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Nurses Jobs in Hospital : Case Study

   

Added on  2020-07-22

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Nowadays, nurses are responsible to provide high-quality of services to their clients orpatients. They are certainly confronted with some ethical challenges in their specialisedpractices. The nurses are familiar with ethical code of conduct which are formed by higherauthorities and these are also essential in making ethical decision making. The ethical code ofconduct has been adopted many professionals in order to serve legal services to patients (Aylott,2011). Professional nursing is defined as “the promotion, protection and optimisation of healthand abilities, which also prevent illness and injury of human begins”. Present report is focus onNational Health Services which is a public health services in England. The annual budget of thisorganisation is approximately £136 billion in order to provide high-quality of services. In thisreport, code of conduct of NMC (Nurses and Midwifery Council) has been explained. Alongwith this, key legal, ethical and evidence framework which are used in nursing in UK isdiscussed. Further, role of nurse in UK while implementing and evaluation of ethical frame workis discussed. Nurses and midwifes are facing more ethical dilemmas during their work places,especially when they are taking care of patients at the end of their life stages. The present casestudy demonstrates how nurses are performing their jobs in hospital. When I did my placementin hospital as a nurse, I met with a patient who was intravenous drug user and was mentallydisturbed. The patient was rude with other nurses and he did not do his medications on regularbasis. The other departments of nurses also were very rude with patient and they shouted onpatient. But I understood that patient is having mentally challenging behaviour and we are notsupposed to shout at the patient. I did a care plan on his condition and the nurses started to followthat. The patient also was very happy with my service and told me that from tomorrow you needto give me medication including Tinzaparin (Antithrombotic) injection. Since that day if I wason duty I gave injection to him because I am a nurse and I have to work in my limits andboundaries. So, it is essential for organisation to apply all NMC code of conduct, which specifiesabout roles and responsibilities of nurses, about how to behave and talk with similar kind ofpatients. With the help of ethical code of conduct, nurses will treat their patients properly andmaintain all records which are required by them on regular basis. While doing this, it is essentialfor nurses and midwifes to understand their patients’ problems and take further appropriateactions for giving them treatment (Groves, 2014). For this, there are many ethical frameworks

which are used by NHS in order to serve quality of services to customers. Moreover, role ofnurse is also essential in while making any such plan. Ethical code of conduct contains professional standards for registered nurses andmidwives. The nurse and midwives of UK are doing work in this line with ethical code ofconduct, whether they are providing individual services or in groups and communities. They arealso increasing their knowledge to practice other roles such as leadership, research and manymore. While interpreting with core values and principles, local authorities, government, theyhave set out code in different practice settings which are not negotiable or discretionary (TheNMC Code Professional staff, quality services, 2015). With the help of ethical code of conduct,it brings commitment to nurses and midwives’ professional standards to do their work inappropriate manner. NHS are taking action when, these nurses fail to uphold with their code. Insuch case, organisation can also take serious actions to suspend them from job. Nursing andMidwifery Council (NMC) regulates approximately 6,70,000 nurses and midwives and these areregistered in UK. They are updating code of practices and behaviours which govern professionalstandards on regular basis. The codes which has been made should be useful for everyone who cares as good nursingand midwifery. In NHS nurse and midwives are using code so that they can promote safe andeffective practices at their workplace. In organisation, it is responsibility of employer to helptheir staff in upholding their standards and provide quality and safety services as per regulatory(Brooker and Waugh, 2013). Ethical code contains series of statement which are taken togetherand signifies the importance of nurses. It helps to patients and service user to put their interest sothat they can promote trust through professionalism.The code became effective from 31st March, 2015. As this code reflects the world, inwhich human beings live and works. It also reflects changing roles and expectations of nursesand midwifes towards their professionalism. These codes are structured in four themes –promote professionalism and trust, preserve safety, to prioritise people and to practiceeffectively. In prioritise people; care taker (nurse) has to treat with individual as dignity that theypreserved, and respect them accordingly. In practise effectively, nurses have to clearlycommunicate with their patients and work cooperatively with others. Moreover, they have toshare their knowledge and experience for the advantage of people. It is also their responsibility tomaintain proper records without falsification, if any such kind of activity are found then they

have to take a serious immediately. Further in preserved safety, they have help patients inemergency and take reasonable steps so that they can protect people from risk or neglect also. Inlast, promote professionalism and trust, nurse have to uphold their reputation all times. Alongwith this they have to cooperate with all audits and investigations which are carried out by higherauthority (Budden, Hayes and Buettner, 2014). The organisation is developing collaboration withmany who are respecting nursing and midwifery, these codes are used by them to reinforcingtheir professionalism. The ethical code of conduct which has to be applied by NHS should be in appropriatemanner which help nurses to work properly. Nurses have to give prioritise people so that theycan easily came to know about patient problems which are facing by them. Along with this theycan also provide effective services to them. It is their responsibility to safeguard themselves fromany dangerous activity which are performed by patients. Nurse have to perform their roles andresponsibilities according to ethical code of conduct which are demonstrated by NMC. Whileapplying these ethical code of conduct, it empowers the core value of nurse in organisation. Itwill aid them, to provide quality of services to patients. Role of newly qualified nurses are also working in preceptor ship and supernumerarywhich are addressing accountability issues. This allows them to have confidence regarding theircompetencies and take responsibility to provide better services to customers. Through this nurseswill be aware about their responsibilities in order to prevent foreseeable harm to customers.Nurses are typically encountering ethical issues in three realm of biomedical ethics whichincludes health related problems, overarching and these are impacting societies as whole. Ifpatients are unhappy with their services, then they can easily tell to them. It’s always best forpatients to take services from those people who really take care them. The codes which havebeen issued by NMC, are periodically updated and ensure that they are relevant for nurses andmidwifery practices who are currently working in NHS. The revision of these set of procedureswill reflect change in contemporary. There focus is on to drive continuous improvements so thatnurses and midwifes will provide quality and safety of care services to patients (Casey andWallis, 2011). In modern era, health care practices and knowledge are constantly changes anddeveloping a new research on treatments. Along with this they are also changing procedure ofproviding better treatments to patients. In current scenario, there is a requirement of nurses and

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