Indigenous Health and Nursing (HLTH90019)

Intended learning outcomes

Through respectful partnerships and collaboration with Indigenous Peoples:

• Develop an informed awareness of pre-invasion Indigenous health and history.
• Recognise Indigenous knowledge and understandings of country, culture and identity as they apply to Indigenous health and wellbeing
• Appraise the impact of historical and contemporary colonisation on the health and wellbeing of Indigenous peoples in the context of the global Indigenous experience
• Develop insight and understanding of Indigenous knowledges of theory, practice and ways of knowing, being and doing in the context of colonisation and health
• Articulate Australian Indigenous health disparity and burden of disease in the context of Indigenous concepts of health
• Develop awareness of local and national strategies to reduce health inequalities including self-determining strategies to promote community health and wellbeing
• Engage with concepts underpinning cultural capabilities including respect, communication, safety and quality, reflection and advocacy
• Develop intercultural sensitivity and capabilities extending beyond formal education and practice
• Engage in exploring own cultural identity and use critical reflexive (reflect and respond) practice to challenge own views, assumptions and actions (or inaction)
• Create (at an entry to practice level) collaborative, cultural, leadership and advocacy capabilities to promote Indigenous health and wellbeing
• Engage in and communicate knowledge and arguments effectively while maintaining cultural awareness, respect and sensitivity

Generic skills

• At the completion of this subject, students should be able to demonstrate: • the capacity for information seeking, retrieval and evaluation; • critical thinking and analytical skills; • an openness to new ideas; • critical reflexive practice (self-reflection of own cultural ideas and values that influence nursing practice) • cultural awareness, respect and sensitivity; • planning and time management skills; • the ability to work effectively in a team; • the ability to communicate knowledge through classroom and web-based discussions and written material.