Using cultural safety to enhance nursing care for people with a learning disability.

Culture has an important role at every level of healthcare. It can have a significant effect on the interactions between nurses, other staff members in the multidisciplinary team, people with learning disabilities and their family members. This article outlines the concept of cultural safety and how...

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Publicado en:Learning Disability Practice Vol. 24; no. 6; pp. 31 - 41
Autores principales: De, Diana, Jones, Victoria, Richardson, Jim
Formato: exam questions Journal Article
Publicado: Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom (The) 12/2/2021
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Sumario:Culture has an important role at every level of healthcare. It can have a significant effect on the interactions between nurses, other staff members in the multidisciplinary team, people with learning disabilities and their family members. This article outlines the concept of cultural safety and how it can enable learning disability nurses to work more effectively with people with a learning disability and their families. The authors provide specific tools which learning disability nurses can use to ensure that they consider diversity when providing care, thereby enhancing healthcare outcomes.