Acknowledgements
   Prairie Metropolis Centre – Receipt of 
    Graduate Student Award
   Dr. Gina Higginbottom & Faculty of 
    Nursing – University of Alberta
   Nurse Interviewees
   My Family
  Overview
   Background Brief
   Research Design
   Highlight of Findings
   Implications for education & practice
   Dissemination
   References
    Terminology- African Origin??
    The broad term African is adopted to enable 
     an exploration of maternity nurses’ 
     experiences of caring for immigrant/refugee 
     women ,including Francophone, from the 
     African continent. It is acknowledged that 
      the term embraces an enormous range of 
     ethno-cultural orientations, nationality, 
     traditions and linguistic groups. 
    It not meant to be reductionist but is simply 
     a framework for capturing the views of 
     maternity  nurses’ care experiences.
   Establishing a Case for this 
   Research Topic
   There are a variety of elements that are critical to 
    effective provision of maternity care that revolve 
    around the fundamental step of establishing 
    rapport and communication (Jeffreys (2006),Harper 
    Bulman & McCourt 2002,Meddings & Haith-Cooper, 2008, 
    Reitmanova & Gustafson (2008), Stewart (2003)). 
    • Language & intercultural differences 
    • Recognizing systemic challenges nurses face in 
     acute care hospitals including availability of 
     resources
    • Understanding the influences of pre and post 
     immigration experiences, social positioning, power 
     differentials
  Role of Health 
  Professionals
   Understanding the ethno-culturally 
    diverse nature of our patients
     Providing a culturally safe 
    environment
     Providing culturally congruent care
     Being responsive to heterogeneous 
    ethno-cultural expressions
     Viewing culture and cultural 
    competency, cultural safety as  
    fluid, dynamic & complex concepts