Health and Cultural Safety Strategy Essay Paper
Question
Your task is to select one of the cultural safety action areas included in the National Scheme’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety Strategy and compile a six minute slide presentation (with audio) that includes the following: An explanation, in your own words, of the meaning of cultural safety; An explanation of the meaning of the strategy you have chosen (a, b, c or d) and its relevance to the practice of nursing; A question that relates to your chosen action area for your group to discuss This assessment item relates to the following learning outcomes (bolded): Evaluate the National Scheme’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety Strategy 2020-2025 and articulate the implications for nursing practice. Critically review the impacts of historical, social and political processes on the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and demonstrate understanding of the social justice implications and impact on health outcomes. Critique a strengths-based versus a deficit model of nursing practice particularly in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health care. Explore the diversity of health-related knowledge and practices and critically review the impact on these of health-related choices. Justify and implement the principles and concepts of cultural safety in clinical practice.