Kontakt 2008, 10(2):283-287 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2008.043

Chinese patient in Czech healthcare systemNursing

Pavel Scholz^*, Valérie Tóthová

Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Zdravotně sociální fakulta, katedra ošetřovatelství

Given the increasing number of inhabitants of the People's Republic of China and contemporary globalisation tendencies in the society including inhabitants of this Republic, it is of course necessary to know at least principal information concerning members of the Chinese minority living in the Czech Republic and their specific features in the field of nursing care. This research work was elaborated with the use of qualitative research methods. The research target of the present work was to consider special features of the nursing care, which should be respected according to the members of the Chinese minority. The data accumulation was provided with the help of semi-structured interviews with members of the Chinese minority group in the Czech Republic. The scope of questions of the semi-structured interview used is particularly based on conceptual nursing models by M. Gordon, M. Leininger and a model by J. Giger - R. Davidhizer. To achieve this target, five research questions were established. Case reports were obtained based on results of the interviews. The case reports form a research basis for categorized tables and graphs (modified approach of framework analysis), where most important research results are summarized. The main results include the determined specific features of the nursing care in the field of sampling the blood, communicating medical diagnosis, particularly for the family, fear of drug dependence and also pain and its solution. Further results also include a description of the perception of Czech nursing and nurses as providers of the special nursing care by members of the Chinese minority group. Based on the results of the work, hypotheses are proposed, designed for the further research. The principal data concerning members of the Chinese minority group living in the Czech Republic were arranged in an information summary and standards of nursing care. In contact with nursing personnel, everybody of us expects quality individual and respectful care. It is necessary to respect specific features of all the patients regardless of the colour of the skin and political or spiritual creed. When granting the professional nursing care, it is necessary to rise above limits of our own culture and habits with the aim to provide our patient/client from any cultural group with as effective nursing care as possible.

Keywords: method of research; Chinese patient, client; nursing standard

Received: September 2, 2008; Accepted: November 11, 2008; Prepublished online: December 17, 2008; Published: December 17, 2009  Show citation