“Taking our blindfolds off”: acknowledging the vision of First Nations peoples for nursing and midwifery
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...
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ftusqland:oai:research.usq.edu.au:z37zz 2024-01-14T10:06:50+01:00 “Taking our blindfolds off”: acknowledging the vision of First Nations peoples for nursing and midwifery Sherwood, Juanita West, Roianne Geiab, Lynore Drummond, Ali Power, Tamara Stuart, Lynne Deravin, Linda 2021 https://research.usq.edu.au/item/z37zz/-taking-our-blindfolds-off-acknowledging-the-vision-of-first-nations-peoples-for-nursing-and-midwifery https://doi.org/10.37464/2020.381.413 unknown Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation https://doi.org/10.37464/2020.381.413 Sherwood, Juanita, West, Roianne, Geiab, Lynore, Drummond, Ali, Power, Tamara, Stuart, Lynne and Deravin, Linda. 2021. "“Taking our blindfolds off”: acknowledging the vision of First Nations peoples for nursing and midwifery." Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing. 38 (1), pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.37464/2020.381.413 First Nations peoples Indigenist racism decolonisation cultural safety editorial PeerReviewed 2021 ftusqland https://doi.org/10.37464/2020.381.413 2023-12-18T23:33:12Z 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. Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper First Nations University of Southern Queensland: USQ ePrints Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing 38 1 |
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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. |
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https://doi.org/10.37464/2020.381.413 Sherwood, Juanita, West, Roianne, Geiab, Lynore, Drummond, Ali, Power, Tamara, Stuart, Lynne and Deravin, Linda. 2021. "“Taking our blindfolds off”: acknowledging the vision of First Nations peoples for nursing and midwifery." Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing. 38 (1), pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.37464/2020.381.413 |
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