Importance of Professionalism, Legal and Ethical Regulatory Requirements, Person-Centred Care and Nursing Theories in Adult Nursing: A Case Study

Summative Assessment 2 Case Study

Table of Content.
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Personal standards of practice and behaviour:.............................................................................1
Key legal and ethical regulatory requirements and policies:.......................................................2
Compassionate person-centred care:............................................................................................3
Key nursing theories:...................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Nurses are considered as the front line workers of healthcare systems. They help to
manage physical need of patients, prevent their illness, and treat their health conditions.
Identifying the major aspect of nurse's role in healthcare is the centre of contemporary policy
debate. Contemporary nursing deals with creating crucial questions for nursing and the responses
related to it, including the task nursing needs to perform for transformation of society (Power,
2015). In the essay, it will cover importance of professionalism in context with the given case
study of Mrs Paruma who needs healthcare services for her UTI but feel anxious to be
hospitalised. The assay will discuss the NICE guideline for treatment of UTI along with the
personal behaviour and practice standards as per NMC in UK in reference with Mrs. Paruma.
Further the essay discuss the legal and ethical regulatory requirements and policies,, importance
of person-centred care and nursing process in Mrs. Paruma's case and in general.
MAIN BODY
Personal standards of practice and behaviour:
Professionalism are an individual's ability to adhere with set of standards that characterize
the accepted practices of a particular activity area. In other words professionalism is the set of
skill, right judgement, values, and polite behaviour that is expected from a person trained for the
job. Core concepts of professionalism are competency, knowledge, consistency, integrity,
respect, emotional intelligence, confidence, and suitability. NMC enables professionalism in
nursing and midwives practices. Good health and care are dependent factors of professional
practices as per NMC. Nurses and midwives play a important role in planing strategies,
designing services, and improving health outcomes. The code implemented by NMC in UK for
nurses and midwives provide professional standards for nurses and midwives practices. The code
enables them to provide good quality care and services to people, set standards for them such as
being accountable, and work as a leader (Enabling professionalism in nursing and midwifery
practice, 2015).
In the present scenario, Mrs. Paruma a 78 years old lady who is suffering with urinary
tract infection, pyrexia, and dehydration requires intravenous fluids and antibiotics for her
treatment. But she feels anxiety during her admission into hospital due to her past personal
traumas of her husband's death. To manage her anxiety, nursing and midwives professionalism is
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