Nursing Assignment: Case Study on Nursing Preceptor Violating Nursing Codes of Conduct

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Name of the Student
Name of the University
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The case study is about a third year undergraduate nurse Shannon who is on her clinical
placement at Charles Darwin University Hospital Medical ward. Her nursing guide, Tim acts as
the resource, supporter, mentor, learner for students. The students need adequate support while
learning any new piece of information (Brown 2015). In the given case study, Tim was supposed
to make Shannon learn actively but he did not. The preceptor in the case study, Tim violated the
principle 5 of nursing codes of conduct which states that the nurses must commit themselves into
teaching, assessing and supervising of other nurses. Tim instructed Shannon to use the computer
but did not help her with the e-modules (Sundler et al. 2019). Tim’s role as a nursing preceptor is
to provide constructive feedback on the student’s performance, responsiveness to instructions
while supporting her at every step (Mikkonen et al. 2017). Teacher should not, in any case,
create a communication gap with the student. According to the standard 2 of the NMBA nursing
practices, the nurses must involve themselves in therapeutic and professional relationships with
the patients and other professionals, respectively (NMBA 2016). Not only with the patients but
also the senior nurses are expected to maintain a professional mentoring relationship with the
student nurses and with the other peers in the hospital. Effective communication helps in
building a healthy, professional relationship with the other peers and student nurses. The senior
nurses should be more collaborative.
The nurses must respect as well as maintain the dignity of the patients and other nurses,
given the bioethical nursing principles of non-maleficence, fidelity, beneficence, autonomy,
justice and principles of integrity (Gluyas 2015). Tim, as a nurse, did not practice non-
maleficence, beneficence, fidelity as he failed to remain competent as a nursing preceptor (Chu
& Hwang 2018). He failed to take the positive steps in helping Shannon treat her patients,
confidently. The nursing mentors should be helping the student nurses comply with rules. The

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student nurses must be motivated so that they learn to take their responsibilities properly and
perform their nursing duties better. The senior nurses should be resilient in nature and have
higher degree of awareness, composure and responsibility (Gabrielsson, Sävenstedt & Olsson
2016). The preceptor, in this case, did not show any sense of awareness or the sense of a
compassionate collaboration (Fleischmann et al. 2016). It was his duty to guide Shannon but in
spite of guiding and motivating Shannon, he left everything on Shannon and kept prompting.
Tim completely overlooked his duties regarding Shannon (Foster et al. 2015). Tim lacked as a
mentor and was not helping Shannon to learn. Tim breached the standards of NMBA nursing
practices and the codes of nursing conducts by not performing his nursing duties effectively
(Fisher 2017). These misconducts will definitely affect Tim in the later stages of his professional
life, especially with professional identity and mentoring approach.