HLTHIR404D - Scenario: Tasha and Jacquie - Going To Hospital

[adriperdomo]

Hi,
CAn some one help me with some feedback about my answers
Thanks, Adriana
Case study 1
Read the case study, then answer the questions that follow.
Case study
Jacquie is a 4-year-old Aboriginal girl who lives in a rural town with her mother, father and three siblings. She has just started attending a childcare service with her older sister Tasha. Tasha is playing on the climbing frame when she slips and falls onto her ankle. Her ankle breaks.
When the paramedics come to assist with the injury, Anna, the service director witnesses Jacquie crying when they move Tasha into the ambulance. The only other time Jacquie has had contact with paramedics was when her grandfather died. She has negative associations with paramedics and is afraid that Tasha will be taken away and will not come back.
Anna contacts the girls’ mother to notify her of the incident and asks her to collect Jacquie. Jacquie is very distressed and is hiding behind shelving in the book corner, as she is afraid that the paramedics will come and take her away too.
Jacquie’s mother arrives with Jacquie’s grandmother, three aunties and four cousins to pick her up on their way to the hospital. Anna, however, feels overwhelmed by the number of visitors in the service and asks that only Jacquie’s mother comes inside to collect Jacquie. Jacquie’s grandmother feels hurt and disrespected that she is not allowed in to help console Jacquie.
Jacquie’s mother coaxes Jacquie out from behind the shelving and assures her that it is okay and that she will take her to visit Tasha in the hospital.

Questions:
1. What important cultural aspect did Anna overlook when she asked Tasha’s grandmother to wait outside the service?
Anna did not take in account “Kinship system”. In Aboriginal culture this system determines relationship, code of conduct and responsibilities within each group. As educators we need to understand and work under their family structure-where not just the mother and father are responsible for the child. For aboriginal people the child is responsibility of the community the child belongs to.

2. Briefly explain three actions Anna could have taken to help Jacquie overcome her fear and distrust of the paramedics.
• Anna could reassure Jacquie, explaining her what happened to Tasha and why is important, Tasha goes to the hospital with the paramedics
• She could have Jacquie close to Tasha during the whole event. Explain what the paramedic’s job is, so she can trust them.
• She could call first the mother while the paramedics were assessing Tasha, so both girls feel more relax. Rather than wait until Jacquie was distressed.
3. What significant event in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history may have contributed to Jacquie’s fear?
The historical even that may have contributed to Jacquie’s fear is “The Stolen Generation event”.
4. What other belief may have contributed to Jacquie’s fear? Deaths in custody.
5. The Early Childhood Australia’s Code of Ethics includes responsibilities to families. Which code could have helped Anna to manage this situation more effectively?

2. “Assist each family to develop a sense of belonging and inclusion.
3. Develop positive relationships based on mutual trust and open communication.
4. Develop partnerships with families and engage in shared decision making where appropriate.
5. Acknowledge the rights of families to make decisions about their children.
6. Respect the uniqueness of each family and strive to learn about their culture, structure, lifestyle, customs, language, beliefs and kinship systems.
8. Acknowledge that each family is affected by the community contexts in which they engage.
9. Be sensitive to the vulnerabilities of children and families and respond in ways that empower and maintain the dignity of all children and families”.

*family in Aboriginal culture is not just mother and father is the whole community.
http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org. ... b_2010.pdf

[Lorina]

Great response! Well detailed and well though out! I can't think of anything else that needs to be included...

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Lorina

[adriperdomo]

Thanks, Lorina.

[efloras]

Hi,

I'm working on this assessment and I wonder on a different answer to question 1.

"Older people play an important role in the education, health and well-being of their people. Anna overlook the importance and role of tribal Elder when she asked Tasha’s grandmother to wait outside the service."

What do You think?

[Lorina]

Yes, I think that's fine...

,
Lorina