Editorial
“Taking our blindfolds off”: acknowledging the vision of First Nations peoples for nursing and midwifery
Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, Vol.38(1), pp.2-5
2021
Abstract
This editorial responds to a recent reminder from an Elder to acknowledge and respect First Nations ways of knowing, doing, and being as health professionals and researchers. This reminder asked us to critically reflect on our professional stance and practices as nurses, midwives and researchers in the light of the fire that still burns at the Aboriginal tent Embassy and recent dialogues for Australia Day. In light of the international Black Lives Matters movement in 2020, we discuss the importance of our shared roles and responsibilities to continue to challenge racism and oppressive practices in Australian health care. Decolonising nursing and midwifery practice, policy, research, and education approaches offer a clear transformational reform process to address oppressive practices and racism including attitudes, ignorance and bias, generalisations, assumptions, uninformed opinions and commit to developing and embedding cultural safety in the nursing and midwifery profession.
Details
- Title
- “Taking our blindfolds off”: acknowledging the vision of First Nations peoples for nursing and midwifery
- Authors
- Juanita Sherwood (Author) - Charles Sturt UniversityRoianne West (Author) - Griffith UniversityLynore Geia (Author) - James Cook UniversityAli Drummond (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyTamara Power (Author) - University of SydneyLynne Stuart (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine - LegacyLinda Deravin (Author) - Charles Sturt University
- Publication details
- Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, Vol.38(1), pp.2-5
- Publisher
- Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation
- DOI
- 10.37464/2020.381.413
- Organisation Unit
- Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Health - Nursing; School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99506306202621
- Output Type
- Editorial
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