Murra Mullangari: Introduction to Cultural Safety

Welcome to the newer version of this program launched in July 2026 with added focus on practical application of cultural safety in clinical contexts and a specific sub-module focussing on midwifery context. At the time of enrolment learners can opt for either Nursing or Midwifery pathway. It has been intentionally redesigned using plain, accessible language (where essential) to ensure learners can engage, understand, and apply the content with confidence.

Dr Ali Drummond

CEO CATSINaM

Aunty Matilda Williams-House

Elder and Matriarch Ngunnawal Peoples, Canberra

Why is Cultural Safety Important?

Cultural safety is NOT to become an expert in the ethnicity of other peoples BUT understanding your own cultures, cultures of the workplace, and health professional groups AND how these influence practice and impact on care recipients.

Cultural safety is extremely important in the professional roles of Nurses and Midwives. Cultural Safety is as critical as clinical safety. The term ‘Cultural’ is not about cultural identity, ethnicity or traditions. Rather, it’s about the ‘culture’ of power. 

Cultural safety is an outcome of nursing and midwifery education that enables safe service to be defined by those that receive the service and is a way of providing care that is holistic, free of bias and racism, challenges belief based upon assumption and is done in a respectful manner. This Cultural Safety program has been developed to recognise the historical, social, material, and political conditions of Australia’s colonial context, specifically from the social positions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ health outcomes, culture of power dynamics within nursing and midwifery workforce, and the implications for clients’ health care and professional practice.

The concept of Cultural Safety:

• arose from the colonial context of Aotearoa (New Zealand) by Māori nurses and nursing students in response to the manifestations of racism.
• was further theorised by Māori nursing educator, Dr Irihapeti Ramsden, to develop the concept of cultural safety into the theoretical and practical framework of kawa whakaruruhau meaning protection (pronounced: ‘ka-wa’ ‘faka-ru-ru-ho’).
• was the focus of Dr Ramsden’s 2001 CATSIN Conference presentation, where she shared her theorising and real practice implications.
• has since been adopted in Australia and developed to recognise the historical, social, material, and political conditions of Australia’s colonial context, specifically from the social positions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
• is pivotal to contemporary Australian nursing and midwifery theory and practice, particularly regarding its potential to improve nursing and midwifery care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and to improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ participation in and influence of Australia’s nursing and midwifery professions.

Watch Adjunct Professor Practice Alison McMillan talk about Cultural Safety

Adjunct Professor Practice Alison McMillan

Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer – Australia

Developed for Practicing Nurses and Midwives

The program is one aspect of your life-long learning towards achieving Cultural Safety in Nursing and Midwifery practice.

Watch Aunty Dulcie Flower talk about the Program

Aunty Dulcie Flower

Erub Nation, Elder, CATSINaM Founding Member

Professional Development for Nurses and Midwives

Nurses and midwives are highly respected professionals of our community providing health care. There is no safe healthcare without cultural safety hence ongoing professional learning is essential. The NMBA supports this program as it provides the opportunity towards continuous professional development.

Adjunct Professor Annette Symes

Presiding Member – Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA)

The Murra Mullangari program contains: 
Welcome section, and three Modules:
Module 1 Understanding Cultural Safety (3 hours)
Module 2 Cultural Safety in Nursing and Midwifery Workforce (3 hours)
Module 3: Cultural Safety in Clinical Practice: Mental Health and Social and Emotional Well-being (4 hours)
Total suggestion time: 10 hours.

Enroll in our program

Our next offering will commence on Monday 27th July 2026.

EARLY BIRD at 20% discount commenced on Monday 29th June 2026 until Monday 20th July 2026.

NOTE: Our new July 2026 release will allow learners to choose clinical context in either Nursing or Midwifery pathway which include indentical Welcome module and Modules 1 & 2 and a choice between Module 3A (Nursing case scenarios) or Module 3B (Midwifery case scenarios). The program has also been redesigned using plain, accessible language (where essential), to ensure learners can engage, undertsand , and apply the content with confidence.  

Enrolment Links:

• Murra Mullangari: Introduction to Cultural Safety (NURSING Pathway)
• Murra Mullangari: Introduction to Cultural Safety (MIDWIFERY Pathway)

 Full Pricing is $550.00 incl. GST payable via credit card.

FUTURE OFFERINGS (details will appear in future):  for October 2026 offering

Bulk Purchase (20% Discount)

Bulk Purchase can be done at any time, however please contact us prior to your purchase. Please email [email protected] with the number of enrolments needed, intake date, invoice to be addressed to, and request a corporate promotional code for 20% discount.

Help Contact: Should you have any questions or queries related to the program, please phone us on 1300 001 228 OR email [email protected]

FAQs

Q. What will you achieve from this program?

You will gain an understanding of the:

• Origins of Cultural Safety and its components.
• Influences on and implications of Cultural Safety in practical clinical settings.
• Culture of power and its implications in general and within Australia.
• Significant achievements by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Nursing and Midwifery leadership.
• Nursing and Midwifery Stakeholder key initiatives regarding Cultural Safety.
• Power dynamics within Nursing and Midwifery and the implications for
  clients and your practice.
• Ways clinical teams, services and systems can apply cultural safety.
  
  

Q. What does the Murra Mullangari Program cover?

• Welcome Module and Modules 1 & 2 are identical in both parthways and a choice between Module 3A or 3B

• A Welcome and Introduction to the Program Module.
• Module 1: Understanding Cultural Safety.
• Module 2: Cultural Safety in Nursing and Midwifery Workforce.
• Module 3A: (Nursing Pathway): Cultural Safety in Clinical Practice: Mental Health and Social & Emotional Well-Being.
• OR Module 3B: (Midwifery Pathway): Cultural Safety in Midwifery Practice

Q. Who is this program for?

• Practicing Nurses and Midwives from all career stages, clinical and non-clinical roles and backgrounds.
• Other health care providers can also benefit from the program.

Q. What is the duration of this program?

• It’s an ten-hour self-paced program to be done over an 8-week period with a digital task as assessment after each Module.
• You may stop and start as you please during the 8-week period.
• Recommended study breaks are embedded throughout the program for self-care.

• Self-care and Critical Self-reflection

  These go hand-in-hand, as you’ll need to manage the emotions that come with new insights from reflecting on your culture, power and privilege, on your personal social experiences; and your stance on history and contemporary social dynamics and events.

Q. What Will You Get?

• A digital badge and a certificate upon completion of the three identified Digital Badge modules and the assessment tasks.
• Continual Professional Development hours = 10.

Q. How can Institutions/Organisations bulk purchase enrolments?

• Institutions/Organisations can bulk purchase enrolment packs, using the relevant link below, to sponsor their employees to be able to enrol into this program. Once purchased they will get a special code to share with their employees to individually register and enroll into the program.
• Please contact us prior to registering to get your bulk purchase 20% discount promotional code by calling 1 300 001 228 or email: [email protected] 

Testimonials from the students

This is something all student nurses and registered nurses should undertake. It is a great addition to basic cultural safety training that health has, it is specific to nursing and midwifery and applicable to everyday practice.

It was great to reflect, and read. I thought the notes were a good idea. Some of the questions initially confused me in the quizzes, but I got there ! I thought the course was very good, it was good to have a mix of different learning and presentation platforms.

I loved this course. I have done numerous Cultural Safety trainings but none of them covered the depth of knowledge that this course did.

Partners

This Murra Mullangari: Introduction to Cultural Safety program is supported by funding from the Australian Government under the Indigenous Work Force program