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ItemHealing hands : a study of the healing skills and practices of overseas educated registered nurses and the implications for nurse education in Australia(University of Melbourne, 1996)Australia's health care clientele reflects the diversity of this multicultural society. Patients and health care professionals have expectations of health care which may not be met to their satisfaction, or needs. The perceived inadequacies and increased demands on the Australian health care system are reflected in the literature and by active political lobbying, thus there is an urgent need to investigate how the health care system can be improved or modified to meet these deficits. One mechanism which may provide some of the changes required, is to utilise the skills, experience, and qualifications of Non-English Speaking Background (NESB) nurses. In utilising this valuable and available resource nursing education curricula can be modified to adequately incorporate transcultural nursing practices so that nurses can provide culturally sensitive nursing care for their patients. This study describes some of the dimensions of the cultural diversity in Australia, as it relates to health care. In particular reflections and observations of NESB educated nurses of the Australian health care system are discussed, in particular standards of care, nursing care, nursing education and issues related to the interweaving of cultural diversity within the Victorian health care system and the nursing profession. The purpose of this study is to provide insights on how to enrich the education of all nurses to meet the challenges of caring for Australia's multicultural population. Recommendations for the establishment of the Migrant Health Professionals Network and additional courses to meet the specific needs of NESB health professionals have already come to fruition.
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ItemHealing hands: a study of the healing skills and practices of overseas educated registered nurses and the implications for nurse education in Australia( 1996)Australia's health care clientele reflects the diversity of this multicultural society. Patients and health care professionals have expectations of health care which may not be met to their satisfaction, or needs. The perceived inadequacies and increased demands on the Australian health care system are reflected in the literature and by active political lobbying, thus there is an urgent need to investigate how the health care system can be improved or modified to meet these deficits. One mechanism which may provide some of the changes required, is to utilise the skills, experience, and qualifications of Non-English Speaking Background (NESB) nurses. In utilising this valuable and available resource nursing education curricula can be modified to adequately incorporate transcultural nursing practices so that nurses can provide culturally sensitive nursing care for their patients. This study describes some of the dimensions of the cultural diversity in Australia, as it relates to health care. In particular reflections and observations of NESB educated nurses of the Australian health care system are discussed, in particular standards of care, nursing care, nursing education and issues related to the interweaving of cultural diversity within the Victorian health care system and the nursing profession. The purpose of this study is to provide insights on how to enrich the education of all nurses to meet the challenges of caring for Australia's multicultural population. Recommendations for the establishment of the Migrant Health Professionals Network and additional courses to meet the specific needs of NESB health professionals have already come to fruition.