“Taking our blindfolds off”: acknowledging the vision of First Nations peoples for nursing and midwifery
Editorial
Article Title | “Taking our blindfolds off”: acknowledging the vision of First Nations peoples for nursing and midwifery |
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ERA Journal ID | 14058 |
Article Category | Editorial |
Authors | Sherwood, Juanita, West, Roianne, Geiab, Lynore, Drummond, Ali, Power, Tamara, Stuart, Lynne and Deravin, Linda |
Journal Title | Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing |
Journal Citation | 38 (1), pp. 1-5 |
Number of Pages | 5 |
Year | 2021 |
Publisher | Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 0813-0531 |
1447-4328 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.37464/2020.381.413 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.ajan.com.au/index.php/AJAN/article/view/413 |
Abstract | This editorial responds to a recent reminder from an Elder to acknowledge and respect First Nations ways of knowing, doing, and being as health professionals and researchers. This reminder asked us to critically reflect on our professional stance and practices as nurses, midwives and researchers in the light of the fire that still burns at the Aboriginal tent Embassy and recent dialogues for Australia Day. In light of the international Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, we discuss the importance of our shared roles and responsibilities to continue to challenge racism and oppressive practices in Australian health care. Decolonising nursing and midwifery practice, policy, research, and education approaches offer a clear transformational reform process to address oppressive practices and racism including attitudes, ignorance and bias, generalisations, assumptions, uninformed opinions and commit to developing and embedding cultural safety in the nursing and midwifery profession. |
Keywords | First Nations peoples; Indigenist; racism; decolonisation; cultural safety |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 450420. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social, emotional, cultural and spiritual wellbeing |
420505. Nursing workforce | |
420499. Midwifery not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Charles Sturt University |
Griffith University | |
James Cook University | |
Queensland University of Technology | |
University of Sydney | |
University of the Sunshine Coast |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/z37zz/-taking-our-blindfolds-off-acknowledging-the-vision-of-first-nations-peoples-for-nursing-and-midwifery
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