Introduction to Cultural Safety

This course is available free on line through Frontier Nursing University.

The purpose of this course is to:

Introduce the concept of cultural safety and to explore the three main aspects of it, which include:

  • Learning about the history and impacts of colonization on Indigenous people in the U.S.
  • Being self-reflective on our identities as health providers who may care for Indigenous people
  • Centering the Indigenous patient experience and listening as the patient defines what safe care is

At the end of this Introduction to Cultural Safety course, learners will be able to:

  1. Define cultural safety
  2. Identify the three key tenets of cultural safety
  3. Explain the impacts of colonization on Indigenous people in the U.S.
  4. Describe what culturally safe vs. culturally unsafe care may look like (give examples)
  5. Discuss personal and systems change strategies for improving the cultural safety of care

https://ceu.catalog.instructure.com/courses/introduction2cultural-safety