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Culturally safe care and communication is imperative to person's having effective person-centred care. Nurses are required to consider how they engage and will approach situations in which individuals have experienced previous harm. This harm may be related to healthcare, previous life trauma or generational behaviours. The use of person-centred therapeutic skills in integral to providing safe care that aligns to the registered nurse standards for practice. The use of the case study below allows students to consider how they will approach situations where individuals are reluctant to seek care.

Learning Outcomes

Question 1: Identify verbal and non-verbal communication strategies and standards that enable therapeutic communication and interprofessional relationships

Question 2: Explain how cultural sensitivity and cultural safety aid in the establishment of effective communication with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other multicultural communities

Question 3: Demonstrate a high level of written and spoken English according to academic conventions and professional nursing standards

Question 4: Identify, access and effectively utilise relevant and credible evidence-based research for person-centred practice

Question 5: Demonstrate effective communication through clinical handover and the legal documentation of essential information in healthcare records to ensure patient safety