Running head: ROLE OF NMBA AND ANMF Role of NMBA and ANMF Name of the student: Name of the university: Author note:
1 ROLE OF NMBA AND ANMF Table of Contents 1.........................................................................................................................................2 The role of NMBA:..........................................................................................................2 The role of ANMF:..........................................................................................................2 2.........................................................................................................................................2 Registration standard: continuous professional development:......................................3 Registration standard: criminal history:..........................................................................3 Registration standard: English language:......................................................................3 Registration standard: profession indemnity:.................................................................3 Registration standard: Recency of practice:..................................................................4 Enrolled nurse standards for practice:...........................................................................4 Part B:............................................................................................................................4 1.Immediate actions:...............................................................................................4 2.Learning needs:....................................................................................................5 3.Learning activities:................................................................................................5 References:........................................................................................................................7
2 ROLE OF NMBA AND ANMF 1. The role of NMBA: The nursing and midwifery board of Australia was established in the year of 2009 by the Australian Health Workforce Ministerial Council in order to monitor all the aspects ofthenursingand midwiferypracticeintheNSW andtheterritory regions.The functions of NMBA board abide by the health practitioner regulation national law in all of the NSW states and territory. There are 5 core areas of function that is performed by the NMBA, registration of the nursing and midwifery students, development of the practice standards, code of conduct, and guidelines for nurses and midwives, handling the disciplinary complaints and investigations, assessment of the non-citizen practitioners and approval of accreditation standards in nursing and midwifery practice (Savarese et al., 2010). The NMBA plays a pivotal role in the direction and understanding of the policy design and implementation within the scope of practice for nurses and midwives in Australiaaswell.TheNMBAincollaborationwithAustralianhealthpractitioner regulation agency or AHPRA set the policies and practice guidelines and actively oversee the compliance of these policies. The role of ANMF: ANMF stands for Australian nursing and midwifery federation, which can be defined as the union for the registered and enrolled nurses, midwives and nursing assistants who are practicing in any of the NSW state and territory within Australia. The ANMF had been established in the year of 1924 in the name of Australian nursing federation, which was later changed to ANMF and presently comprises of 249000 members all throughout Australia. The primary role within the context of health care provided by the nursing professionals, ANMF contributes in advancement of industrial, political and professional status of the members of this union. The mission statement of the ANMF had been to avoid the American style payment system in the health care and keep the health care provided as accessible and cost effective as possible. Along with that, the roles of the ANMF also extend to safeguarding the best interests of the nursing professionals practicing in Australia, such as employment, workload, shifts, training and skill enhancements and any other challenges faced by the nurses or midwifery professionals practicing in Australia. Lastly the ANMF plays a profound role in monitoring and evaluating the practice conditions of the nursing or midwifery health professionals, attempting to improve health care services for both the patients and the professionals who provide the care (Scanlon et al., 2012). 2.
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