Clinical Experience with Standards in Nursing

Running head: NURSING
Clinical Experience with Standards
Name of the Student
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NURSING
Table of Contents
Introduction-...............................................................................................................................2
Clinical Governance with Experience-......................................................................................2
Partnering with Consumers Standard with experience-.............................................................3
Conclusion-................................................................................................................................5
Reference-..................................................................................................................................6

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Introduction-
According to Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (2019), a nurse must provide
effective care to the patients in professional and therapeutic manner. She must provide a
patient-based approach for minimizing the risks of the patients. Australian Commission on
Safety and Quality in Health Care (2017) published National Safety and Quality Health
Service Standards for providing comprehensive care of patients and reducing their harm. A
healthcare professional must follow the guidelines for better quality care. In this assignment
two standards, clinical governance and partnering with consumer standard are explained with
my personal experiences in mental-health ward, aged-care and surgical/medical ward.
Clinical Governance with Experience-
The NSQHS standard of clinical governance guides the nurses to provide leadership
in organisational and clinical aspects, provide a safe environment for health care delivery,
effectively undergo clinical practice for patient safety and abide by policies, procedures for
improvement of quality of patient care. While I was placed in a rehab facility, I was given the
responsibility of Philip, a schizophrenic patient, who showed symptoms of auditory
hallucinations, delusions, had suicidal tendency and was aggressive during various phases. As
a mental health care nurse, according to NSQHS standards, I provided a safe environment,
whenever he has having delusional episodes. I complied with him and kept him calm and
composed to prevent escalation of his anxiety level. Svettini et al., (2015) agreed that a very
important part of treating schizophrenic patients is communicating effectively by calming
them to supress their aggression and escalating anxiety. On another instance, I was in aged-
care facility, providing care to Edna, a 86year old widow, of Aboriginal origin who was being
released from hospital, as she was unable to bear her cost of treatment. I took the initiative of