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Teaching student nurses to be culturally safe: can it be done?
1Starship Children's Hospital.
Summary
This article explores teaching cultural safety in New Zealand nursing education, highlighting challenges for educators and students. It offers recommendations to enhance the learning of this crucial concept for future nurses.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Cultural Safety Studies
Background:
- Cultural safety is a key concept in New Zealand nursing curricula.
- Its implementation has evolved, leading to diverse interpretations and confusion among student nurses.
Purpose of the Study:
- To discuss the complexities of teaching and learning cultural safety from a student nurse's perspective.
- To identify barriers in cultural safety education within New Zealand nursing programs.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative perspective of a third-year student nurse.
- Discussion of curriculum implementation and concept evolution.
Main Results:
- Diverse meanings of cultural safety cause confusion for students.
- Barriers exist in how cultural safety is taught and learned.
Conclusions:
- Recommendations are proposed to improve the teaching and learning of cultural safety in New Zealand nursing education.
- Clarifying the concept and addressing barriers are essential for student nurses.