Processus collaboratif menant à un portrait de la formation infirmière initiale au Québec et perspectives de développement au regard de la sécurisation culturelle auprès des Premières Nations et des Inuit

• Published in: Quality Advancement in Nursing Education - Avancées en formation infirmière
• Main Authors: Desrosiers, Joséanne, Tuck, Jodi, Awashish, Mikonis, Verreault-Paul, Francis, Lecourt, Victoria, Rochette, Marc, Vezeau-Beaulieu, Kévin, Vaillancourt, Nancy, Lavoie, Mélissa
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Quality Advancement in Nursing Education - Avancées en formation infirmière 2022
• Subjects: Sécurisation culturelle; Compétence; Premières Nations; Inuit; Formation infirmière; Education; Nursing; inuit
• Online Access: https://qane-afi.casn.ca/journal/vol8/iss3/10; https://doi.org/10.17483/2368-6669.1362; https://qane-afi.casn.ca/context/journal/article/1362/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf

INTRODUCTION. In recent years, several provincial and national reports have highlighted the need for more cultural safety education for health care professionals to ensure safe equitable care for Indigenous people. In the province of Quebec, the death of Joyce Echaquan has been a key lever for diverse health organizations and teaching institutions in order to take concrete actions against health inequities and systemic racism experienced by Indigenous people within the health care system. In response, the Order of Nurses of Quebec officially recognized the existence of systemic racism within the health care system and initiated actions to promote cultural safety and to engage against systemic racism within the nursing profession. Among the actions, the Order of Nurses of Quebec mandated a working group to address an advisory to evaluate if the entry-to-practice nursing education in Quebec was sufficient to provide culturally safe, relevant and equitable care to Indigenous individuals. We are the authors who carried out the collaborative process leading to the advisory. From this collaborative process, we believe that our approach, our findings and our reflections are relevant to share with those who are involved in nursing education in Quebec and Canada. OBJECTIVE. This discussion paper aim to describe the collaborative process leading to the advisory which was divided into four iterative stages : 1) a narrative literature review, 2) a short online survey, 3) discussions sessions, and 4) consultations. It also aim to discuss the main findings and reflections regarding the cultural safety competencies in initial nursing education in Quebec. DISCUSSION AND REFLECTIONS. We believe that our collaborative process was a strength of the main findings and reflections that are described in this discussion paper. The results of the survey showed that Indigenous cultural safety content and time allocation was insufficient and varied greatly between teaching institutions in Quebec. No institutions offered electives or ...