reflective journal week4&9
https://ultra.content.blackboardcdn.com/ultra/uiv3900.19.0-rel.9_e8cb3db Set Readings/Activities Read and view the following materials. Consider the self-reflection questions. Introduction to Aboriginal health care Read the following chapters in Yatdjuligin (Best and Fredericks, 2018) [Internal link – library ebook] · Chapter 2. A history of health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. (Lovett, 2018. pp. 28-44). · Chapter 5. Community controlled health services: What they are and how they work. (Ward, Fredericks& Best, 2018. pp. 82-95). · Chapter 8. Remote-area nursing practice. (Ramsamy, 2018). pp. 138-154). · Drummond., A. (2018). Chapter 9. Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers and health practitioners. (Drummond, 2018. pp. 82-95). Introduction to traditional healing Bush medicine (HNE Health, 2018). This YouTube video also available in reading list. For thousands of years the Gomeroi/Gamilaraay people have used traditional bush medicine for healing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVNof96UZBo Top 10 Aboriginal Bush Medicines (Everything Geraldton, 2016) This YouTube video also available in reading list. Some of these you may recognise as household remedies available over the counter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwYR2oR3NAo The healing touch: Indigenous Healers getting results. (SBS The Feed, 2018) This YouTube video also available in reading list. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyNlJdrZBPE National Health Policies · Read - The National Scheme’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety Strategy 2020-2025 . This reading available in the reading list for this week. · Read - National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2013-2023. This reading available in the reading list for this week. Self-Reflection Exercises · Research what Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander services and programs that are available in the area in which you live. · How would you refer an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person to these services? · Are there Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander services and support at your local mainstream health services? · How could you find out about your local Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Communities traditional healing practices? · AHPRA. The National Scheme’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety Strategy 2020-2025. https://www.ahpra.gov.au/About-Ahpra/Aboriginal-and-Torres-Strait-Islander-Health-Strategy/health-and-cultural-safety-strategy.aspx Accessed 5 January 2021. · Australian Government. (2013). National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2013-2023. https://www1.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/natsih-plan · Drummond., A. (2018). Chapter 9. Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers and health practitioners. In Best, O & Fredericks, B (2014). Yatdjuligin – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nursing and Midwifery Care. Cambridge University Press. pp. 82-95. · Everything Geraldton. (2016). Top 10 Aboriginal Bush Medicines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwYR2oR3NAo Accessed 15 January 2021. · HNE Health, (2018) Bush medicine.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVNof96UZBo Accessed 15 January 2021. · Lovett, R.. (2018). Chapter 2.A history of health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. In Best, O & Fredericks, B (2014). Yatdjuligin – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nursing and Midwifery Care. Cambridge University Press. pp. 28-44. · Ramsamy., N. (2018). Chapter 8. Remote-area nursing practice. In Best, O & Fredericks, B (2014). Yatdjuligin – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nursing and Midwifery Care. Cambridge University Press. pp. 138-154. · SBS The Feed. (2018) The healing touch: Indigenous Healers getting results. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyNlJdrZBPE Accessed 15 January 2021. · Ward, R., Fredericks. B. & Best, O. (2018). Chapter 5. Community controlled health services: What they are and how they work. In Best, O & Fredericks, B (2014). Yatdjuligin – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nursing and Midwifery Care. Cambridge University Press. pp. 82-95. https://ultra.content.blackboardcdn.com/ultra/uiv3900.19.0-rel.9_e8cb3db Document Read and view the following materials. Consider the self-reflection questions. Set Readings/Activities White Privilege These online resource enables us to look at our privilege. Some of you may not be white/Caucasian. Please consider this writing in the Australian context in particular how it relates to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. International students may want to reflect on how their personal heritage or social standing may bring privilege to them in their home country and what members of your community back home would this impact. Those students residing in Australia and identify as Indigenous, other minor ethnic group or those who identify as sexual, health or physical diverse group, you may want to reflect on how white privilege affects you in everyday life. · Read - 10 things you should know about white privilege. (Pearson & Verass, 2016) https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2016/10/13/10-things-you-should-know-about-white-privilege Nursing and White privilege · Read - Cultural safety is not about saying "sorry" for being a white nurse. (Finlay, 2018). https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2018/03/28/cultural-safety-not-about-saying-sorry-being-white-nurse-1 This link also available in reading list for these weeks. Sources: https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2018/03/28/cultural-safety-not-about-saying-sorry-being-white-nurse-1 Exploring Privilege and bias Arizona State University has published a body of work on privilege and bias. In this there are 15 privilege checklists including race, gender, sexuality, class, age, or ability to mention a few. These are useful to awaken us to the perils and perks of privileged status. Please explore these. Explore this site by clicking on the 'checklist' word to the right of the webpage. The link also available in reading list for these weeks. https://projecthumanities.asu.edu/perils-and-perks-of-privilege Self-Reflection Exercises Explore the checklists on privilege. In particular review the How privileged am I checklist? Reflect on your findings and how this knowledge may influence your nursing care and your understanding of other in your personal and professional sphere/s. NUR133 Assessment 4 – Reflective Journal (1000 words) Reflection and reflexivity in caring for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Task Choose any reading or video in NUR133 and write a 500-word reflection in weeks 4 & 9. The NUR133 Learning Outcomes addressed by this assignment are: 2, 3, & 5 Include in each post: 1. What is in the papers/video you chose that really resonated with you? and 2. How the paper/video will influence your nursing practice when caring for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people? 3. You may want to include any awakenings you may have about your knowledge or personal growth. The journal links are available in your week 4 and 9 learning materials folders.