Professional Identity: Application of NMBA Standards in Nursing Practice

Running head: PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY
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Introduction:
This assignment focusses on the standard and codes of conduct stated by the Nursing and
Midwifery Board of Australia to increase the quality of patient care in the healthcare setting by the
registered nurse. The primary aim of nursing is to deliver better patient care so that they can recover fast
from their injury or illness (Slatyer et al., 2016). The standard and codes of conduct of the registered
nurse aid the nurse in achieving their aim. The assignment includes the case study of a registered nurse,
named Mary who works at an aged care. Mary's behaviour towards her patient is not appropriate and
seems to violate the rules and responsibility of the registered nurse. The essay reflects the patient care
provided by Mary and its relevance to the NMBA standards. Her peers reported her ill behaviour to the
mangers as it increases the risk of the patient. The essay also discusses the way which has been used by
the peers to change the ill behaviour of Mary concerning NMBA standard and codes of conduct.
This essay intends to primarily focus on the application of NMBA standard and codes of
conduct in nursing practice and its benefits.
Section A:
The nursing practice mainly involves providing safe and appropriate care to the patient suffering
from any injury or illness. According to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (2019), standard
6, a registered nurse should provide appropriate and safe care to the patient to enhance the health
outcomes. To achieve the primary aim of nursing, different approaches were used by the nurse that
includes patient-centered care and evidence-based practice. According to Feo & Kitson (2016), Patient-
centered care is provided by considering the fundamental needs and concerns of the patient, and
evidence-based care involves providing the best treatment available for that concern based on evidence
(LoBiondo-Wood & Haber, 2017). In the case study of Mary, she does not participate in any of the two

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activities. She spends most of her time at the nursing station and hence is not aware of the primary
concern of the patient which hinders the patient-centred care.
Along with that she is also not much aware of the best possible treatment of the patients which
can decrease the risk of patient. Instead, her practice increases the risk of further health deterioration of
the patient as she does not change the wet bedsheets and does not empty the urine bottles regularly
(Burdsall et al., 2017). Hence from this it can be clearly stated that she is not meeting the NMBA standard
in delivering patient-centred and evidence-based care
Person-centred relationship in the healthcare setting is essential and is one of the most effective
and commonly used tools. To build a productive therapeutic person-centred relationship with the patient
effective communication between the patient and the health care staff is essential ( McCormack &
McCance, 2016). However in the case of Mary no such productive link has been found. Mary left her
patient most of the time unattended and spends her time at the nursing station, due to which she is not
able to connect effectively with the patient. According to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
(2019), standard 2, registered nurse should engage themselves in the therapeutic and professional
relationship with the patient. Mary does not follow the nursing standards, and hence from this it can be
stated that she has not maintained a productive therapeutic relationship with the patient.
By analyzing the case study, it is clear that Mary is not much involved in the appropriate and safe
nursing practice which might risk the life of the patients as well as decreases the patient outcomes. Hence
to avoid such adverse consequences she should change her nursing practice by the help of standards
stated by NMBA. She should increase her learning about safe and appropriate nursing practice. Along
with that she should try to maintain a productive relationship with the patient by spending more time with
patient and indulge in effective communication (Kilpatrick, Elliott & Fry, 2019). It will help her to gather
more information about the needs and concerns of the patient. Based on the data collected, she should
provide the best possible treatment available to the patient by the help of existing evidence through