Providing Culturally Safe Care - Nursing Assignments/ Essays/Case Study

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Introduction

In Australia, there has been increased recognition that, it is essential to ensure cultural safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people requiring healthcare which in turn can improve their access to the healthcare services and also, the quality of healthcare services available for the indigenous population. It will help in improving the healthcare outcomes for indigenous population and Australia as a country, at the same time assisting to address the gaps in health and well-being between the indigenous and non-indigenous Australian communities. That is why, the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2013–23 was laid with a vision to offer healthcare system that is culturally safe unburdened of racism and inequality and more importantly, where the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population has access to affordable, quality-based and effective health care services. Therefore, this essay comprises of evidence from four articles providing recommendations to improve culturally safe care for first Nations people.

Providing culturally safe care for First Nations People

In Australia, several definitions are used to define cultural safety and its association in provision of healthcare. According to The Cultural Respect Framework (2016-2026), cultural safety is defined as ‘not [being] defined by the health professional, but is defined by the health consumer’s experience—the individual’s experience of care they are given, ability to access services and to raise concern’ (Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council, 2016). The framework provides essential features related to cultural safety including understanding of one’s own culture, acknowledging the difference and being respectful and mindful of the difference, informed by a theory of power relations and appreciating the historical context of colonisation, racism practises at individual and organisational levels and the impact of the same on the health and well-being of indigenous population in present and in past (Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council, 2016). According to AIHW, the cultural safety for the First Nations People can be measured using Cultural Safety and Health Care for Indigenous Australians: Monitoring Framework. It comprises of three models which assist the healthcare professionals and other stakeholders to monitor the level of cultural safety (AIHW, 2019a). First is provision of culturally respectful healthcare services informed by the cultural respect framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. Second is patient experiences of healthcare and not defined by the healthcare provider and third, is the access to healthcare services at preventive, primary, hospital and special level (AIHW, 2019a).