Nursing Education

Looks at nurses and student nurses in Aotearoa New Zealand using the Kaupapa Máori methodology (Māori principles and values).

Looks at ways of ensuring success for Aboriginal nursing students in post-secondary educational institutions.

Family Nurse Practitioner Thesis (M.N.)--Montana State University, 2010.

Describes the benefits of the Indigenous Community Health Worker program, or Enionkwatakariteke, that incorporates traditional medicine with Western medical practices.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.32.

Article argues that to provide the best possible patient outcome nurses must provide culturally competent care.

Looks at the strategy developed to address the chronic shortage of nurses in Nunavut.

Description of a program that has had great success in the area of retention of Aboriginal nursing students.

Looks at key findings from an evaluation study of a nursing education access program in Labrador, Canada.

Survey analyzed 108 students for obstacles to success and identified strategies for improvement.

Explains the concept of cultural safety from New Zealand and applies the theoretical and methodological issues in Canada.

Educational Administration Thesis (M.Ed.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1985.

File contains a presentation by Mary Jane Moses relating to health services in Old Crow. Because of the high turnover of nurses, Moses suggests shorter rotations for nurses in the district to prevent burnout. Moses also recommends that courses on Aboriginal and Inuit culture be included in the education of nurses who work in the North. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.

Discusses research done by the Southern Saskatchewan/Urban Aboriginal Health Coalition to create culturally respectful health care in two Saskatchewan Aboriginal communities.

Comments on ways to facilitate teaching and learning in a multicultural setting.

Describes how better care for amputee patients can be provided when patients' spiritual and cultural beliefs are understood by the caregivers.

Contends that the Northern Nursing Program and Aboriginal youth are prime target groups for recruiting and training for the health care professions.

Describes a student recruitment project that aims to build a local nursing capacity while also providing culturally appropriate care.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Capella University, 2010.

Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Ontario, 2018.

Explains one approach to developing cultural sensitivity and competence through study of five phenomena: communication, space, social organization, time, environmental control and biological variation.

Describes the graduation ceremony which combined the European nurses' graduation with the traditional Torres Island feast.

Explores the logic, theory, assumptions, and goals of Transcultural Nursing Theory.

Discusses approaches taken by the College of Nursing at the University of Saskatchewan to create and implement a program aimed at building a local Indigenous health professional workforce.

Looks at participant data from the Innovative Learning Institute on Circumpolar Health events initiated by the Northern Nursing Education Network. Reports findings in five areas: language as barrier and enabler; shared values and traditions; characteristics of nursing practices; new perspectives in nursing; and building sustainable partnerships.

Examines how nurses perceive their roles and how they put clinical knowledge into practice.

Investigates four approaches to research: descriptive literature, world view perspectives, cultural brokering and transcultural world view. The article further discusses implications these have in terms of nursing education, research and practice.

Argues that nurses need to understand the specific history, culture and the concept of respect, in Aboriginal terms, within a particular community and then apply this knowledge to their relationships in that community.

Leadership and Training Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2005.

Guide enhances clinical education and practical best practices for inclusion of Aboriginal health and culture into the health sciences curriculum. Includes background information and generic training and support materials to use in northern and rural areas.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Univesity of Alberta, 2011