NMIH308 Assignment: Analysis of NMBA Standards for Nursing Practice

This report examines the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) standards of practice, specifically focusing on the application of these standards in nursing. It highlights two key learning outcomes: Skills and Knowledge Improvement, emphasizing the importance of comprehensive assessments conducted by nurses, and Effective Communication Skills, underscoring the need for nurses to build therapeutic and professional relationships with patients. The report details how nurses utilize these standards to enhance their knowledge, improve communication, and foster trust with patients. It emphasizes the importance of holistic and cultural approaches in patient care and the role of effective communication in explaining treatment options and promoting patient self-healing. The report references relevant literature to support its analysis, providing a comprehensive overview of the NMBA standards and their impact on nursing practice.

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The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) provides different codes of
conducts for the nurses to efficiently treat their patients. There are different inert connected
standards of nursing by NMBA, which helps the nurses to practice on a regular basis (Cashin et
al., 2017). One of the learning outcomes of the NMBA standards is Skills and Knowledge
Improvement. The standard 4: “Comprehensively conducts assessments”, dictates that the nurses
should conduct accurate, systematic and comprehensive assessments with efficient
communication skills (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, 2018). The nurses conduct the
assessments based on both the approach of holistic and cultural. It is the responsibility of nurse
to report the eminent information to their patients and healthcare professionals, which requires
different skills and with practice, the Nurses enhance their skills and knowledge (Jones, Shaban
& Creedy, 2015). By conducting the important information, the nurses develop their knowledge
and communication skills, which are highly required in Nursing.
Another learning outcome is Effective Communication Skills. The standard 2: “Engages
in Therapeutic and Professional Relationships”, implies that it is necessary for the patients to
build a therapeutic relationship with the patients (Nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au., 2019). By
using effective communication skills, in order to understand the patient’s perspectives, beliefs,
culture, values, dignity and viewpoints, in addition, to explain and guide the patients regarding
the choice of treatments. With the help of effective communication skills, the nurses are able to
build a bond, by which the patient trusts them, regarding their treatment and medication
procedure (Ossenberg, Dalton & Henderson, 2016). They guide them about the various
interventions, which might be beneficial for the treatment. Nurses, with the use of their
communication skills enhance the patient’s self-healing process, thereby providing efficient and
effective heath care treatment.

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References
Cashin, A., Heartfield, M., Bryce, J., Devey, L., Buckley, T., Cox, D., ... & Fisher, M. (2017).
Standards for practice for registered nurses in Australia. Collegian, 24(3), 255-266.
Jones, T., Shaban, R. Z., & Creedy, D. K. (2015). Practice standards for emergency nursing: An
international review. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 18(4), 190-203.
Nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au. (2019). Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia -
Professional standards. [online] Available at:
https://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/Codes-Guidelines-Statements/Professional-
standards.aspx [Accessed 8 Aug. 2019].
Ossenberg, C., Dalton, M., & Henderson, A. (2016). Validation of the Australian nursing
standards assessment tool (ANSAT): a pilot study. Nurse education today, 36, 23-30.