The Role of CPD in Enhancing Nursing Practice in Australia

The essay critique evaluates a well-structured position statement that mandates Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for all registered health practitioners to adapt to evolving public healthcare needs. It underscores the importance of CPD in enhancing practitioner skills and aligns with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia's Registered Nurse Standards for Practice, which emphasize patient-centered approaches and professional relationships. The critique links NMBA standards with CPD programs to improve health care practices and patient outcomes, ensuring nurses possess up-to-date knowledge for optimal care delivery. Utilizing references from authoritative sources like the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and relevant literature, the essay substantiates its arguments on the necessity of CPD in achieving successful RN elements and safeguarding patient health.

Essay

Position statement critique:
The position statement is clearly structured and it has defined that all the registered health
practitioners have to take CPD programme which helps them to meet the changing requirements
of public health care. The assessment has also described importance of CPD in developing skills
and talents of practitioners. Objectives are also well described to ensure development of health
care as well as patients (Scanlon and et.al., 2016). The essay has highlighted needs of CPD and
support for NMBA standards that supports this position. Further, conclusion is also well
structured and summarises all important facts of essay. It has given clear cut idea of RN's
functionality in maintaining, updating, improving professional skills of practitioners.
Furthermore, position statement is related to the topic that is Nursing & Midwifery Board
of Australia Registered Nurse Standards for Practice. This is because NMBA has implemented
registration standards for continuing professional development and CPD has focused more on
increasing health practises in health care (Ryan and McAllister, 2017). Further RN is person
centred approach which works in professional relationships with families, groups and individuals
which helps them to recover from their health problems.
The position statement also demonstrated links to the NMBA Registered Nurse Standards
for Practice. This has shown interrelationship between the NMBA, CPD programs and RN
elements. The essay has shown that it has provided education, support and resources to people to
enhance their health-related decisions and their potentiality. This has directly helped the patients
(Cashin and et.al., 2015). Additionally, these has also benefited patients because these nurses are
able to make therapeutic bond between them. The essay has focused more on these practises to
ensure that patients are receiving best services. Further, Nurses must have up to date knowledge
to provide the best care to the patients.
The author has involved all the information to make the assessment reading successful. It
has taken information from Australian Health practitioner regulation agency which focuses on
CPD memberships of all registered health practitioners (Terry and et.al., 2017). Further, it has
also involved NMBA standard 3.2 and 2.4 report which has highlighted on the education
requirements and essential resources in providing health control services and related decisions.
In addition to this, various CPD programs are made to acquire RN so that skills and knowledge
of the practitioners can be enhanced to increase the health care practises and its outcomes for the
community, families and individuals. This has helped nurses to comply with different standards
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and RN to give safe, competent and best care to patients. The essay has further highlighted the
importance of CPD in making RN's elements successful (Gray, Rowe and Barnes, 2016). This is
because without CPD, RN operate successfully and places the health of patients at risks. The
references used to support the position statement are current and recent. They are properly
providing all the necessary information in the essay. They have given justification of all the
statements and information provided in the essay which is enough for reader to deeply
understand the position statement.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Cashin, A. & et.al. (2015). Development of the nurse practitioner standards for practice
Australia. Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice. 16(1-2). 27-37.
Gray, M., Rowe, J. & Barnes, M. (2016). Midwifery professionalisation and practice: Influences
of the changed registration standards in Australia. Women and Birth. 29(1). 54-61.
Ryan, C. & McAllister, M. (2017). Enrolled Nurses’ experiences learning the nurse preceptor
role: A qualitative evaluation. Collegian. 24(3). 267-273.
Scanlon, A. & et.al. (2016). The complexities of defining nurse practitioner scope of practice in
the Australian context. Collegian. 23(1). 129-142.
Terry, K. & et.al. (2017). An overview of the ways nurses understands and utilise the existing
Australian Competency Standards for Registered Nurses. Collegian. 24(2). 109-116.
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