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Sjuksköterskors upplevelser vid tvärkulturell kommunikation: En litteraturstudie utifrån sjuksköterskans perspektiv
Malmö University, Faculty of Health and Society (HS), Department of Care Science (VV).
Malmö University, Faculty of Health and Society (HS), Department of Care Science (VV).
2022 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Nurses' experiences of cross-cultural communication : A literature review from the nurse’s perspective (English)
Abstract [sv]

Bakgrund: Sverige är idag ett mångkulturellt samhälle med en befolkning där en del har ett annat modersmål än det officiella språket. Detta har bland annat medfört att språkbarriärer uppstår, framförallt inom vården. Syfte: Syftet med litteraturstudien var att belysa sjuksköterskors upplevelse vid tvärkulturell kommunikation. Metod: En litteraturstudie baserad på nio vetenskapliga artiklar med en kvalitativ ansats samt en med mixad metod. Resultat: De tio valda vetenskapliga artiklarna besvarade litteraturstudiens syfte. Resultatet presenterades i sex huvudteman: påverkan på vårdkvaliteten, relationen mellan sjuksköterska och patient,kommunikation utan att tala samma språk, bilinguala sjuksköterskor som tolk, närstående som tolk och professionell tolk. Den otillräckliga kommunikationen mellan sjuksköterskan och patienten ledde till bristande delaktighet då patienten undvek att kommunicera med sjuksköterskan och missuppfattade en del av den informationen som gavs. Bilinguala sjuksköterskor fick oftast agera som tolk trots avsaknad på utbildning inom detta område.Konklusion: Studien visar på att språkbarriärer komplicerade sjuksköterskans arbete och som påföljd även försvårade arbetet kring omvårdnad och patientsäker vård. Både sjuksköterskan och patienten blev drabbade av de språkbarriärerna som uppstod. En lösning skulle därför kunna vara att sjuksköterskan utökar sina kunskaper i hur tvärkulturell kommunikation kan komma till hands för att erbjuda patienten en säker vård.

Abstract [en]

Background: Sweden is today a multicultural society with a population where some have a mother tongue other than the official language. Among other things, this has led to language barriers arising, especially in healthcare. Aim: The aim of the study was to illustrate the nurse's experience of cross-cultural communication. Method: A literature review based on nine scientific articles with a qualitative approach and one with a mixed method. Results: The ten selected scientific articles answered the purpose of the literature study. The results were presented in six main themes: impact on the quality of care, the relationship between nurse and patient, communication without speaking the same language, bilingual nurses as interpreters, relatives as interpreters, and professional interpreters. The lack of communication between the nurse and the patient led to a lack of participation for the patient as the patient avoided communicating with the nurse and did not understand much of the information provided. Bilingual nurses had to often act as interpreters despite the lack of training in this area. Conclusion: The study shows that language barriers complicated the nurse's work and as a consequence also made the workaround nursing and patient-safe care more difficult. Both the nurse and the patient were affected by the language barriers that arose. One solution could therefore be for the nurse to expand her knowledge in communication to offer the patient safe care.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022. , p. 39
Keywords [en]
Communication, Culture, Language barrier, Nursing, Nurse perspective.
Keywords [sv]
Kommunikation, Kulturell, Omvårdnad, Sjuksköterskeperspektiv, Språkbarriär.
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Nursing
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-51212OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-51212DiVA, id: diva2:1655377
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HS Sjuksköterskeutbildning
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Available from: 2022-05-02 Created: 2022-05-02 Last updated: 2022-05-02Bibliographically approved

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