Spiritual and Religious Competencies Project

Running Head: Religious competencies
Religious Competencies in Clinical Practice
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Religious Competencies in Clinical Practices1
Introduction
People of Islamic community have different beliefs for medical treatment and
healing procedure. This assignment will discuss about the religious belief of the patient and
patient’s family during treatment and these beliefs act as barriers for the healthcare providers.
The assignment describes how staffs of the hospital should provide appropriate
accommodations to the patient.
Discussion
People of Islam community have beliefs regarding the provision of treatment and
healing procedure. They maintain restrictions for food and diet, transplants and surgeries,
prayers and scriptures. A Muslim woman prefers female physicians and the nurses as
religious beliefs of Islam suggests avoiding male touch. In this case study, the patient’s
family wanted that the girl should be checked by female doctors and nurses as they tried to
maintain their beliefs during the provision of care (Arousell & Carlbom,2016).The hospital
setting consists of half of the doctors and one-third of the nursing professionals are male.
The patient should be treated with the female doctors and nurses as per the
Muslim’s beliefs of healthcare provision. Female doctors and nurses should assess the
patients to maintain her dignity as they are not comfortable to remove Hijab and clothes in
front others(Nortvedt, 2017). Male physicians can engage in making medical and diet chart,
administering medications to the patient, evaluating the symptoms of the patient from
recorded reports but should not touch patient. The patient and her family must be convinced
that their religious beliefs should be maintained by preserving safety and security of the
patient. The patient should be treated with a holistic approach and culturally competent
accommodations.