[Expert Solution]: HLTENN035 – Practise safely in the Australian…

HLTENN035 – Practise safely in the Australian health care system( role play) Scenario 3 – You are an Enrolled Nurse working in the Yuendumu Community Health Centre in Yuendumu, a large remote community in the NT. One of the GPs has asked you to conduct a health assessment on Mr Snowy Wunjurrah, a 45-year-old First Nations Australian as he has symptoms of Type 2 diabetes (T2D). Snowy regularly smokes and is overweight. English is not his first language. Snowy usually prefers to visit the local Ngangkari (traditional healer) rather than use Western medicines. Based on this information, explain to your educator four (4) considerations you would make before conducting the health assessment. Snowy tells you straight up he doesn’t think the doctor can help him and thinks he should go back to the Ngangkari. • Discuss with Snowy how traditional Indigenous medicines/treatments can be used together with Western health treatments and some possible implications of this. Snowy goes on to tell you that the Ngangkari Healer he sees is a member of something called ‘CATSINaM’ just like one of the Registered Nurses in the clinic. He asks you what it means and what they do? Part of the health assessment requires you to ask about Snowy’s determinants of health. • What questions will you ask him and explain to him the importance of the information gathered? Snowy says he is considering giving up smoking due to the cost and asks you who he might see about this. You tell Snowy there is a possibility he would need to see an Endocrinologist if there is a diagnosis of T2D. But being in a remote community, he would need to travel the three hours to Alice Springs as the specialist doesn’t come out here. Another option is the use of digital technology. • Explain to Snowy some of the benefits of using such technology like telehealth, My Health Record, and e-prescriptions.