by admin | Jan 4, 2018 | Cultural safety, Education, Health, Inequalities, Nursing, Power relations, Professional development
As a clinician and educator, I have long been interested in how to prepare nurses for professional practice. Schon uses a metaphor of terrain made up of high, hard ground overlooking a swamp which Street (1991) has extended to nursing practice. While some clinical...
by admin | Nov 21, 2016 | Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Food, Health, Inequalities, Nursing, Oral health, Professional development, Writing
I have had several tooth adventures. The time I rather enthusiastically pushed my middle sister on her bicycle and she fell over the handlebars breaking a tooth (or was that the time I helped her break her collar-bone?). My own dental fluorosis (a developmental...
by admin | Jul 16, 2016 | Australia, Cultural safety, Education, Forum theatre, Inequalities, Power relations, Professional development, Racism, Writing
Unpublished manuscript for those who might be interested. Cite as: DeSouza, R. (2016, July 16). Using forum theatre to facilitate reflection and culturally safe practice in nursing [Web log post]. Retrieved from:...
by admin | May 14, 2014 | Cultural safety, Fathers, Inequalities, Maternity, Men, Migration, Multiculturalism, Nursing, Power relations, Professional development, Writing
Article first published online: 13 MAY 2014 De Souza, Ruth Noreen Argie. (2014). ‘This child is a planned baby’: skilled migrant fathers and reproductive decision-making. Journal of Advanced Nursing. doi: 10.1111/jan.12448 Risk management and life planning are a...
by admin | Mar 12, 2014 | Colonialism, Cultural safety, Feminism, Inequalities, language, Maternity, Migration, Multiculturalism, Nursing, Power relations, Professional development, Racism, Research, Women
Cite as: DeSouza, Ruth. (2014). One woman’s empowerment is another’s oppression: Korean migrant mothers on giving birth in Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. doi: 10.1177/1043659614523472. Download pdf (262KB) DeSouza J Transcult Nurs-2014....
by admin | May 7, 2013 | Mental health, Nursing, Professional development, Te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi
Here’s an excerpt from a chapter I wrote on culture/ethnicity and supervision, the paragraph seems more than apt these days. “We don’t colonise, these days, through the barrel of a gun, but through the comfortable words of those who change the hearts, minds and...
