Journal of Nursing & Care

Nursing Education and its Cultural Congruency in the Sultanate of Oman: Case Study

Abstract

Suad Al Junaibi

Background: The purpose of this study is to explore the cultural aspects of client care are satisfactory included in the nursing curriculum in Sultanate of Oman. This concept will be examined through reviewing the Omani Ministry of Health’s (MoH) approach to designing, developing, and implementing a general nursing curriculum.
Method: This case-study, qualitative design explored whether nursing education addressed cultural congruent care adequately through the review of educational policy documents, semistructured qualitative individual interviews and focus groups. The data was collected from the MoH’s nursing education decision makers, educators, students and service users (public) over a period of six months. To identify themes, data was analysed using Ritchie and Spencer’s five-stage analytical framework. Using purposeful sampling to select study participants from the MoH nursing education decision makers, educators, students and service users.
Results: The study reveal that the MoH’s current approach to nursing curriculum falls short of what Denis Lawton considers a culturally competent curriculum.
Conclusion: The study proposes to re-examine the cultural care content in the nursing education in Oman.