• 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 reviewThis article has been subject to external double-blind peer review and checked for plagiarism using automated software
Correspondence Conflict of interestNone 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
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