Tubercolisis in an islamic client- Domiciallary setting

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As a home care nurse what are the ways you could go about a hospital admission for an islamic patient with TB. Would there be many obstacles in terms of family/community beliefs, religious and cultural considerations. This woman now resides In Australia. How would i go about her addmission:s

I have researched endlessly but feel like im going around in circles:(

Any help would be euphoric at this time!

Thankyou

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As far as taking care of the patient there are no obstacles, as far as their culture it depends on what they might prefer, Islamically tho say you are feeding them some boundaries include not giving them pork, but as far as taking care of them and bathing them that is fine. If it is a male they do prefer to be taken care of by a male and a woman prefers to be taken care by a female most of the time. I really didnt know how to answer your question because there are many things in Islam but i listed the basic. FEEL FREE TO MESSAGE ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS :)

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I assume you mean Muslim client? There is a difference: http://www.differencebetween.net/miscellaneous/difference-between-islam-and-muslim/

Also, the religious and cultural experience can vary enormously over the full spectrum. Up to 1.5 billion & 22% of the world population.

No pork is a given, same gender caregiver is probably preferred, but other than that I'd ask her what she needs, and what she'd like us to know in order to plan her care.

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Beyond what others have said, contact a large local university and ask if you can talk to a cleric at the Islam/Muslim student association. We did that when we had a lady from Pakistan who was Muslim, couldn't speak English, was going through a fetal demise, and we needed to get her records from her last c-section which took place "at some hospital in NYC." The Muslim student center at a local university was very happy to help.

However, we had a resident from Pakistan come in and he just about saved the day. He, too, was all happy to educate us on Muslim births. He truly was awesome.

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Why not just ask the client what are his/her expectations?? Isn't that part of the initial assessment??I had never met anyone unwilling to educate others about their culture. As other had already stated, it is not a good idea to stereotype a culture...in my experience, many cultural blunders happen because of generalizations.

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Thankyou everyone for your help. All your input is very much appreciated:)

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