Cultural Safety in Nursing: Understanding the Experience of ATSI People

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Describe the experience that someone of ATSI decent may have when accessing a service
that is not culturally competent or safe?
People belonging to the cultural group of Aboriginal and Torres strait islander
community have reported to face severe problems related to acute discrimination based on
colour and culture practiced by the health care professionals and also while accessing a
culturally incompetent service they have reported experiences of feeling alienated in terms of
the language used by the care providers which is different from their mother tongue.
List three (3) things that someone of ATSI descent may see in a service that is culturally
competent and culturally safe?
Three things that a person belonging to the ATSI might seek in a culturally competent
service would include the following factors,
 The generous nature of the caregivers
 The equal treatment provided by the caregivers which is not based on discriminatory
practices
 The use of the aboriginal mother tongue
The above factors would make the community people feel safe while seeking care.
Give at least two (2) examples of how the service could get feedback about whether their
service and staff practices really are culturally safe and competent?
The two ways in which the feedback can be provided about the service being culturally
competent would include the following:
 A feedback from the aboriginal patients after availing the medical facility sharing in
detail the experience about the procedure

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 Keeping a close track on the number of aboriginal patients visiting the clinic, more
the number of patients, greater the probability of being able to provide positive
service.
Explain the legislative context for cultural safety of Aboriginal children and adult’s cultural
safety?
According to Aboriginal Culture Act,2003, the legislation has passed laws to protect
the cultural identity of the aborigines and protect their heritage and also adopt measures for
improving the living standards of them (Thackrah & Thompson,2013).
How does the Early Learning Framework support these legislative rights?
The Early Learning Framework supports the aboriginal rights by making provision for
imparting primary level education to the aboriginal children and establishing supporting units
to provide assistance to them (Herring et al.,2013).
Self-determination refers to a person’s ability to make their own decisions. Self-
determination should be a big part of how children develop their sense of identity. Give an
example of how you would encourage self-determination in a childcare activity or program.
In order to encourage self-determination in children, during a play session, each child
can be encouraged to take up small responsibilities that they should fulfil on your own. For
instance, after a car race session, each child can be encouraged to go for a toy-car washing
procedure where in the children are taking care of their own toys and trying to complete the
assigned task on their own without any help from others.
Reflection of own bias – provide an example of a time that your own cultural background and
values may have influenced the way you work or interacted with others?