Using cultural safety to enhance nursing care for people with a learning disability
Intended for healthcare professionals
CPD    

Using cultural safety to enhance nursing care for people with a learning disability

Diana De Senior lecturer in adult nursing, School of Healthcare Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales
Victoria Jones Learning disability nurse, family and systemic psychotherapist, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Caerleon, Wales
Jim Richardson Retired senior lecturer, children and young person’s nursing, Faculty of Health Social Care and Education, Kingston University and St George’s, London, England

Why you should read this article:
  • To understand culture and diversity in nursing

  • To learn how you can apply cultural safety when caring for people with a learning disability

  • To count towards revalidation as part of your 35 hours of CPD, or you may wish to write a reflective account (UK readers)

  • To contribute towards your professional development and local registration renewal requirements (non-UK readers)

Culture has an important role at every level of healthcare. It can have a significant effect on the interactions between nurses, other staff members in the multidisciplinary team, people with learning disabilities and their family members.

This article outlines the concept of cultural safety and how it can enable learning disability nurses to work more effectively with people with a learning disability and their families. The authors provide specific tools which learning disability nurses can use to ensure that they consider diversity when providing care, thereby enhancing healthcare outcomes.

Learning Disability Practice. doi: 10.7748/ldp.2021.e2162

Peer review

This article has been subject to external double-blind peer review and checked for plagiarism using automated software

@TheDianaDe

Correspondence

DeD@cardiff.ac.uk

Conflict of interest

None declared

De D, Jones V, Richardson J (2021) Using cultural safety to enhance nursing care for people with a learning disability. Learning Disability Practice. doi: 10.7748/ldp.2021.e2162

Published online: 09 September 2021

Want to read more?

RCNi-Plus
Already have access? Log in

or

3-month trial offer for £5.25/month

Subscribe today and save 50% on your first three months
RCNi Plus users have full access to the following benefits:
  • Unlimited access to all 10 RCNi Journals
  • RCNi Learning featuring over 175 modules to easily earn CPD time
  • NMC-compliant RCNi Revalidation Portfolio to stay on track with your progress
  • Personalised newsletters tailored to your interests
  • A customisable dashboard with over 200 topics
Subscribe

Alternatively, you can purchase access to this article for the next seven days. Buy now


Are you a student? Our student subscription has content especially for you.
Find out more