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
Goal:
To become culturally safe nursing professional by implementing the principles of
cultural safety
Objective:
The key objectives of my cultural safety action plan are follows:
 To learn about the principles of cultural safety and its application in health care
 To collaborate with interpreters to achieve cultural awareness and sensitivity
 To develop communication skills to effectively collaborate with patient and family
Resource or training required:
I will be able to achieve my objective in the following ways:
 I will participate in cultural safety continuous professional development program
to learn about cultural safety principles and ways to apply it in clinical setting
 I will take training in culturally sensitive communication to develop trustful
relationship with patient and effectively collaborate with patient to achieve my
goal of cultural safety action plan
 I will require human resources such as the participation of interpreters during
communication process to demonstrate effective cultural sensitivity in my
professional nursing practice
Anticipated barriers and strategies to overcome them
I feel that the following anticipated barriers will create challenges for me in
achieving my goal related to cultural safety:
 Hectic work schedule might act as a barrier during care as I may not get the
opportunity to record cultural preferences and values of patient during care
delivery. Due to the need to handle multiple patients, actively engaging with
patient will be difficult and it will act as a barrier cultural safety goals

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 Presence of language barrier due to diversity of patient might be a barrier in
achieving cultural competent care
 Lack of support from organization regarding cultural competence may act as a
barrier
In response to the anticipated barriers, I have developed the following strategies to
overcome the barrier:
 To develop cultural safety principle checklist so that all the principles can be
fulfilled without wasting extra time
 To collaborate with interpreter service to understand meaning and opinion of
patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) and overcome language gap in
care
 To interact with my senior nurse to suggest the need for organization support to
promote cultural safety and reduce patient’s dissatisfaction with care
Method of evaluation:
I will know my goal is successful if I achieve the skills for culturally competence
competition and I do not receive any complaint regarding to patient’s dissatisfaction with
care. Patient engagement in the care process and their interest in disclosing their
unique preferences will signify that my cultural safety action plan is successful. I think
my idea will be received well by my mentor because I have identified my own personal
skill limitation and developed appropriate strategy to develop my skills. Showing
commitment for improved practice and quality care is likely to increase interest in my
plan. Another significance of my plan is that I have indicated about interpreter service
and need for organization support to achieve my objective. Hence, I think this would
help to bring changes in the organization culture and promote delivery of protocols to
promote cultural safety in nursing care.
Part two: Rationale for the cultural safety action plan
Need for the plan: