WH exam

Question 1

Four principles of cultural safety

Answer 1

1. Cultural safety aims to improve the health status of New Zealanders and applies to all relationships through
2. Cultural safety aims to enhance the delivery of health and disability services through a culturally safe nursing workforce by
3. Cultural safety is broad in its application
4. Cultural safety has a close focus on

Question 2

Indicator for cultural safety principle 1

Answer 2

an emphasis on health gains and positive health outcomes

Question 3

indicator for cultural safety principle 2

Answer 3

preparing nurses to understand the diversity within their own cultural reality and the impact of that on any person who differs in any way from themselves

Question 4

indicator for cultural safety principle 3

Answer 4

accepting the legitimacy of difference and diversity in human behaviour and social structure

Question 5

indicator for cultural safety principle 4

Answer 5

balancing the power relationships in the practice of nursing so that every consumer receives an effective service

Question 6

What is patient and whanau in the meihanna model

Answer 6

the patient identifies as Maori
whanau are their support network

Question 7

What is Hinengaro

Answer 7

the psychological and emotional well-being of a patient

Question 8

What is Wairua and Tianna

Answer 8

Wairua is the belief regarding connectedness and spirituality
Tianna is the physical functioning of the person

Question 9

What is Iwi Katoa and Taiao

Answer 9

Iwi Katoa is part of the clinical assessment that identifies whether the patient/whanau has appropriate access to services and systems within the health environment.
Taiao is the physical environment of the patient/whanau

Question 10

What are the four principles of the Treaty of Waitangi

Answer 10

1. Tino rangatiratanga enables Māori self-determination over health, recognizes the right to manage Māori interests, and affirms the right to development
2. Partnership involves nurses working together with Māori with the mutual aim of improving health outcomes for Māori
3. The nursing workforce recognizes that health is a taonga and acts to protect it
4. The nursing workforce recognizes the citizen rights of Māori and the right to equitable access and participation in health services and delivery at all levels

Question 11

indicator for the Treaty of Waitangi principle 1

Answer 11

enabling Maori autonomy and authority over the heath

Question 12

indicator for the Treaty of Waitangi principle 2

Answer 12

acting in good faith as Treaty of Waitangi partners

Question 13

indicator for the Treaty of Waitangi principle 3

Answer 13

recognising that maori health is worthy of protection to achieve positive health outcomes and improvement in health status

Question 14

indicator for the Treaty of Waitangi principle 4

Answer 14

pursing equality in health outcomes

Question 15

What is whakawhanaungatonga

Answer 15

making a connection with the patient/whanau

Question 16

What is Poroporoaki

Answer 16

concluding the encounter with the patient/whanau

Question 17

What is Kaupapa

Answer 17

attending to the main purpose of the encounter

Question 18

What is the mihi

Answer 18

initial greeting and engagement with the patient/whanau

Question 19

What is involved in the introduction of cultural safety?

Answer 19

Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003
Nursing Council of New Zealand
Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers Rights 2009
Cultural safety

Question 20

What is involved in the introduction of the Treaty of Waitangi

Answer 20

the treaty of Waitangi
Maori as tangata whenua
district health boards ensure positive health outcomes and gains
crown agents demonstrate principles