Application of NMBA Standards in Nursing Practice

Running Head: NURSING 0
BACHELOR OF NURSING

NURSING 2
Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Description of my experience..........................................................................................................3
Evaluation........................................................................................................................................4
Application of Standard 2 of nursing...........................................................................................4
Application of standard sixth of nursing.....................................................................................5
Analysis...........................................................................................................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
Action..............................................................................................................................................6

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Introduction
Nursing and Midwifery board of Australia contains the nursing standards that guide the
practice of nurses (Ramezani & Kazemnejad, 2014). The proper application of these standards
led to ethical nursing practice. For a nurse, to deliver her best practices, it is important that she
adheres to the guidelines and standards set for nursing. In a practice of a nurse, she comes across
at a point where the decision-making becomes tough various instances. In such difficulty
situations, the standards guide the way of nurse (Childs, 2015). The following essay will be
discussing the one of the events that I came across during my nursing practice and the critical
analysis of application of NMBA standards in it.
Description of my experience
During the days, when I was doing my bachelors of nursing. I had a nursing experience in
one of the orthopedic departments of the hospital. There was a patient who was in his thirties and
had suffered from the knee fracture. Although, the injury was not that severe but he was advised
bed rest for a period. To build my practical knowledge, I was instructed by my head to provide
for medicines and injections in case of increased pain and other uncomfortable symptoms
(Wiechula, 2016). The next day, it was 11 am, when I found the patient acting aggressively with
staff. I understood with his behavior that he might be feeling uncomfortable with the increased
pain in his left knee. The increased pain had made him act aggressive then I rushed to my work
station and got the allocated injection of the patient to inject him. When I reached there, I tried
calming him so that I could inject the medicine peacefully in his body but I could not calm him.
Then I got frustrated and harshly spoke few words to him. On that, the patient felt helpless and
lied on his bed and then I performed my medication therapy. As the days passed, I reimbursed
my duties as a nurse giving him all kind of medical therapies to cure the fracture on his left knee.
Whenever he used to get frustrated, I used to calm him by acting aggressively with him. I
became indifferent towards him. Although I used to provide him with effective, medical
therapies but there were little improvements in the movement of his left leg (Godi, 2013).
Observing no improvements in the patient’s health, the nursing charge of the patient was shifted
to my colleague. A watershed moment in my life arrived when I saw my colleague calming the