Legal and Ethical Decision Making in Person Centred Care

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Running Head: NURSING 0
Legal and Ethical decision
making in person-centred
care
Student Details

NURSING 1
IMPORTANCE OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING
PRACTICE
Based on the case study, there was no professionalism seen as a
nurse of Nickie where she was avoiding the serious condition of patient
Ashleigh. She was using her phone, goofing and roaming around even
after seeing patient’s critical situation. This assessment is based on
discussing the importance of professional nursing practice in Australia
relating to this case study.
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
In the workplace, professional practice defines the way an
individual works or behaves along with following the code of conduct and
ethical guidelines. This covers the knowledge of one to be used in the
profession based on the activities performed by an individual. When it
comes to the nursing sector, the definition of professional practice
emphasises on promoting solid values that comply with ethical principles,
compassion towards others, self-development, and others considering
actual performance of nurses and their healthcare related practices
complied with provision of duties (Halcomb, Stephens, Bryce, Foley, &
Ashley, 2017). Based on this definition, accountability and responsibility
has imposed on professionals operating in this sector when they
discharge their duties.
PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY IN THE HEALTH
FIELD
In the case of professionals working in the nursing sector, they
receive a career that is rewarding and fulfilling which allows them to
make efficient decisions through effective communications with patients
and individuals with whom they work. The necessary guidelines
regarding privacy and confidentiality are given under Nursing Practice
Act (NPA). These guidelines impose a number of administrative rules and
policies that are targeted towards protecting the confidential information
of patient while also ensuring that their private data is not used by
healthcare professionals (Fong, Buckley, Cashin, & Pont, 2017). A good
example is the policies which were introduced by the Australian
Association that enforces healthcare professionals and providers to
maintain a trustful relationship with their patients relating to their
privacy. These guidelines also comply with local as well as national laws
to identify relevant healthcare information and maintaining its
confidentiality.