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Volume 7
J Nurs Care, an open access journal
ISSN: 2167-1168
Nursing Global 2018
March 01-03, 2018
March 01-03, 2018 | London, UK
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Effective collaborative working between nurses in Saudi Arabia: Barriers and solutions
Rasha A Alturki
University of Salford, UK
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his research examines the factors that promote or impair effective collaborative working in a highly multi-cultural
healthcare setting - a large hospital in Riyadh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). A methodological strategy has been
devised that uses a qualitative case study approach. Semi-structured interviews were used to understand better how nurses and
nurse managers perceive culture and how this impacts effective and ineffective collaborative working. Barriers and facilitators
of multicultural nurses working together in any context and specifically in the KSA context have not yet been studied; therefore
the academic contribution of this work will help to fill the gap in knowledge. A small number of studies have previously
been conducted in Saudi Arabia but this study focuses on barriers to nurse-patient relationships, rather than on multicultural
nurses working together. A literature review has guided the development of an interview schedule, underpinned by the Purnell
competence model. The data from semi-structured interviews have been collected and transcribed and partially analysed. It
is hoped that the results of this thesis will inform the future nursing workforce strategies of the KSA Ministry of Health and
ultimately impact on patient care through better working relationships.
Biography
Rasha AAlturki has completed her MSc in Nursing in March, 2014 from University of Salford, Manchester, UK and curently doing her PhD in Nursing at University
of Salford Manchester School of Health and Society. She is a Research Scholar from King Fahd University Hospital and ImamAbdulrahman University in Dammam,
Saudi Arabia. She has published more than 3 papers in reputed journals.
Rasha A Alturki, J Nurs Care 2018, Volume 7
DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168-C1-064