Cultural Safety Action Plan

Running head: CULTURAL SAFETY
Cultural safety
Name of the student:
Name of the University:
Author’s note

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Part one: Cultural Safety Action Plan
Goals:
To improve my ability to apply the principles of cultural safety during care delivery and
interaction with patient
Objectives:
The key objectives of my cultural safety action plan are as follows:
 To provide high quality care that is responsive to patient’s cultural needs
 To learn about skills required for cultural competence and sensitivity during nursing care
 To come in contact with relevant interpreter services to promote cultural safety
Resources or additional training required:
To achieve my objectives, I need resources or training in the following areas:
 To engage in continuing education program for cultural competence and learn about ways
to apply cultural safety values in nursing practice
 To follow online resources to gain knowledge about the importance of cultural safety
and the key principles for cultural safety
 To attend workshop in interpreter service to understand ways to collaborate with
interpreters to overcome barriers in the process
Anticipated barriers and strategies for overcoming the barriers:

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I anticipate that achieving cultural competence and applying it in my nursing practice will
be difficult because of high work load, lack of interpreter service and presence of patients with
Limited English language proficiency (LEP).
The strategies that I have planned to overcome the above three anticipated barriers are as
follows:
 I aim to learn about time management skills so that cultural safety values can be
preserved without spending additional time. This will help me to overcome work load
related barriers.
 To develop understanding regarding individual patient’s cultural preference, I would
need resources like interpreter service. However, as my setting may lack interpreter
services, I have developed the strategy of contacting my supervisor and recommending
the need for this service to promote cultural safety in care
 I anticipate that I may encounter patients with limited LEP during nursing practice which
may act as a barrier in knowledge about cultural preferences of patient during care. To
achieve this barrier, I am to collaborate with interpreters to overcome language gap and
interpret message of patients with LEP.
Method of evaluation:
By adapting the above mentioned strategies to develop my skills in applying cultural
safety in nursing practice, I will be able to know if my goal was successful or not by surveying
patient’s regarding their satisfaction with care. If they report no problems related to ignoring
their cultural preferences in care, then my goal will become successful. I will reflect on my
experience of working with interpreters to understand whether interpreter’s service helps me to