A model for professional nurses to facilitate culturally sensitive nursing care for children.
Catherine Mngomezulu, Charlene Downing
PMID 42549712WHAT IT FOUND
Nurses and mothers of hospitalised children described cultural care as strained by nurses’ knowledge gaps, misunderstood expectations and disregard for cultural practices.
A model developed from these interviews asks nurses to clarify values, assess culture and partner with families.
Key findings
01Professional nurses described tension between cultural sensitivity and their duty to protect children, and they reported gaps in cultural knowledge and institutional guidance.
02Mothers described feeling that some cultural practices were disregarded and that cultural misunderstandings were perceived as judgemental.
03The model was built from interviews that reached saturation after 12 professional nurses and seven mothers, and the paper states the model has not been implemented.
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What it does not show
The study was conducted at a children’s hospital, not across multiple paediatric settings, so the experiences may not represent other services. Only professional nurses were interviewed; enrolled nurses and enrolled nursing assistants were not included. The model was developed and reviewed by experts but has not been implemented, so its effect on nursing care or child outcomes is unknown. The findings are qualitative experiences and expert review, not measured patient outcomes.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as evidence that the model improves care or shortens hospital stays. The model was developed from interviews and expert review, and the paper states it has not been implemented.