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Title: | 'Tjirtamai' - 'To care for': A nursing education model designed to increase the number of Aboriginal nurses in a rural and remote Queensland community | Contributor(s): | West, Roianne (author); West, Leeona (author); West, Karen (author); Usher, Kim (author) | Publication Date: | 2010 | DOI: | 10.5172/conu.2010.37.1.39 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/14686 | Abstract: | In 2009, a nursing education model was locally designed and delivered to support the interest of a group of Aboriginal community members living in a rural and remote town in Queensland, specifically to prepare for entry into further nursing education. Named 'Tjirtamai' by the traditional owners of the area, the program was offered in recognition of the challenges faced by Aboriginal people when they enter nursing education courses and as a way to increase the local number of Aboriginal nurses. This program, while funded by the Government, had unprecedented support and involvement from both the local Aboriginal and wider community. The model offered multiple exit points, assistance with financial and other known challenges for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, and included contextualised literacy and numeracy. Of the 38 Aboriginal students who enrolled in the course, 26 students completed. Of those students, 18 have since enrolled in a bachelor degree in nursing while another 4 enrolled in a diploma of nursing. This paper provides an overview of the course and its outcomes. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Contemporary Nurse, 37(1), p. 39-48 | Publisher: | eContent Management Pty Ltd | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 1839-3535 1037-6178 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified 130209 Medicine, Nursing and Health Curriculum and Pedagogy |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 930501 Education and Training Systems Policies and Development 920399 Indigenous Health not elsewhere classified 920210 Nursing |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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