Nursing and Cultural Safety Assessment 1

Running head: NURSING AND CULTURAL SAFETY
Nursing and cultural safety (Assessment 1)
Name of the student:
Name of the university:
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Table of Contents
Assessment 1:..................................................................................................................................2
Question 1:...................................................................................................................................2
Question 2:...................................................................................................................................3
Question 3:...................................................................................................................................3
Question 4:...................................................................................................................................4
Question 5:...................................................................................................................................6
Question 6:...................................................................................................................................6
Question 7:...................................................................................................................................7
Question 8:...................................................................................................................................9
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Question 10:...............................................................................................................................10
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Assessment 1:
Question 1:
a. In context of nursing perspectives, it is very important for the nursing professionals to
be very open-minded and inclusive of all cultural backgrounds and respectful
incorporation of all cultural perspectives in the practice scenario (Banks, 2015). As a
nursing professional myself, I had always been very open-minded and inclusive
regarding the different cultures. I would also like to mention the fact in this context
that my family also had a very open-minded perspective regarding cultural diversity.
As a result, I had also been taught the similar principles which has helped me develop
a culturally inclusive and respectful approach to diversity devoid of any disrespect or
bias directed to anyone.
b. Self-awareness can be defined as the ability present in a human being to be able to
understand the impacts of their actions and accordingly improve their decision
making (Forehand & Kotchick, 2016). On the other hand, social awareness can be
defined as the ability that helps a person comprehend and adequately respond to the
different needs of the rest of the members of the society. However, in context of the
social awareness I would like to mention that regardless of a very culturally
appropriate and unbiased upbringing, I still have a couple of limitations that have
restricted my ability to enhance my social and self-awareness. First and foremost, I
am an introvert which has restricted me from enhancing my social awareness. Along
with that, I lack the ability or apathy to use technology, which has also hindered me
from social awareness.

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c. In order to improve my self and social awareness I would require to engage myself in
different community engagement services and interaction session to help improve my
interacting abilities.
Question 2:
Diversity can be considered as one of the greatest concerns of the present day society and
the need for understanding the concept of diversity has become extremely imperative, especially
for the health and social care context (Gay, 2013). According to Markus (2014), diversity can be
defined as the understanding that each and every individual in the society is different and unique.
Hence, it can be mentioned that the concept of diversity requires us to not only acknowledge the
differences between different members of the society but also be able to recognize, accept and
respect the differences (Banks, 2015).
Question 3:
a. Political diversity can be considered as a framework that helps the population of a nation
in order to provide a representative governance that can impact the decision making
process and affect the livelihood (Duarte et al., 2015). A politically diverse framework in
the health industry will allow different positive policy decisions in the health context
b. Social diversity is a state that allows the community to be able to provide equal status to
all different by caste, class, religion, occupational pattern in a given territory. The impact
of social diversity is extreme on the personal and professional life. It has to be mentioned
that socially diverse community will have a very open and equal professional scenario
where each and every consumer is treated equally regardless of their social status (Inbar
& Lammers, 2012).