Approach to Professional Nursing Practice

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Approach to Professional Nursing Practice
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APPROACH TO PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE 2
Approach to Professional Nursing Practice
Profile
I am a nursing student who just finished a four year degree in nursing from the Australian
College of Nursing. This course requires nursing practitioner students to undertake a minimum
of two week clinical placement which I recently completed at St Vincent’s Hospital as pediatrics
intern. I have the following skills which I believe are important in the nursing profession:
empathy, compassion, analytical skills, interpersonal skills, integrity and professionalism.
Personally I am a people’s person and I thrive well in group situations. I have good
communication and listening skills which I believe define a good nurse. I am also culturally
diverse and I have taken time to learn about the different cultures in Australia and the issues that
revolve around them like the indigenous populations. During my clinical placement, these skills
were reflected in my work which made me win the award of the best intern in the hospital for
that quarter. I also have attended the following short courses which I believe are relevant to
nursing: Certificate in Basic Emergency Obstetric care from CPD, Hospital administration from
CPD, and Certificate II in Health Services Assistance from All Health Training. My career goals
are to achieve the required nursing certification for practicing as a nurse and to upgrade my
nursing skills to advanced practitioner nurse after certification with major specialization in
Pediatrics. I am looking forward to finishing my licensing exam so that I can start practicing as a
registered nurse.
Strategies to achieve compliance with NMBA
The NMBA sets standards that require nurses to comply with them within clinical settings. Each
of the standards has several criterion that have to be met to ensure that each of the criteria can be

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met (NMBA, 2016). This means that as a practitioner, I have to develop the best nursing skills
that reflect the nursing standards. This will be achieved in the following areas.
Reading and understanding the requirements of the NMBA standards and identifying the major
areas that I need to work on.
Identify the relevant nursing skills for applying the NMBA standards and working on improving
them to achieve the best standards.
CV
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Qualifications
May 2017 to May 2019: Bachelor’s degree in Nursing at Australian College of Nursing.
October 2018: Certificate in Basic Emergency Obstetric care from CPD
February 2018: Certificate in Hospital administration from CPD
September 2017: Certificate II in Health Services Assistance from All Health Training
2016: James Ruse Agricultural High School
Employment history
July 2019 to date: Assistant Community Nurse (part time contract) Sydney Community Nursing
Center.
Main duties:
Assisting in the preparation of community training materials.