End of Life Care -Nursing Cultural Competency America is a melting pot of many religions and nurses are called upon more and more in today’s world to practice cultural competency. This paper focuses on awareness of other religions in order to practice culturally competent end of life of care for all patients. Judaism, Catholicism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism’s end of life rituals and traditions, stance on organ donation, embalmment, autopsies, after death care will be briefly discussed in order to establish nursing implications for the religions mentioned above. This paper is intended to educate nurses in order to practice cultural competency at the highest level. All humans, regardless of religion, nationality, and ethics have the right
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The Catholic Church also approves organ donation is (Setta & Shemie, 2015). Burying body in the ground at a cemetery is the preferred method of discarding the body (Leming & Dickinson, 2016).
After death, the tradition of the Catholics is to hold a visitation/wake at the church, funeral home, with the intention of loved ones and friends can say goodbye to the deceased and give their condolences to the family. The body is open to view at most waked but might be closed, just depends on deceased or deceased family’s preference. The deceased’s life is celebrated at the funeral, which is usually two to four days after death. After the funeral the dead is buried in a cemetery and family and friends usually share a meal together after the burial (Leming & Dickinson, 2016).
Nursing implications for end of life care for Catholics: ask if they would like a priest called in to perform the last rites, allow family to pray around the patient, if a patient is a candidate ask about organ donation. Embalming and autopsies are also acceptable (Setta & Shemie, 2015). …show more content…
The main belief of Buddhism is that the experience of enlightenment is reachable to anyone who is willing to follow and train. Buddhism believes in Samsara (which is a cycle of rebirths) and Dukkha (suffering). The kind of rebirth one experience is based on Karma (consequences of one’s actions), the making of ethical decisions with ethical outcomes. The more practiced karma, the more enlightenment one will be reborn with. The end goal is to reach nirvana (most enlightenment) and rebirth cycle will discontinue. Organ donation varies from region to region and is best to just ask as the individual Buddhist on their preference (McCormick, 2013). Cremation is the preferred way to discard body. The view on autopsies also varies with Buddhist practice. However most Buddhism practices that autopsies are permitted, three days after death or when determined the soul has left the body (Burton & Gurevitz, 2010). After death the body is kept at temple or family’s home and the prayer of Abbhidhamma is spoken for three days and on the fourth the body is cremated. Family and mourners will take pictures around the body at cremation site. The mourners than walk around casket three times before cremation begins. Yellow robes are set on a long white cord attached to coffin as a last merit-making rite. A biography of deceased is read and then cremation is completed.
The Catholic Church also approves organ donation is (Setta & Shemie, 2015). Burying body in the ground at a cemetery is the preferred method of discarding the body (Leming & Dickinson, 2016).
After death, the tradition of the Catholics is to hold a visitation/wake at the church, funeral home, with the intention of loved ones and friends can say goodbye to the deceased and give their condolences to the family. The body is open to view at most waked but might be closed, just depends on deceased or deceased family’s preference. The deceased’s life is celebrated at the funeral, which is usually two to four days after death. After the funeral the dead is buried in a cemetery and family and friends usually share a meal together after the burial (Leming & Dickinson, 2016).
Nursing implications for end of life care for Catholics: ask if they would like a priest called in to perform the last rites, allow family to pray around the patient, if a patient is a candidate ask about organ donation. Embalming and autopsies are also acceptable (Setta & Shemie, 2015). …show more content…
The main belief of Buddhism is that the experience of enlightenment is reachable to anyone who is willing to follow and train. Buddhism believes in Samsara (which is a cycle of rebirths) and Dukkha (suffering). The kind of rebirth one experience is based on Karma (consequences of one’s actions), the making of ethical decisions with ethical outcomes. The more practiced karma, the more enlightenment one will be reborn with. The end goal is to reach nirvana (most enlightenment) and rebirth cycle will discontinue. Organ donation varies from region to region and is best to just ask as the individual Buddhist on their preference (McCormick, 2013). Cremation is the preferred way to discard body. The view on autopsies also varies with Buddhist practice. However most Buddhism practices that autopsies are permitted, three days after death or when determined the soul has left the body (Burton & Gurevitz, 2010). After death the body is kept at temple or family’s home and the prayer of Abbhidhamma is spoken for three days and on the fourth the body is cremated. Family and mourners will take pictures around the body at cremation site. The mourners than walk around casket three times before cremation begins. Yellow robes are set on a long white cord attached to coffin as a last merit-making rite. A biography of deceased is read and then cremation is completed.