Professional Practice Portfolio Report: Nursing Standards and Skills

This report delves into the development and use of a professional practice portfolio within the nursing profession. It begins by defining a professional practice portfolio, highlighting its components such as resumes, professional values, and the importance of SWOT analysis for skill identification. The report then explores the portfolio's role as a tool for documenting professional growth and meeting complex requirements of patients and families. The report discusses management and leadership skills within the nursing context. A key section provides a description of a real-life situation, detailing the context, individuals involved, delegated responsibilities, and the outcomes, along with a critical discussion on the importance of nurse-patient relationships. Finally, the report considers professional membership, focusing on the author's career interest in becoming a National Advanced Life Support (ALS) Coordinator through the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN), and how this aligns with their professional development and goals, including the ability to train healthcare professionals and enhance their skills.

Developing a Professional
Practice Portfolio

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
1. Professional practice portfolio use...............................................................................................1
1.l Description..............................................................................................................................1
1.2 Argument...............................................................................................................................2
1.3 Management and leadership..................................................................................................2
2. Professional Standards.................................................................................................................3
2.1 Description of situation..........................................................................................................3
2.2 Critical discussion..................................................................................................................4
3. Professional Membership............................................................................................................5
3.1 Report on peak professional nursing organisation.................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
There are different type of issues that are faced by people in relation their health. It is
important to make sure that proper steps are taken by them in which they can overcome the in
appropriate manner. In this process involvement of nurses and professional are highly important
as they are one who has appropriate knowledge for the issue or problems faced by people ( Jones
and Shelton, 2011). This report covers describing a professional practice portfolio and the
recommended components. Further, it covers critical discussion on demonstrating how
professional nursing is practiced. Lastly, it also includes consideration of personal interest and
reporting on a peak professional nursing organization relevant to career path.
1. Professional practice portfolio use
1.l Description
Nursing portfolio is helpful for the nurses to keep track of their professional goals,
competencies, skills and accomplishments. Portfolio is developed by nurses to show their future
employers what they have and who they are (Ivers, Jamtvedt and Oxman, 2012). In other words,
it is a type of tool that enables them to secure their nursing job. During the training period of
nurses, they are asked by many nursing schools to develop nursing portfolio. This is helpful for
them to get started with their skills and capabilities that they possess. At the time when portfolio
is created, it is important for nurses to make sure that they have proper understanding about the
type areas that they are highly skilled and the once that needs to be developed. In other words,
one id required to make their own SWOT analysis so that all the areas in which they are highly
skilled can be identified.
Further, there are different set of areas that has to be considered before development of
portfolio is done. With this respect, below given are some of the recommendations that should be
considered by nurses:
Resume: This is the description of the overall education, their skills, capabilities, etc. All
these need to be specified so that the viewer is able to determine the areas in which they will be
able to get support from (Hall, Byszewski and Stodel, 2012). This way, it can be stated that
nurses need to focus on develop their resume in which all the information related with their
education, experience they have and the areas in which development that are required to be
made.
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Professional values: Further, it includes information about personal values and beliefs
that the nurses have during their professional life. This is done so that viewers are able to
determine the personal characteristic. In order to be a nurses, it is important to have proper
understanding of the situations that a patient goes through. By making an page essay on personal
values and beliefs.
1.2 Argument
Professional nursing portfolio is considered to be effective professional tool in order to
accomplish and document professional growth. It is practices in several years and it is
recommended by NCSBN (The national council of state boards of nursing). This is helpful
enough to provide education direction and structure. Further, it is a type of mechanism to track
both formal competency valediction and educational skills (Hauer, Soni and O’Sullivan, 2013).
However, there are some set of issues that are also faced from the side of nurses when it is
developed. In conditions when nurses have not make proper record for their education and
details about their experience they have, then it has negative impact on their growth prospective.
Further, it provides an active reference that is helpful for determine the way that how nurses are
able to meet the complex requirements of families and professional practices. Portfolio is
generally develop in order to make staff nurses to reflect on the areas in which development is to
be made. For a nurse, there are certain set of skills and capabilities that has to be performed,
when these are not properly done, then it has negative impact on deliver high quality services to
patients. In other words, it is a mind-blowing tool for recording the experiences that nurses have.
Further, there is various kind of forms that are maintained in maintaining portfolio like
certifications, awards, honours, etc. (Trede, Macklin and Bridges, 2012). Apart from this, it also
indicates the development path through its wide design but it requires nurses to have hard work
and time to complete it. Nurses are also provided to with training so that they are able to
understand the aspects that need to be covered in the portfolio. In this training section it covers
detailed information regarding strategies on who nurses need to cover all these aspects in
appropriate manner.
1.3 Management and leadership
Management can be determined as a discipline of managing various type of thinks that
are provide to a person. In accordance with the nurses, there are different types of roles that are
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given to them which are to be completed with speculated time period. In this context, it is
important to have appropriate management skills so that all the works can be managed in
appropriate manner (Willis, Valenti and Inman, 2010). On the other hand, leadership is
considered to be the quality of influencing people so that all the objectives set are attained with
enthusiasm and willingness. For a nurse, main skill is to understand the type of issues or
problems that are faced by them. Apart from this, they should be able to direct and guide them so
that they deliver high quality services. Leadership enables to influence other and management
control others. Further leadership make use of formulation of the principles and guidelines,
management make use of policies and procedures. In context with the professional practice
portfolio is I important for the nurses to have these skills so that they are able to gain effective
growth and development. With the help of leadership they can guide and direct patients. On the
other hand, with the help of management, they are able to complete all their tasks within
speculated time period (Jack and Donnellan, 2010).
2. Professional Standards
2.1 Description of situation
A nurse has different type of situations that they go through and these make them develop
their skills and capabilities. With this respect, one of the situation that was faced by me is being
described by making use of five different elements and they are as follows:
Context of practice: This situation was occurred at hospital
Who were involved: patient with metal disability and their family members.
Delegated to be to done: I was responsible to look after the patient and to provide
medication with the prescribed time that was given by doctor (Wald, Anthony and Donato,
2015).
Enacted on delegated responsibility: I made a time table in which all the medications that
had to be provided to the patients were written. Further, it also included all the requirements that
are needed by the patients. As per the patients who have mental disability need to be provided to
be effective care and support. I was facing difficulty to make the patient take all medications.
Further, in this process the patients mostly got violent and I had to take help from his family
members as the patient was comfortable with them and he allowed them to provide them with
medications.
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Outcome of the situation: In order to overcome this issue, I have to visit the patient with
their family members so that I was able to develop strong relationship with him. With time, I was
able to do so and was able to make the patient trust on me (Croft, Coggshall and Powers, 2010).
This way, it can be stated that I needed patients and proper understanding of requirements of
patients.
2.2 Critical discussion
Within student nurse practice, I was focused on proving all type of information that will
be appropriate enough to make sure that all the details that are provide are understood by each
one. In order to make understand other regarding the case, it was important to for each of the
nurse to understand the set of roles and responsibilities that has to be played by each one so that
they are able to understand the case in effective manner. As per the roles that have to be played,
it is essential that all type of issues that are faced from the side of patients is identified and
strategies are developed so that they can be satisfied. When the roles that have to be played by
nurses are clear, then it becomes favourable enough to make them understand the case
efficiently. In accordance with the issue that was faced, it was important for me to develop strong
relationship with patient and this was possible by spending time and with effective commination
(Hall, Byszewski and Stodel, 2012). As a nurse, it was important for me to provide the patient
with time to time medication. And so I took the decision to visit the patient with his family
member so that he is able to develop trust. As per the action I focused on developing strong
relationship with the patient. The visit was done on regular basis and with time strong
relationship was developed. I needed to be patient so that I was able to understand the
requirement of patients. Lastly, the type of responsibility that had to be developed by me needed
to be strong. This was only possible when I spend time and as per the role it is important for me
to deliver proper case support to patient.
All these considerations were that was helpful for me to make them understand the
situations that was and the steps that were taken by me to overcome them.
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3. Professional Membership
3.1 Report on peak professional nursing organisation
As per my career, my professional interest lies on getting course as a National Advanced
Life Support (ALS) Coordinator EOI. This is a type of opportunity that is provided by Australian
College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN) (Ivers, Jamtvedt and Oxman, 2012). This will be
helpful enough to make sure that I am able to provide appropriate training to nurses so that they
are able to deliver skills and guidelines to health care professionals. This career will be relevant
for me to develop and grow in appropriate direction.
This organization is helpful enough to make me skilled so that I able to handle any type
of adverse cases. Further, the type of support that is provided by this organization enables to
grow in all aspects. The organization aim and monitoring all the people who are involved and
then they analyse each one of them. This way, as per the findings that are made, they provide
them with training and make them get ready for any type of issues that are faced by them. As per
the professional opportunity that I will get is that I can also become a training who will guide and
direct healthcare professional (Jones and Shelton, 2011). This will be helpful for my career as I
will cover all the areas that can make me enhance my skills. Further, each of the person I will
train will have different set of skills and capabilities and I will be able to make understand the
aspects that have to be covered. Apart from this, I can also handle all type of patients and this is
important for me to perform so that I can make sure that all the aspects that is covered by me is
effective and is helpful for me to support others. When the rate of experience that a person as a
nurse gets is effective then they are able to provide effective training to others.
CONCLUSION
From this report, it can be concluded that nurses are the one who have direct contact and
interaction with patients. in this context, it is required to taken up steps so that they are able to
develop strong relationship with then as it helps to know the issues or problems that are faced by
them. Further, they should know the roles and responsibilities that have to be played by them.
Further, training should be provided so that they are able to develop them in effective manner.
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