NSB102 Professional Practice and Cultural Safety - Module 1

Flashcards covering key vocabulary and concepts from the lecture notes.

Cultural Safety

A philosophy or approach which promotes and seeks social justice, addressing issues like discrimination, racism, and power imbalances to promote equity and fairness in life and health systems. Can also be a theory based on knowledge used to create social change.

Cultural Safety as a Model of Practice

A model for practice where nurses provide healthcare that is respectful and responsive to a person's individual needs, creating safe spaces where all people feel respected, safe, valued, and accepted.

Culturally Safe Nurses

Nurses who have reflected on their own cultural identity and social position, understand the impact of their culture on their practice, are knowledgeable about the history and social practices of the country they are practicing in, and are aware of the impact of professional and health organization cultures on client care.

Origin of Cultural Safety

This originated in the 1980s in New Zealand, predominantly by Maori scholar, Doctor Ramsden, when a group of Maori students expressed concerns about feeling unsafe in their training course.

Culture (in the context of cultural safety)

Learned, yet dynamic ways of being in everyday life, informed by attributes such as age, class, ability, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation, influencing beliefs, values, and attitudes.

Cultural Safety Principles

The core values and beliefs that shape the identity of a society, influencing social norms and all its processes.

Values Underlying Cultural Safety

Social justice, partnership, respect, and humility.

Health (in the context of First Nations people)

A concept that includes physical health, social, emotional, cultural, and spiritual well-being of the individual and the community. The first peoples or the traditional owners or custodians of Australia.

Why a Culturally Safe and Responsive Health System is Needed

Access to care is improved. Staff and services recognize the uniqueness of individuals, value differences, and are open to varying views of health.

Health as a Human Right

A fundamental human right, making it illegal for countries to discriminate on the grounds of race, age, ethnicity, or any other factor.