Cultural Safety Flashcards
Why must be learn cultural safety as nurses and integrate it into our practice?
Cultural safety requires healthcare professionals and their associated healthcare organisations to influence healthcare to reduce bias and achieve equity within the workforce. Cultural safety is also concerned with power relationships between nurses and those in their care. It involves personal reflective practice as a means of recognising values inherent in the culture of cancer nursing, and one’s own culture, which may conflict with others.
What is bias?
Having a leaning or preference towards something, which might affect how you see or judge things. It’s like having a favourite that influences your decisions without you even realizing it. Bias can be based on various factors such as personal experiences, cultural background, stereotypes, or societal norms.
What is equity?
Fairness in the distribution of resources, opportunities, and treatment among different individuals or groups. It involves ensuring that everyone has access to the same opportunities and resources, regardless of their background, circumstances, or characteristics.
What 4 terms relating to cultural safety are used in Australian healthcare?
- Cultural awareness
- Cultural safety
- Cultural respect
- Cultural competence
What is the following called?
Being sensitive to similarities and differences that exist between two different cultures and using this understanding to effectively communicate effectively with members of another cultural group.
Cultural awareness.
What is the following called?
Recognising and respecting the cultural identity of a person and safely meet their needs, expectations and rights. It means working from the cultural perspective of the other person, not from your own perspective.
Cultural safety
What is the following called?
Recognition, protection and continued advancement of the inherent rights, cultures and traditions of a particular culture.
Cultural respect.
What is the following called?
Becoming aware of the cultural differences that exist, appreciating and understanding those differences and accepting them. It also means being prepared to guard against accepting your own behaviours, beliefs and actions as the norm.
Cultural competence.
What is cultural competence in healthcare?
Cultural competence in healthcare refers to the ability of healthcare providers to understand, respect, and effectively interact with patients from diverse cultural backgrounds. It involves having the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to provide culturally sensitive care that considers the unique beliefs, values, customs, and needs of each patient. Cultural competence aims to improve communication, build trust, and enhance the quality of healthcare services for individuals from different cultural, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds.
What are the benefits of effective communication skills for cultural safety?
It helps healthcare providers understand and address patients’ health concerns. It prevents misunderstandings and ensures equitable access to healthcare.
What is the ‘LEARN’ model?
It is an acronym that stands for listen, explain, acknowledge, recommend and negotiate. It is a framework for cross-cultural communication that helps build mutual understanding and enhance patient care.
True or false: Cross-cultural communication involves only considering a pt’s cultural and ethnic background.
False -Cross-cultural communication involves considering a pt’s cultural, ethnic, socioeconomic and educational background.
