Rethinking Nursing Best Practices with Aboriginal Communities: Informing Dialogue and Action

Undergraduate nursing students' experiences in a rural clinical placement

“…However, this study involved undergraduate nursing students and the recruitment question was not the focus of this study. Difficulties recruiting health professionals to work in rural areas are well documented 3,4 and engaging students in positive rural clinical placements 9 might encourage them to consider accepting a rural position. This study highlighted there is room for improvement strategies in effective preparation and support of students in their placement.…”

“…A 5‐point Likert‐type rating from 1 – strongly disagree to 5 – strongly agree was used. The questions included from Dalton 3–6 papers inquired about diversity of experience, resources, support, access, feeling in control, feeling part of a team, feeling valued, maintaining work and family commitments, and financial costs associated with placement. They were also asked to respond to four open‐ended response questions related to their experiences during the placement and their suggestions for improving the students learning experience.…”

“…New awareness of cultural differences allowed students to learn how to communicate appropriately with Aboriginal people and respecting their cultural differences 4 . Part of this knowledge of rural practice includes students increasing their awareness of cross‐cultural issues when working in Aboriginal communities.…”

“…As students live in rural communities for the placement, they were able to experience rural life and professional practice first‐hand which helps to contextualise their clinical experience 3–7 . Four students had never lived in a rural area before.…”

Community-based obesity prevention initiatives in aboriginal communities: The experience of the eat well be active community programs in South Australia

“…Aboriginal workers talked about the willingness of ewba workers to work with Aboriginal health workers, their passion and willingness to identify local issues. Previous work has identified the importance of working with Aboriginal people [42][43][44][45][46][47][48], the importance of getting to know someone before direct questioning [42,47] and the importance of considering a person's context when working with them [48]. Other strategies that have also been cited as important when considering the needs and preferences of Aboriginal people in a program include developing and using culturally specific tools [22], integrating Aboriginal ways of learning or knowing [22,23,40,49,50] and consideration of the cultural safety of participants [18].…”