Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia Standards of Practice

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Introduction
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery council is an autonomous and independent
accrediting body for Midwifery and Nursing under the national accreditation as well as
registration scheme. The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council first published the national
competency principles and standards for the registered nurse in 2006. In 2010, the standards
were adopted by the national accreditation and registration scheme (Bryce, Foley & Reeves,
2018). In 2016, the standards were changed to registered nurse standard for practice and the
change was made in the ongoing professional development, nursing practice regency, as well as
the professional arrangements on insurance indemnity to ensure present competency in the
nursing profession (Anderson, 2018). The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council outlined
seven key practice standards for nurses to offer the framework for evaluating practices of
registered nurses in conjunction with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA)
standards, professional guidelines and codes. The paper will then analyze the case study and
apply the NMBA standards of practice and the therapeutic relationship in its analysis.
NMBA standards of practice, therapeutic relationship and the case study
NMBA performs functions as stipulated by the health practitioner regulation national law
which is present in each territory and state. The NMBA manages and controls nursing and
midwifery practice in Australia and one of their core roles is to safeguard the public especially
those that interact with the nurses and midwives (Bryce, Foley & Reeves, 2018). The NMBA
usually protect the public by developing standards for registration for nurses and midwives,
professional codes, standards and guidelines for practice which together create requirements for

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safe and professional practice of midwives as well as nurses in the country. Moreover, the
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council reinforced accountability and responsibility in
healthcare delivery and efficient work practice as a way of protecting the patients and the general
public (Development Begins on New Midwifery Standards for Practice, 2016). In Australia
midwives and nurses have to be registered with the NMBA and meet the professional standards
to practice nursing in the country (New Midwifery Standards for Practice, 2018). These
professional standards describe and inform the behavior and practice of midwives and nurses and
entail; codes of ethics, standard for practice as well as codes of conduct. This paper will critically
discus the NMBA standards for practice for a registered nurse as well as the therapeutic
relationship between a nurse and a patient.
All registered nurses working in Australia have to meet the state and territorial standards
defined and stipulated by the NMBA. There are various NMBA standards of practice for
registered in the country. These standards include thinking critically as well as analyzing nursing
practice. In this standard, it is expected of a registered nurse to apply various thinking strategies
as well as the best evidence in coming up with decisions. Moreover, a registered nurse should
think critically when providing quality and safe nursing practice within evidence-based and
person-centred framework. In the case study Mary has not observed and practiced this standard
since she has left her patients, she has not practiced safe and quality nursing to them and has not
promoted therapeutic relationship between the patients and her. In the second standard of nursing
practice, it is expected that nurses engage in professional and therapeutic relationship. Registered
nurses’ practices are anchored on significantly and purposefully engaging in professional and
therapeutic relationships. This entails collegial generosity in relation to respect and mutual