Cultural Safety
INTRODUCTION:
Culture plays an important role on nurse’s ability to provide culturally skilled care which involves the ability to manage complex differences in attitudes, religion, world views and even language (Jones & Bourgeois, 2011). Culture is well-defined as the way of people live in a society. Cultural safety established as a concept in nursing practice in New Zealand with respect to health care for Maori people and later it progressed to provide quality care for people from different ethnicities and cultures. Therefore, nurses must provide the care within the cultural values and norms of the patient, otherwise which diminishes,demeans or disempowers the cultural identity and well-being of an individual (Wepa, 2005).
The definition of Cultural Safety given by New Zealand Nursing Council is,
“ The effective nursing practice of a person or family from another culture and is determined by that person or family. Culture includes, but is not restricted to, age or generation; gender; sexual orientation; occupation and socioeconomic status; ethnic origin or migrant experience; religious or spiritual belief; and disability”(Nursing Council New Zealand [NCNZ], 2009).
This assignment will discuss the health needs of New Zealand teenagers who involved in smoking. Apart from that,it will discuss how nurses should recognize the attitudes,cultural beliefs and how to demonstrate flexibility in their relationship with clients. Finally, I have discussed how theTreaty of Waitangi and Cultural Safety principles reflect on the nursing values for providing culturally safe practice.
TASK ONE:
Six million people die per year because of tobacco smoking and this yearly death rate might upswing to more than eight million by 2030, unless a significant effort is made (World Health Organization [WHO], 2011).It is a well-known risk factor for many cancers and for respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. In 2009, 22 per cent of people aged 15–64 years were cigarette smokers
Culture plays an important role on nurse’s ability to provide culturally skilled care which involves the ability to manage complex differences in attitudes, religion, world views and even language (Jones & Bourgeois, 2011). Culture is well-defined as the way of people live in a society. Cultural safety established as a concept in nursing practice in New Zealand with respect to health care for Maori people and later it progressed to provide quality care for people from different ethnicities and cultures. Therefore, nurses must provide the care within the cultural values and norms of the patient, otherwise which diminishes,demeans or disempowers the cultural identity and well-being of an individual (Wepa, 2005).
The definition of Cultural Safety given by New Zealand Nursing Council is,
“ The effective nursing practice of a person or family from another culture and is determined by that person or family. Culture includes, but is not restricted to, age or generation; gender; sexual orientation; occupation and socioeconomic status; ethnic origin or migrant experience; religious or spiritual belief; and disability”(Nursing Council New Zealand [NCNZ], 2009).
This assignment will discuss the health needs of New Zealand teenagers who involved in smoking. Apart from that,it will discuss how nurses should recognize the attitudes,cultural beliefs and how to demonstrate flexibility in their relationship with clients. Finally, I have discussed how theTreaty of Waitangi and Cultural Safety principles reflect on the nursing values for providing culturally safe practice.
TASK ONE:
Six million people die per year because of tobacco smoking and this yearly death rate might upswing to more than eight million by 2030, unless a significant effort is made (World Health Organization [WHO], 2011).It is a well-known risk factor for many cancers and for respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. In 2009, 22 per cent of people aged 15–64 years were cigarette smokers
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