Cultural competence and cultural safety in nursing education : Framework for First Nations, Inuit and Métis nursing

The document, Cultural Competence and Cultural Safety in First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nursing Education: Integrated Review of the Literature was developed to assist educators to foster cultural competence and cultural safety among students, particularly those students who are First Nations, Inuit and Métis. [...] After presenting the conceptual framework to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Association Schools of Nursing (CASN) for their review and feedback, it served to guide the development of this document, Cultural Competence and Cultural Safety in Nursing Education: A Framework for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nursing. [...] Core Nursing Education Competencies: A Curriculum Framework For First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nursing Canada’s schools of nursing have both the opportunity and will to: Recruit and retain increased numbers of First Nation, Inuit and Métis people into nursing education. [...] The core nursing education competencies, and the proposed framework, will assist Canada’s schools of nursing and employers to address the recruitment, retention, and employment of First Nation, Inuit, and Métis peoples. [...] Inuit, and Métis clients, their families or communities.  Students are able to: 1.1.1 Describe the connection between historical and current government practices towards First Nation, Inuit, and Métis peoples including, but not limited to the following: Colonization and its historical impact, including historical treatment of First Nation, Inuit and Métis peoples; How the contemporary lives of