Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples experience poorer health outcomes than non-Indigenous peoples. Cultural safety is a proven way for nurses and midwives to contribute to better health outcomes and experiences for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia, (2018) Fact Sheet: Code of conduct for nurses and Code of conduct for midwives https://www.nursingmidwifervboard.gov.au/Codes-Guidelines-Statements/FAQ/Fact-sheet-Code-of-conduct-for-nurses-and-Code-of-conduct-for-midwives.aspx
In Part 3 you are required to discuss how individual nurses and midwives can deliver culturally safe care and contribute to reducing the health inequality experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.
Best (Best & Fredericks, 2018) describes 5 principles of cultural safety as follows: 1. Reflect on your own practice 2. Seek to minimise power differentials 3. Engage in discourse with the client 4. Undertake the process of decolonisation 5. Ensure that you do not diminish, demean or disempower through your actions
Choose two (2) of these principles of cultural safety. Describe strategies individual nurses and midwives can use to incorporate these principles into the care they provide and discuss how these strategies can improve patient outcomes for Indigenous Australians.
There are 5 marks available for each principle you discuss, with the marks awarded as follows • The description of strategies to incorporate the principle = 2.5marks • The discussion of how implementation of the strategies will improve patient outcomes = 2.5 marks
Integrate material from credible published sources through effective paraphrasing to support your discussion. Supporting literature can include peer-reviewed journals articles (highly recommended as they are the strongest form of evidence), relevant textbooks, credible websites and grey literature reports. Ensure you appropriately acknowledge your sources of information with in-text referencing.
Direct quotes can be included but take care not to overuse; APA guidelines suggest that direct quotes should make up no more than 10% of your discussion on a particular topic.
The integration of adequate and appropriate references is included in the marks allocated for this part of the assignment.
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