Overview

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Offerings

MANDURAH-S1-FACE2FACE-2026-2026
MANDURAH-S2-FACE2FACE-2026-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S1-FACE2FACE-2026-2026
MURDOCH-S2-FACE2FACE-2026-ONGOING

Enrolment rules

Enrolment in the Bachelor of Nursing B1417

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.

Recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ ways of knowing, being and doing in the context of history, culture, and diversity, and affirm and protect these factors through ongoing learning in health care practice.

2.

Engage in culturally appropriate, safe, and sensitive communication that facilitates trust and the building of respectful relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

3.

Apply evidence and Strengths-Based best practice approaches in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health care focusing on the National Health Priority Areas

4.

Examine and reflect on how one’s own culture and dominant cultural paradigms, influence perceptions of and interactions with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

5.

Recognise that the whole health system is responsible for improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. 

6.

Advocate for equitable outcomes and social justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and actively contribute to social change.

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:
  • History of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the post-colonial experience
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, diversity, beliefs, and practices.
  • Cultural Safety in health care: self-reflexivity, humility and lifelong learning, and truth telling.
  • Strengths-based knowledge and communication and culturally safe communication
  • Partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health professionals, organisations, and communities
  • Culture of Australian health system, racism and anti-racism in health practice and equity and human rights in health care
  • Social and emotional determinants of health
  • Leadership, advocacy, and effecting change
  • National Health Priority Areas – Ear Care, Eye Care, Rheumatic Heart Disease
  • Indigenous Health Models and Frameworks