 Recommendations Cultural heritage and identity * Education for all nurses include mandatory subjects in Indigenous history, identity, culture, health and principles of self-determination and management * Indigenous studies are not to be included in multi-cultural studies. We are first nations people who have been and are still being colonised * Non-indigenous university staff must have colonisation and anti-racist workshops * Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander RNs be engaged as consultants to faculties of nursing, to act as educators and mentors * The implementation of a process whereby Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses are able to learn about their own history for personal growth and development * Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander RNs will negotiate funding in order to attend international health forums * Publish a book of Indigenous nurses' stories * Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses and students of nursing have access to culturally appropriate, safe counselling services with confidential referral Cultural safety underpins all nursing practice. We therefore endorse the Aotearoa (New Zealand) Model of Cultural Safety in Nursing and Midwifery and believe this should be implemented in Australia in ways that are empowering for us. Informing the Professions and Students of the Role of CATSIN Various government and nursing organisations actively distribute CATSIN material. Use of existing distribution mechanisms for all nurse students eg. registered nurses boards mailing lists; OATSIHS lists, NACCHO lists, Bachelor and other indigenous health education Colleges and Specifically - AbStudy packs to students of nursing. 
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