Providing Care for Refugee Patients: Challenges and Barriers : A literature review
Ahmad, Feras (2018)
Ahmad, Feras
Yrkeshögskolan Arcada
2018
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018061113541
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018061113541
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The aim of this study is to review the literature regarding the challenges and barriers facing nurses when providing care for refugees arriving to new destination, and to review solutions and remedies to overcome these barriers. Before answering the research questions, this study will present statistical figures regarding refugees, and it will explore common health problems associated with refugees and asylum seekers. Additionally this study will also provide guidelines for nurses to provide culturally congruent care by using Leininger’s Culture Care Diversity and Universality theory.
This study is a qualitative literature review, academic articles were collected through academic database search engines like Cinahl (EBSCO), Pubmed, and Google scholar.
The research questions of this study are 1) What types of challenges and barriers nurses face when providing care for refugees? 2) What challenges and barriers refugees face when receiving care from nurses in the host country? 3) How to overcome common barriers and challenges when providing care for refugees?
The articles chosen for this study were analyzed by inductive qualitative method.
The findings of this study identified language, cultural differences, referral process, lack of training and guidance, quality of care, health literacy, and lack of information, as major barriers for nurses and refugees during their healthcare encounters. Solutions and reme-dies suggested by both, care providers and refugees to overcome these barriers are the use of skillful interpreters, training and guidance, and connecting between services and sec-tors. This study also provided nurses with guidelines to use Leininger’s three action modes in order to provide culturally competent care for refugees.
This study is a qualitative literature review, academic articles were collected through academic database search engines like Cinahl (EBSCO), Pubmed, and Google scholar.
The research questions of this study are 1) What types of challenges and barriers nurses face when providing care for refugees? 2) What challenges and barriers refugees face when receiving care from nurses in the host country? 3) How to overcome common barriers and challenges when providing care for refugees?
The articles chosen for this study were analyzed by inductive qualitative method.
The findings of this study identified language, cultural differences, referral process, lack of training and guidance, quality of care, health literacy, and lack of information, as major barriers for nurses and refugees during their healthcare encounters. Solutions and reme-dies suggested by both, care providers and refugees to overcome these barriers are the use of skillful interpreters, training and guidance, and connecting between services and sec-tors. This study also provided nurses with guidelines to use Leininger’s three action modes in order to provide culturally competent care for refugees.