Essays about: "and Transcultural nursing."

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  1. 6. Nursing care for patients with burns in Tanzania

    University essay from Röda Korsets Högskola

    Author : Klara Ekvall; [2010]
    Keywords : nursing care; burns; transcultural nursing; content analysis; Tanzania;

    Abstract : Burns are common in low- and middle income countrie ssuch asTarzania and firerelated deaths are numerous in Africa compared to high income countries in Europe. The nurse's primary professional responsibility is to require nursing care to people. Nursing care for burned patients is important and demands knowledge. READ MORE

  2. 7. Nursing care of patients with postoperative pain : an observation study at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Tanzania

    University essay from Röda Korsets Högskola

    Author : Hanna Karlsson; Linn Lundebo; [2010]
    Keywords : nursing care; postoperative pain; transcultural nursing; ethnographic approach; Tanzania;

    Abstract : Some cultures regard pain as a natural part of life compared with the Western culture which believes that pain is something unnatural and that has to be eliminated. Transcultural nursing is a way to learn about and provide culturally fitting and meaningful care to people with different cultures. READ MORE

  3. 8. "It´s a matter of balance and harmony" : the Ayurvedic concept of health and illness

    University essay from Röda Korsets Högskola

    Author : Tina Ohlsén; [1996]
    Keywords : Ayurveda; treatment; transcultural nursing;

    Abstract : This paper reviews selected work, published between 1944 and 1995, on the subject of Ayurveda. The aim of the review was to explore the ethnohistory of Ayurveda and the attached concept of health and illness, out of a transcultural perspective. Ayurveda is a medical tradition practiced throughout South Asia. READ MORE