Opening our eyes--shifting our thinking: does cultural safety education work? This was the key question in a recently published research report.(PROFESSIONAL FOCUS)

Publication: Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand

Publication Date: 01-JUN-06

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Opening Our Eyes--Shifting our Thinking begins with a dedication to the memory of Irihapeti Ramsden and Siobhan Norrish. (1) These two women, one Maori of Ngai Tahu affiliation, and the other Pakeha/Tauiwi, were my friends and colleagues. Both played their distinctive parts in the evolution of cultural safety in nursing education. It is fitting that a review of this publication begins with a reflection on their contribution, not only to cultural safety in nursing, but also to the art of living tire to the full.

Does cultural safety education work? This was a key question in the research report launched by the researchers at a recent celebration at Victoria University's Graduate School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health. More specifically, the researchers examined the place of reflection in the teaching and learning of cultural safety in Whitireia Community Polytechnic's undergraduate nursing education programme....

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