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Bachelor of Nursing in Australia: Assignment

   

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Running head: BACHELOR OF NURSINGBachelor of nursingName of the student:Name of the University:Author’s note

1BACHELOR OF NURSINGTopic: cultural diversity in Australia and health issues specific to indigenous people inAustraliaReflection of feelings, thoughts and behavior using the SI template: C. Wright Mills gave the term social imagination to establish the relation betweenpersonal experience and the wider society. It can also be defined as the method of usingimaginative thought to interpret and understand sociological issues in society (Giddens et al.,2016). Germov, (2014) argued that sociological imagination is a type of thinking approach inwhich realities of our lives are connected with larger social realities. Reflection by the use ofsociological template shows enables focusing not just on own personal problems, but alsounderstand the issues of the wider society. The sociological imagination template is widely usedin real life to understand the social issues experienced by certain sections of society. Thesociological imagination template facilitates understanding of wider social issues by focusing onthe following interrelated factors:Historical factorsCultural factorsStructural factorsCritical factorsThe above mentioned factors enables reflection on personal values and beliefs and whatfactors shape or influence behavior of a person. The same factors can be analysed from theperspective of the wider society too. This reflective paper particularly focused on applying thesociological imagination template to discuss about cultural diversity in Australia and how

2BACHELOR OF NURSINGAustralian health care system meet the needs of the diverse population groups. Reflection is alsogiven on specific health issues present in this group. While working in Australia, I came to about the cultural diversity in the country. It’s uniquehistory has contributed to the diversity in people, cultures and behaviors of people residing in thecountry. Today, it is known as the most culturally and linguistically diverse nation in the worldbecause immigrants, indigenous population and the people from British colonial past comprisethe Australian demographic (Face the facts: Cultural Diversity | Australian Human RightsCommission, 2017). Through my experience in the health care field, I got to learn about theimmense challenges the staff face due culturally diverse patient group and the preparedness ofthe system to meet the needs of such people. The Australian Government now realizes thereasons for health inequality between indigenous and non-indigenous people after the publicationof the data on health status and life expectancy of indigenous Australians. In the past, culturalcompetence levels were increased only in case of particular situations. However, after theenactment of the Close the Gap policy, embedding cultural competence became a priority at bothadministrative level and operational level. I have seen many new developments are now takingplace to develop a culturally competent health service (Cultural competency in the delivery ofhealth services for Indigenous people, 2017). My professional work also gave me theresponsibility to interact with the indigenous people. Before doing this task, I was not ware aboutthe history of their migration and the negative experience that has contributed to adverse healthissues in them. However, after doing the research work for this reflective assignment, I havemore respect for indigenous people because they have experienced negative health outcome dueto experience of discrimination and they deserve all the right to be treated equally in society.

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