HLTWHS002: Safe Work Practices and Professional Nursing Development

This assignment delves into a nursing student's professional journey, beginning with an examination of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia's policies and their impact on practice. The student outlines their professional goals, emphasizing patient-centered care, technological skill enhancement, and interpersonal development. Strategies for achieving these goals include focusing on controllable factors and setting clear plans. The assignment also explores the importance of support networks, time management techniques, and self-care practices for nurses. Furthermore, it discusses learning styles, professional development opportunities, and the integration of legal and ethical considerations. The student reflects on feedback received, identifying strengths, weaknesses, and strategies for improvement, including seeking support and specialist advice. The assignment concludes by highlighting available support networks and planning for continuous professional development.

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Question1
The nursing and midwifery board of Australia policy will affect my professionalism
through ensuring that the right practices and code of duties are followed strictly. This is intended
to help develop skills and avoid mal-practices with the aim of maintaining excellent patient-
centered care leading to standard services.
Question 2
My professional goal as a nurse is to be in a position of providing excellent patient-
centered care through increasing technological skill, focusing on education continuity and
developing interpersonal skills by becoming an expert. With the aim of achieving professional
goal, I would focus on what I can control and setting plans for the rest, going an extra mile
beyond my immediate tasks and focus on the big picture in addition to ensuring there is clarity
on what goal achievement looks like.
Part B
The support network necessary to achieve professional goal are experts in the nursing
career a mentor in this field such as fellow employees who have more experience in addition to
family members and friends. These mentors are always available at universities, home and the
workplace.
Part C
With the aim of reaching my goal, it is important to undertake further training in the field of
technology to be in a position of integrating the nursing skills with the current technology in the
field of medicine and communication.

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Strategies for time management
In order to manage time properly as a nurse, I would start by getting the right things done in less
time through maintenance of time. Additionally it is important to start each day with a clear
focus of the activity intended to be accomplished through minimizing interruptions and focusing
on that may not be necessary1. Consequently, for good time management, it is important to stop
procrastinating task since it can be difficult to reestablish them. Just to see if time is being
managed properly, it is paramount to review the day and see if all planned activities were
achieved at the workplace and at the right time.
Self-care practices
With the aim of maintaining a personal health condition as a nurse, it is important to practice
self-care to be in a position to help patients maintain their health. It starts by creating personal
time that help in releasing stress and maintaining a clear mind. Involving myself in mindfulness
meditation and exercising the body. To maintain a physical body health, it is necessary to do
exercise and have a good dieting. Consequently, involving oneself in social activities like
attending the opera will also help.
Learning skills
I believe that I am an global learner, this is because the mechanism used to access new
knowledge and ideas is holistic and involves system thinking thus learning in large leaps. The
environment at the hospital creates an atmosphere that encourages learning experiences. The
reason for this is that I always do enjoy discussing and talking things through and reflecting over
them.

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Professional development opportunities can be identified through interacting with other stuff
members freely. Professional opportunities can be identified by looking at the gaps and loops
that do appear at the workplace. In order to identify personal opportunity and option, it is
important to do self-reflection and identify the activities that you enjoy doing without getting
tired. This always happens through switching activities at the work place.
Operating within the stipulated legal and ethical considerations to help improve owns practice
can be achieved through regular review of the codes of practices. This involves ensuring that my
working license is renewed within the stipulated period by the board of nursing. Ensure that the
responsibilities and limitations are followed with the aim of avoiding mal-practices that may
arise due to ignorance. Consequently, to maintain the codes of practice, it is necessary to
maintain professionalism at all levels at the workplace.
Suter (2011) denotes that in order to develop reflective practices as a nurse to deal with
emotionally challenging situation, it calls for the ability to apply previous learning experiences in
a further critical situation. This can be achieved through reflection in conjunction with supportive
processes that are provided by practitioners and education. This involves having a supportive
network such as clinical supervision. This intern helps manage an emotionally challenging
situation.
Question 9
From the feedback given by the supervisors, I was able to realize my strengths and weaknesses
in the due practice of nursing career. I was given the opportunity to assess my own skills before
being given feedback thus helping understand the feedback given. Learnt that I needed more
practice on managing challenging emotional situations.

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I managed to change some of my practices from the feedback given for instance, earnt how to be
in control of challenging emotional situations that came by.
I will seek support and specialist advice for further training through following my supervisors
and other experienced nurses by involving them ion chats concerning further development. this
can further be achieved through attending seminars. The support network available to heal
professionals include world health organization, UNESCO, UNICEF some internal networks
include rural family medical networks and rural doctors workforce agency (RDWA). The
support networks that can be conducted are NSW and RDWA.
Continuous professional development can be planed through setting achievable professional
goals and regular evaluation to determine self-improvement, time management and involvement
in extra work to build the big picture.

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Reference list
Suter, D.,’Three time management skills to achieve financial success: Rework old
communication habits by taking a leap of faith out of your comfort zone’, Ophthalmology Times,
2018, 43(16), pp. 60–62.
Bauer, M., Fetherstonhaugh, D. and Winbolt, M.‘Perceived barriers and enablers to conducting
nursing assessments in residential aged care facilities in Victoria, Australia’, Australian Journal
of Advanced Nursing, 2018, 36(2), pp. 14–22.