Cultural safety is defined as ‘the effective nursing of a person/family from another culture by a nurse who has undertaken a process of reflection on his/her own cultural identity and recognises the...

Cultural safety is defined as ‘the effective nursing of a person/family from another culture by a nurse who has undertaken a process of reflection on his/her own cultural identity and recognises the impact of the nurse’s culture on his/her own nursing practice and also that unsafe cultural practice is any action which diminishes, demeans or disempowers the cultural identity and well-being of an individual’ (Nursing Council of New Zealand 2002, p. 1). In a small group, discuss the three stages of the cultural safety model and identify strategies that registered nurses would incorporate into their practice to be culturally safe.