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Working in Toronto and acting as a mentor and a preceptor for students from different cultural groups

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Laura

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Hi All,
Please see my post in the discussion forum for an explanation of where I have gained cultural competence as an educator.
Cheers,
Paige

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My first experience encountering cultural competence for the patient population would probably have been in Grande Prairie, working in the ICU.  Being the most northern hospital with a tertiary care center, we would receive Indigenous patients living in northern communities.  This was the first hospital where I worked where there was a component of orientation led by the Aboriginal Liasion.  I learned the importance of some of the different items that family members may bring into the room, as well as where and how we could accomodate a sweet grass ceremony in the hospital.
Although I grew up in a Metis town in Alberta, I am somewhat embarrassed to admit that  my town is not known to be very tolerant of the Indigenous people from the surrounding reserves and communities. I was blessed to have been raised by parents who had no tolerance for racism, but I believe there is work to be done and I have my own unlearning to do. I hope to have many more experiences like I did in Grande Prairie, which build and strengthen my cultural competence.

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Anna

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Anna

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Anna

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Anna

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Bearskin Lake, Kenora, Unorganized, ON, Canada

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Currently working in the First Nations community of Bearskin Lake, ON as a community health nurse. I am still learning SO much each rotation I complete here. I have found an incredible amount of value in hearing the firsthand experiences of community members here; especially the impact of the "60's scoop" and residential schooling. While I do still have much more to learn, I have certainly become a more culturally competent nurse and mentor since taking on this role.

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I worked as systemic therapy nurse at Auckland City Hospital. I spent a significant time learning about Maori and Pacifika culture as it pertains to Cancer care. I shared this knowledge with nurses that I mentored and educated in the field of Oncology- Terri

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I teach Internationally Educated RN's who are predominantly from India. As a nurse leader, being a culturally competent nurse is important to me because my students need to be supported in practice to overcome intercultural barriers that they face with staff, faculty, other students and their patients. I recently taught a simulation with my IEN's on end-of-life care. The daughter of the patient in the simulation cried quietly at the bedside. Many of the students made comments about how the daughter wasn't sad or wasn't accepting that her mother had passed. They said that in India the more loudly someone grieves the more they are showing how much they loved the person who has died. Having the at times difficult and emotional discussion with my students about how our cultures influence how we nurse, feel and react to situations in the clinical environment was very impactful for all involved. My cultural competence as an educator helped me to pick up on ques from my students that discussion was needed surrounding this topic. The students were then able to enhance their own cultural competence by stating how they might change their practice in clinical and how they had learned something new about Canadian culture.

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Anna