Cultural Competency, Humility and Safety Practice

Cultural Paper: Cultural Competency, Humility, & Safety, Practice Reflective Paper*

Purpose: To assist students gain insight and knowledge in the area of cultural competency, cultural humility and cultural safety in practice, and to consider the implications of cultural considerations for the health care system, the nursing profession, patient outcomes, and future nursing practice.
Description: Academic Paper
Instructions:
Write a 8-9 page academic paper (maximum 9 pages excluding title page and references) using APA (2020) 7th edition (title page, headings, reference citations, reference list, appropriate use of quotations, etc.). Double-spaced, Times New Roman 12-point font, 2.5 cm page margins.

Students will critically reflect on their own cultural sensitivity, as well as demonstrations of cultural sensitivity on the part of other healthcare providers in the provision of high quality culturally competent and safe care. Students will conduct their reflection based on a situation or incident they were personally involved in during their NURS 450.9, their NURS 431.3 or another recent clinical placement.

To conduct your reflection, students are required to review the following literature and provide evidence of the integration of each of these resources into the scholarly paper:

Canadian Nurses Association. (2018). Position statement: Promoting cultural competence in nursing.
https://hl-prod-ca-oc-download.s3-ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/CNA/2f975e7e-4a40-45ca-863c-5ebf0a138d5e/UploadedImages/documents/Position_Statement_Promoting_Cultural_Competence_in_Nursing.pdf

Curtis, E., Jones, R., Tipene-Leach, D., Walker, C., Loring, B., Paine, S.-J., & Reid, P. (2019). Why cultural safety rather than cultural competency is required to achieve health equity: A literature review and recommended definition. International Journal for Equity in Health, 18(1), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-019-1082-3

First Nations Health Authority. (2019). Cultural safety and humility (by Dr. Becky
Palmer) https://www.fnha.ca/Documents/FNHA-PCMHW-Summit-2019-Presentation-Dr-Becky-Palmer-Cultural-Safety-and-Humility.pdf

First Nations Health Authority. (2022). Cultural safety and humility.
https://www.fnha.ca/wellness/wellness-and-the-first-nations-health-authority/cultural-safety-and-humility

Foronda, C. (2020). A theory of cultural humility. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 31(1), 7–12.
http://doi.org/10.1177/104365961875184

Foronda, C., Baptiste, D-L., Reinholdt, M. M., & Ousman, K. (2016). Cultural humility:
A concept analysis. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 27(3), 210–217.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1043659615592677

Greene-Moton, E., & Minkler, M. (2020). Cultural competence or cultural humility?
Moving beyond the debate. Health Promotion Practice, 21(1), 142–145.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1524839919884912

Hughes, V., Delva, S., Nkimbeng, M., Spaulding, E., Turkson-Ocran, R. A., Cudjoe, J., Ford, A., Rushton, C., D’Aoust, R., & Han, H. R. (2020). Not missing the opportunity: Strategies to promote cultural humility among future nursing faculty. Journal of Professional Nursing, 36, 28–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2019.06.005

Drawing directly from the required literature your paper will include the following:

1. Introduction:
   An introductory paragraph that briefly introduces the concepts of cultural humility, competency, and safety and describes the direction the paper will take.
2. Body of the Paper:
   · Provide a clear description of a cultural situation or incident that has occurred with one of your assigned patients. Take every measure to ensure CONFIDENTIALITY.
   · Apply the KEY CONCEPTS arising in the required readings listed above as you discuss your situation/incident. It is important that these key concepts become evident in your paper.
   · Provide two (2) implications of cultural humility/competency/safety (taken together) for each of the following:
   a) The Health Care System
   b) The Nursing Profession
   c) Patient Outcomes
   d) Your Future Nursing Practice
   NB: Under a) health care system above also provide one (1) additional implication of cultural humility/competency/safety for interprofessional care and teamwork.
   • Support your reflections and arguments by drawing on the required cultural humility/competency/safety literature (i.e., apply the theory) to your situation/incident. Although you are encouraged to explore the literature broadly, please include a minimum of three (3) additional recent (within the last 5 years) and relevant academic references to support your discussion.
   · Reflect on how the cultural experience described in your paper will impact your future nursing practice.
3. Conclusion:
   Summarize the key points presented in the paper and clearly and concisely bring the paper to a logical close.