Professional Nursing Practice Course 2022

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Professional Nursing Practice 2
Scope of Nursing Practice
The scope of practice for nurses refers to the array of responsibilities, activities, and purposes
which registered nurses are trained and approved to perform. The general scope of nursing
practice reflects all of the events and tasks undertaken by registered nurses to focus on the full
variety of human responses and experiences to health and illness (G, Cynthia, & Beth , 2017).
This includes palliation, rehabilitation, health restoration, health maintenance, health protection,
and promotion. Scope of nursing practice comprises of health protection, health restoration,
health promotion, health maintenance, palliation, and rehabilitation. In order to be responsive to
the developing health-related requirements of the general public, the boundaries of the scope of
nursing practice are supposed to be flexible. Nowadays, nursing practice occurs in the context of
ongoing transformation and growth emanating from improvements in technology and research,
the institution of newfangled methodologies to healthcare provision, as well as a greater variety
of specialists sharing more areas of mutual capability. This dynamic nature of the healthcare
setting necessitates that practitioners respond to patient’s needs by constantly enhancing their
skills and knowledge and making decisions concerning the limits of their practice. The nursing
practice focuses on the goal of helping clients to maintain and attain optimal health hence
maximizing quality of life across the lifespan (Krautscheid, 2014).
Accomplishing nursing practice requires the application of nursing knowledge through the use of
critical thinking, skill, and judgment. Also, embracing a holistic tactic to care, addressing the
psychological, biological, spiritual, and social needs of clients. Correspondingly, use of the
nursing model of delivering care approved within the agency or practice background. It also
requires cooperating with health care team members and collaborating with the different sectors
of the community (Tiffen, Corbridge, & Slimmer , 2014).

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Application of nursing theories to describe and organize practice and nursing procedure to
thoroughly assess, diagnose, strategize, execute, evaluate, and document client care is also
important. Similarly, creating or advocating for quality health care systems, public health policy,
and population health. Additionally, the nursing practice requires adherence to the appropriate
legislation, nursing professional approaches, including the Standards for Code of Ethics for
Registered Nurses and Nursing Practice in Newfoundland and Labrador and agreement with the
relevant employer policies. Therefore, to be responsive to the emerging health demands of the
public, the scope of nursing practice boundaries should be flexible (Epstein & Turner, 2015).
Registered nurses' scope of practice in terms of the current Australian health care demands
Nurses are essential to the establishment of efficient, high quality and safe primary care and are
integral to the delivery of the plan for reinforcement of primary care services. Regardless of the
increasing nurses' employment in general practice both internationally and Australia, the
perspective and scope of practice for nurses in this setting remain unclear. Therefore, the
ambiguity encompassing the range of training for nurses limits the capability of the profession to
respond to Australia present and evolving health system challenges entirely. To ensure that
Australian registered nursing personnel continues being a substantial and influential contributor
to Australia's changing healthcare background, a well-defined scope of practice is equally crucial
and overdue (Scanlon, Cashin, Bryce, Kelly, & Buckely, 2016).
Australia encounters a significant challenge in maintaining a healthy workforce that will meet
the rapidly increasing need for health care. Demand is being powered by an aging population
living longer with more intricate problems, together with the rising costs of treatment and
technology, and growing consumer expectations (Jacob, McKenna, & D'Amore, 2015). Also,