Hospitals can adopt a more culturally sensitive model in order to align with the patient’s healing and recovery process. This model would take into account the patient’s cultural background and provide care that is tailored to that culture, thus creating a more effective treatment process. This could include providing more sensitive and respectful language, offering culturally appropriate meals, respecting patients’ values and religious beliefs, and providing education about cultural beliefs and practices to nurses.
A culturally sensitive model has the potential to generate more successful patient outcomes and contribute to greater patient satisfaction. For example, a patient from a certain culture may feel more comfortable sharing their concerns and discussing their health issues with a doctor from the same culture (Claeys et al., 2020). This would lead to a more accurate diagnosis and increase patient satisfaction.
Similarly, a patient would be more willing to comply with medical advice and treatments if the doctor took into account the patient’s cultural beliefs and values. Furthermore, providing culturally appropriate foods and respecting cultural beliefs and practices would make patients feel more comfortable (Claeys et al., 2020). As a result, it will become possible to achieve higher patient satisfaction, and the application of such a model can be considered as beneficial.
In conclusion, by implementing a culturally sensitive model, hospitals will develop a better patient healing and recovery process, producing more favorable patient outcomes and leading to greater patient satisfaction. This could involve language and communication that respects the patients’ culture, providing culturally appropriate meals, and respecting cultural practices and beliefs. Additionally, it is important to educate the nurses about the cultural beliefs and practices that they may not be aware of due to a different cultural background. Thus, implementing a more culturally sensitive model of care offers numerous benefits for patients and healthcare professionals.
Reference
Claeys, A., Berdai-Chaouni, S., Tricas-Sauras, S., & De Donder, L. (2020). Culturally sensitive care: Definitions, perceptions, and practices of health care professionals. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 32(5), 104365962097062. Web.