BNWH 600 EXAM PART A QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026

BNWH 600 EXAM PART A QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026 HPCA Act 2003 Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 200 - Answers Responsible for regulating safe, competent and ethical nursing practice. Code of Health and Disability services Consumers' Rights 2009 - Answers Affirms that the recipient decides if care is culturally safe Kawa Whakaruruhau - Answers Cultural safety in a Māori context - respect te ao Māori worldviews and uphold Māori health and wellbeing Cultural safety - Answers Is embedded into all nursing care Aim of cultural safety - Answers Ensure care is appropriate, respectful and person-centered Cultural Safety Principle 1? - Answers Nurses must examine themselves, recognise power imbalances, avoid imposing personal beliefs on patients, and actively challenge their own biases. What is the focus of examining self in cultural safety? - Answers Being aware of your own culture, values, and attitudes and how they influence care. What is the 1st Meihana Model commponent that relates to principle 1 and definition. - Answers Patient - The patient is the correctly identified person who may identify as Māori. What is the 2nd Meihana Model commponent that relates to principle 1 and definition. - Answers Whānau - Key support people involved in the patient's health and wellbeing. Whakapapa whanau and kaupapa whanau. How does the Meihana Model relate to Piki? - Answers Patient = person (Piki), Whanau = whakapapa whanau is her aunt and uncle and talking to her deceased grandmother (which is culturally normal with Māori). Kaupapa whanau is social worker from Kaianga Ora and GP and nurses. What is the cultural safety skill that relates to principle 1 and definiton. - Answers Communication - A collaborative process of sharing information, thoughts, ideas, and feelings to support respectful, non-judgmental care and active listening. How does reflection on communication improve cultural safety? - Answers It helps nurses use respectful language, build trust, reduce misunderstandings, and provide patient-centred care. How should communication occur in Piki's case? - Answers Whakapapa whānau and kaupapa whānau should communicate collaboratively to share information and coordinate support for Piki. What is the outcome of good communication in culturally safe care? - Answers Builds trust, prevents misunderstandings, and ensures holistic, culturally safe, wellbeing-focused care. Cultural safety principle 2 - Answers Acknowledging bias, internalised racism, and privilege to improve care quality, with care defined by the patient rather than the nurse. What does Cultural Safety Principle 2 require of nurses? - Answers Reflection, awareness of power imbalance, and recognition of how personal biases affect care. What is the Meihana Model commponent that relates to principle 2 and definition. - Answers Wairua - Spiritual well-being beyond the biomedical model. How does Wairua relate to Piki? - Answers Piki speaking to her deceased grandmother may be a spiritual connection, not necessarily a mental health symptom, and should be culturally understood. What is the cultural safety skill that relates to principle 2 and definiton. - Answers Reflection - Critically examining one's own assumptions, biases, and attitudes. How does reflection apply to care of Piki? - Answers It involves avoiding purely biomedical judgments and considering how personal cultural views influence interpretation. Stay open to Te Ao Māori perspectives and alternative cultural explanations. What is the outcome of culturally safe reflective practice? - Answers Care that is culturally safe, person-centred, respectful, and non-pathologising. What is Cultural Safety Principle 3? - Answers Care is defined by the recipient, involving partnership and shared decision-making between patient, whānau, and healthcare providers. What is the Meihana Model commponent that relates to principle 3 and definition? - Answers Hinengaro - Psychological and emotional wellbeing How does Hinengaro relate to cultural safety? - Answers Feeling respected and understood improves emotional wellbeing, trust, and psychological safety. How does Hinengaro relate to Piki? - Answers Respect her culture (Ngāti Kahungunu), Use of te reo and communication with deceased grandmother should be respected. Partnership with Piki and her whānau supports safe care. What is the cultural safety skill that relates to Principle 3 - Answers Empathy - Understanding and appreciating a person's feelings, experiences, values, and cultural beliefs without judgement. It strengthens engagement in partnership and helps build respectful, trusting relationships. How does empathy relate to Piki? - Answers Listen without judgement, recognise cultural meaning, avoid assumptions, and work in partnership with Piki and her whānau. What is the outcome of culturally safe, empathetic care? - Answers Improved trust, emotional wellbeing, and support for cultural identity. What is Cultural Safety Principle 4? - Answers Healthcare providers' attitudes, beliefs, policies, and practices can create barriers to healthcare access, leading to inequitable health outcomes. What does Cultural Safety Principle 4 focus on? - Answers Recognising that systemic and institutional factors can create barriers to equitable care, not just individual patient factors. What is Rangatiratanga? - Answers Self-determination and autonomy in care, where nurses respect and uphold patient and whānau independence, cultural identity, and decision-making. What is the Meihana Model commponent that relates to principle 4 and definition? - Answers Iwi Katoa - The systems level, recognising that health outcomes are influenced by wider social and structural factors, not just individual illness or culture.