1. Search for an article that provides evidence of culturally safe care in health care or between a nurse and client related to Culture and/or spiritually/religious safe care of the Indigenous peoples.

           and

   Post the article, summarize the main points of the article by citing  

   information from your article that demonstrates examples of      

   culturally safe care and your knowledge of cultural and spiritual 

    terminology.

 

PLAN

 

Plan to build your knowledge about culture and cultural competency.

 

ACT

 

You will look to the news and research a health care or nursing news article that demonstrates either the "lack" of or "support" of culturally and/or spiritually/religious safe care of the Indigenous people related to their own beliefs in the health care system.

 

speak to why or why not the article you chose provides example(s) that demonstrate

• culturally and/or spiritually/religious safe care of the Indigenous people.

If it does not demonstrate cultural and/or spiritual/religious safe care, as a nurse, how could you assist to promote this for your client, family and/or their community?

If it does demonstrate cultural/spiritual/religious safety and competency, how does it?

BMC

International Journal for Equity in Heath

This article focuses on the need to eliminating indigenous and ethnic health inequalities as it demonstrates the growing awareness on the importance of cultural competency and cultural safety at individual level, health practitioner and organization level to attain equality in healthcare. Studies show that health professionals, health systems and healthcare organizations require to be part of the team working towards cultural safety. To achieve this, they must be prepared to challenge their own culture and cultural systems rather than prioritize competency in the cultures of others. The goal of cultural safety activities should be linked to achieving health equity. According to research, healthcare professionals must be responsible for providing culturally safe care to patients and the community without any form of discrimination.

Step-by-step explanation

This article recommends cultural safety rather than cultural competency. The authors propose a definition of cultural safety to include the need for ensuring health equity, clear vital principles and steps to operationalize this approach in healthcare organizations. The research focuses on social and health issues faced by Maori the indigenous people of New Zealand as it indicates the need for "right based" imperatives for addressing indigenous health and health equity as well.

Planning to build competent cultural organization involves forming a committee, write a mission statement, and conduct a comprehensive cultural competence evaluation of the organization to assist in identifying the power and contribution of culture and having knowledge of how each of our backgrounds affects our responses to others. It would help if you avoided the assumption that all people cultural group share the same beliefs, values and practices. Focus on establishing the strengths and resources of each culture in the organization, being willing to share power among members of a different culture, avoid prejudice and ensure evaluation of organization's culture competence regularly.

STAT PEARLS        

Cultural Religious Competence in Clinical Practice

This research explores the importance of health care providers to consider the cultural and spiritual needs of the patient during the care process. It also discusses the role religion and spirituality play on medical decisions of patient. This article supports spirituality, religion and cultural by proposing healthcare professionals to respect the patient's spiritual and religious beliefs, as several patients turn on their faith when required to make difficult healthcare decisions.