Foundation of Professional Planning Case Study 2022

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Nursing is a healthcare profession which is concerned with caring for patients by a nurse.
Nurses specialize in many aspects of health at different levels of prescription authority.
However, the nurses are allowed to practice with independence under jurisdictions in diverse
settings. This is overseen by various regulatory bodies which ensure that the nursing ethics are
followed strictly to ensure the safety of the patients and the healthcare providers. This is
achieved by various regulatory bodies discussed below.
Australian Health Practitioner Regulatory Agency
This is the Australian national health regulator. It administers the accreditation and the
registration schemes for nurses and other health practitioners with an extension of up to 15
national boards, with key roles in maintaining healthcare standard through regulation of health
profession by setting up standards and policies for which the registered health practitioners must
meet failure to which there are disciplinary measures (Bismark, Fletcher, Spittal & Studdert
2015). Every board is in agreement with the AHPRA, which sets the amount of fee to be paid by
the health practitioners. The agency also has the management committee which oversees the
entire work of AHPRA.

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Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
The NMBA collaborates with the AHPRA in regulating the midwives and nurses of Australia
and the midwifery students to give the public protection (Fisher 2017). The body is responsible
for,
1. Registration of the nursing and midwifery students.
2. Developing the codes, standards, and guidelines for midwifery and nursing.
3. They handle the complaints, disciplinary hearings, notifications, and the complaints.
4. They asses the foreign-trained nurses who would wish to work in Australia.
5. Lastly, they approve the accreditation standards and courses of study.
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council
ANMAC is another independent body mandated to accrediting the midwifery and nursing
education through Australia’s scheme of national registration and accreditation. It has a council
which comprises of the representatives from all of the sight state and territories (Scanlon, Cashin,
Bryce, Kelly & Buckely2016). All nurses in Australia are expected to demonstrate the national
competency level of the ANMAC. It is responsible for setting standards for nursing, it develops
the contents for accreditation standards, lastly, it is the body mandated to determine whether the
foreign nurses seeking a job in Australia have met the standards and accredited study.