Cultural Safety Essay: Impact on Aboriginal and TSI Well-being

This essay, written for the NSB202 module, delves into the critical concept of cultural safety within healthcare, particularly concerning the well-being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It addresses the historical and ongoing impact of racism and colonization on their health outcomes, highlighting the need for culturally safe practices to eliminate health disparities. The essay uses the 5Rs framework (Reporting, Responding, Relating, Reasoning, and Reconstruction) to analyze the issues. It discusses the student's emotional responses to the historical context, relates the issues to nursing practices, and proposes strategies such as education and awareness campaigns to promote equality and improve health outcomes. The essay emphasizes the importance of understanding the perspectives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and minimizing power imbalances to ensure equitable healthcare access. The essay also references relevant sources to support its arguments.

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Step 5
Reporting:
There are a lot of reasons that have been identified to write about the health issues those are
faced by people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island. The people of Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Island are not aware of their health issues due to lack of education and the other necessary
facilities. Before analyzing the techniques or solutions of this issue, it is required to analyze the
situation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders by using journals, news articles, and many
other peer resources. Lack of awareness of people of their health is the main reason for
increasing the diseases and death rate of people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island (National
Geographic, 2018).
Responding:
After reading the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, I found racism and colonizing
as a challenge for the people of Island which makes me uncomfortable and forcedness me to
think about their life as they survive with the many challenges. While reading their story, I could
not believe how British people can do discriminate against them. I found that they are treated
differently as compared to normal people and due to which they did not get the proper facilities
to live their life (Business, 2018). I want to help the people of Island by aware of them towards
health issues and which is my first reaction.
Relating:
According to my practices of Nursing, I have learned that nurses have many responsibilities that
are required to be fulfilled to minimize health issues from society. In this scenario, the nurse has
the responsibility to understand the situation and seek to minimize the power imbalances. In this
situation, Nurses perform their duties to take care of people by providing them treatment without

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any discrimination that directly encourages cultural safety. Treating the people with all equalities
and providing them all facilities helps to minimize the inequality among society. Now, I can
better understand the concept of cultural safety by implementing my clinical practices in the
coming future.
Reasoning:
According to the history of Aboriginal people, it has been found that Aboriginal was treated
differently as compared to non-indigenous people. According to the perspective of students, it is
a racist and discriminatory attitude of the government towards them. But as per the perspective
of registered nursing, discrimination and behavior are the part of nursing as the nurses have to
take care of people against the society as per the pledge and responsibility.
Reconstruction:
As per the above analysis, I have seen that there are many cultural challenges that Aboriginal
people suffered. Discrimination is also one of the main reasons that have been founded in the
above analysis due to which Aboriginal people suffered from the health issue that is required to
handle their rights and good health. As per the equality approach, I would like to aware of the
people by organizing the campaign for their health. Education is also one of the parts that I want
to use to aware of the people related to education.

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References
Business. (2018). Introduction to the 5 Rs Framework. Retrieved From:
http://www.business.gudev.net/5rs/
National Geographic. (2018). Aboriginal Australians. Retrieved From:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/people/reference/aboriginal-australians/