nature and certain expectations exist around culture. I have described this discussion in order to present a qualitative, descriptive, singular case study, within the paradigm of the Theory for Health promotion in Nursing. The data was processed according to the recommendations of Tesch (in Creswell, 1994:155). The discussion is presented according to certain themes. No guidelines have been set, but I have made certain recommendations that may be utilised in training of psychiatric nurses as well as in practise and research in the field of psychiatric nursing. The discussion was important because the participants were able to develop a sensitivity toward culture. This lead to the promotion of co-operation, productivity, and mutual understanding and respect within the context. The importance of the description of the discussion lies in the information that has been generated. This information will be available and will be incorporated as part of the body of knowledge in psychiatric nursing.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:1803 |
| Date | 06 December 2011 |
| Creators | Engelbrecht, Charlotte |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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