Registered Nurses professional practice - Assignment 1

Essay - Assignment 1 (Graded)

The aim of this Assignment is to assist you to develop your academic knowledge and writing skills. As a beginning level health professional, this Assignment will also be suitable for inclusion in an e-portfolio.

Each year the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) requires nurses and midwives to complete a minimum of 20 hours of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to their context of practice. Examples of evidence of CPD include; tertiary/accredited study, conference attendances, mandatory workplace training activities, self-directed learning and other relevant structured learning activities. Often, CPD involves a nurse reflecting upon their practice to identify areas for further professional development, planning suitable learning activities, completing these activities and reporting the learning outcomes and their application to practice. Formal documentation of CPD is an ongoing professional process for all nurses and midwives. The NMBA has the discretion to select a random number of nurses and midwives to be audited at any time. Those selected will need to show evidence for the previous year that they have met the required amount of CPD. One method of collating this information is through the use of an electronic portfolio (e-portfolio). This e-portfolio provides a repository of evidence that can be built upon during your time as an undergraduate nursing student and will be very relevant once you graduate, and as you continue to collect CPD hours as a Registered Nurse.

ASSIGNMENT DETAILS

Choose one of the following questions and write a 750-word statement to discuss the practice of the registered nurse specific to that question. Ensure that your statement is supported by credible sources of evidence (e.g. peer-reviewed journal articles, textbooks) to demonstrate your wider exploration of the literature. This 750-word statement does not require an Introduction or a Conclusion.

QUESTION OPTION (choose from one of the following questions)

Question One:

Why are the Registered Nurse Standards for Practice important for Registered Nurses professional practice?

Question Two:

Why is it important for the Registered Nurse to understand cultural competence and how it links to health and well-being?

Question Three:

Why are the Code of Ethics for Nurses and Code of Conduct for Nurses important for professional nursing practice?