The Challenges of Cultural Competency Among Expatriate Nurses Working in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
alosaimi, dalyal . 2016
Background and Purpose: To explore the cultural challenges facing expatriate
nurses working in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Women do not have an
active role in the workplace in KSA. Concepts of religion, culture, and language are
considered to be crucial and often the lack of women’s participation is attributed
to these factors. Methods: A descriptive qualitative approach was used with two
methods of data collection: interviews and focus group. The study was located in a
hospital setting in Al-Riyadh at KSA. There were 20 non-Muslim nurses of different
nationalities who participated in this study. Results: Several themes emerging from
the nurses’ experience of caring for Muslims such as the inability to carry out nursing
duties because of religious and cultural factors and language barriers. Most of
the nurses have provided similar examples and discussed the same issues, such as
patient’s families, fasting, and prayer having a negative impact on care from their
perspective. Conclusion: There is a lack of expatriate nurses’ orientation concerning
religion and culture. The nurses acknowledged the importance of language when
they start dealing directly with patients and associated this language barrier with
their inability to provide proper care
Background and Purpose: To explore the cultural challenges facing expatriate
nurses working in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Women do not have an
active role in the workplace…
The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of non-Muslim nurses caring for
Muslim patients in Saudi Arabia. The study sought to understand from the perspective of non-
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