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Increased numbers of Australian Indigenous nurses would make a significant contribution to 'closing the gap' in Indigenous health: What is getting in the way?
- Source :
- Contemporary Nurse: A Journal for the Australian Nursing Profession; 2010, Vol. 36 Issue 1-2, p121-130, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- The provision of a well trained and culturally safe health workforce is critical to the alleviation of health inequities for Australian Indigenous peoples. Educating and graduating significant numbers of Indigenous registered nurses is one way the 'Close the Gap' initiative succeeds. Indigenous nurses bring a set of unique skills, knowledge and understanding to health service delivery. Their contribution has the potential to enhance future outcomes for Indigenous people by improving access to health services, ensure services are culturally appropriate and respectful, and assist non-Indigenous nurses to deliver culturally appropriate care. This paper discusses the background to the current numbers of Indigenous undergraduate nursing students enrolled in and completing tertiary nursing courses, with a focus on Queensland nursing programs. A range of identified barriers impede Indigenous nursing students' successful completion of their studies. We propose recommendations for education, research and employment to help overcome these problems, and ensure greater Indigenous participation in the nursing workforce. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CLOSING the Gap (Australia)
ACADEMIC achievement
CURRICULUM
HEALTH services accessibility
INDIGENOUS peoples
HEALTH policy
MINORITIES
NURSES
NURSE supply & demand
NURSING education
NURSING schools
NURSING students
STUDENT assistance programs
MEDICAL care of indigenous peoples
STUDENT recruitment
EDUCATIONAL mobility
SCHOOL holding power
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10376178
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 1-2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Contemporary Nurse: A Journal for the Australian Nursing Profession
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 104851113
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5172/conu.2010.36.1-2.121