Culturally Safe Care in Indigenous Health

Running head: INDIGENOUS HEALTH
Indigenous Health
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The issue of culturally safe environment in any of the work place is very crucial as it
is associated with the proper maintaining of the work place, In the health care setting, in order
to give quality care to the patients, a culturally safe environment is very important ( Freeman
et al. 2014). In this case it is observed that, a 58 years old aboriginal man is suffering from
diabetes and he is admitted to the emergency department of the major urban hospital of the
city. In order to provide the patient a culturally safe environment in the hospital setting the
following care can be offered to the patients.
Culturally Safe Care process
1) In order to provide a culturally safe environment to the patient who is 58 years old
and is admitted to the emergency care of the hospital. Therefore the nurse considers
the historical and cultural background of the admitted patient. As a part of the first
culturally safe care to the patient, the nurse should concentrate on building a good
relationship with the patient. This will make the patient comfortable and the patient
may take part in the process by providing more information about himself or herself
and this is very crucial for the health care provider for understanding the background
of the patients (Almutairi, McCarthy and Gardner 2015). Therefore, along with more
detail information about the patient, the nurse may find a little easiness in treating the
patients.
2) As a part of the second culturally safe care, the health care provider should
concentrate on the communication process of the patient as it is one of the most
crucial factor in delivering a culturally safe care to the patients in the hospital setting.
As a part of this culturally appropriate care plan, the nurse should focus on the
language in which the patient can communicate with the health care provider.
Therefore, if the language of the patient is understandable, then the aboriginal people

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can easily communicate with the care provider and the instructions given to the
patient can be easily understood (Walker, Schultz and Sonn 2014).
3) Thirdly, the care provider should concentrate on the health care education of the
aboriginal patient as it is observed that, the aboriginal people has not enough
education related to the health care system. In addition to this, they also have a few
cultural believes related to any disease condition. So, it is the duty of the health care
provider to educate the aboriginal people as much as possible so that the process of
diabetes management can be a little easy for the health care providers and for the
patient as well. However, when, the health care provider will deliver health education
to the patient, he or she should consider the cultural beliefs and knowledge of the
patient. In addition to this, the health care provider should consciously avoid the fact
that any of her activity is hurting the believes of the patient (Douglas et al. 2014).
4) As a part of the fourth cultural care in the hospital setting, the health care provider
should concentrate on giving a culturally sensitive treatment process of to the patient.
As a part of this, the health care provide should include techniques of conscious
communication, showing respect to the patient, involvement of the family in the
treatment process and along with this the health care providers should take part in the
traditional activities of the aboriginal patient so that the patient feels comfortable in
the hospital settings (Douglas et al. 2014).
Methods of Delivering Culturally Safe Care
 In order to build good relationship with the patient the nurse would talk about the
family of the admitted patient and this will help the health care provider to make a
good relationship with the patient. In addition, the nurse would use a non-
threatening body-language while speaking with the patient and share information
about himself and herself so that the patient can overcome the initial barrier of