Professional Nursing Practice: Skills, Goals, NMBA Compliance Report

This report details a nursing student's approach to professional nursing practice, encompassing their profile, skills, career goals, and strategies for compliance with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) standards. The student reflects on their clinical placement, highlighting skills such as empathy, compassion, and analytical abilities, which led to recognition as the best intern. The report includes a CV, detailing qualifications, employment history, and interests. It also features a reflection on the nursing program, including the role of a nurse as a community advocate and the importance of patient-centered and evidence-based care. The student identifies areas for improvement, such as individualized care and evidence-based practice, and outlines an action plan for future practice, emphasizing the importance of understanding NMBA standards, research, and therapeutic skills.

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Approach to Professional Nursing Practice
Student’s Name
University

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Approach to Professional Nursing Practice
Profile
I am a nursing student who just finished a four year degree in nursing from the Australian
College of Nursing. This course requires nursing practitioner students to undertake a minimum
of two week clinical placement which I recently completed at St Vincent’s Hospital as pediatrics
intern. I have the following skills which I believe are important in the nursing profession:
empathy, compassion, analytical skills, interpersonal skills, integrity and professionalism.
Personally I am a people’s person and I thrive well in group situations. I have good
communication and listening skills which I believe define a good nurse. I am also culturally
diverse and I have taken time to learn about the different cultures in Australia and the issues that
revolve around them like the indigenous populations. During my clinical placement, these skills
were reflected in my work which made me win the award of the best intern in the hospital for
that quarter. I also have attended the following short courses which I believe are relevant to
nursing: Certificate in Basic Emergency Obstetric care from CPD, Hospital administration from
CPD, and Certificate II in Health Services Assistance from All Health Training. My career goals
are to achieve the required nursing certification for practicing as a nurse and to upgrade my
nursing skills to advanced practitioner nurse after certification with major specialization in
Pediatrics. I am looking forward to finishing my licensing exam so that I can start practicing as a
registered nurse.
Strategies to achieve compliance with NMBA
The NMBA sets standards that require nurses to comply with them within clinical settings. Each
of the standards has several criterion that have to be met to ensure that each of the criteria can be

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met (NMBA, 2016). This means that as a practitioner, I have to develop the best nursing skills
that reflect the nursing standards. This will be achieved in the following areas.
Reading and understanding the requirements of the NMBA standards and identifying the major
areas that I need to work on.
Identify the relevant nursing skills for applying the NMBA standards and working on improving
them to achieve the best standards.
CV
Personal details
Name:
Address:
Contact number:
Email:
Qualifications
May 2017 to May 2019: Bachelor’s degree in Nursing at Australian College of Nursing.
October 2018: Certificate in Basic Emergency Obstetric care from CPD
February 2018: Certificate in Hospital administration from CPD
September 2017: Certificate II in Health Services Assistance from All Health Training
2016: James Ruse Agricultural High School
Employment history
July 2019 to date: Assistant Community Nurse (part time contract) Sydney Community Nursing
Center.
Main duties:
Assisting in the preparation of community training materials.

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Working with other registered nurses in disease prevention
Offering support self-management services to patients with life threatening conditions.
Assisting in research through collecting
Assisting families in getting social services within the locality.
August 2019:
Nursing practicum at St Vincent’s Hospital
Duties:
Working with the RN to identify changes in signs and symptoms in children in emergency
situations.
Administer medication as instructed by the RN.
Determine the child’s needs in pain management.
Evaluate children for any signs of abuse.
Provide supportive care for dying children.
Serve as a child advocate.
Work closely with the RN to learn about care management in the pediatrics section.
References
Name
Designation
Organization
Contacts
Name
Designation

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Organization
Contacts
Interests
Socializing with people from different backgrounds, reading articles or newspapers and watching
movies.
Continuing professional development
Planned short courses
Training in first aid.
Training in foreign languages French and Spanish.
Adult pain management course
Children pain management course
Alcohol and other drugs course
Career advancement
To continue with nurse training and obtain a master’s degree for Advanced Practice Registered
Nurse.
Research
Participate in research trials in different nursing areas like the upcoming early screening for Lung
Cancer study by St Vincent’s Hospital
Workshops
Annual ACN policy summit Canberra 2020
Seminars

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General Clinical Nursing Seminar- 11-12 May 2020 Sydney
ACN Community and Primary Healthcare Nursing Week
Reflection
Description
The nursing program entails a nurse acquiring the required academic qualification and
certification for one to work as nurse. This entails different learning content like theories, models
and case studies to understand the clinical environment. One of these readings is the nurse Carol
Perks reading which showed the role of the nurse as a community advocate who transformed the
lives of people in Laos through her nursing care. The nurse became the history of most women in
the locality due to her interventions maternal and child nutrition among the Khmu ethnic group.
The NMBA provides standards of practice that nurses are suppsoed to follow when dealing with
patients to increase the quakity of life of the patient. Through the nursing care approach, she
managed to teach mothers using patient-centered care and evidence-based approaches to teach
the best way achieving improved nutrition.
Feelings
As a nursing student, I am motivated by the nursing practice and I feel that this profession can be
used to transform the life of people in the society apart from treatment.
Evaluation
Nurses exist as the link between the patient and other medical professionals. This means that
they spend most time with the patients and if they can apply patient-centered care and evidence-
based approaches, they can achieve the best nursing outcomes within clinical situations.
However, I think I need to work on my individualized care and evidence-based care abilities and
knowledge to improve my nursing skills.

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Analysis
I think that by developing therapeutic and research skills, I can be able to adequately determine
which evidence-based approach and patient-centered care that specifically fits the needs of the
patient that I will be dealing with.
Conclusion
This learning activity has enabled me to understand the role of a nurse in a clinical environment
and improving the quality of life of patients. This means that I need to work on my nursing skills
as a way of becoming a better nursing professional.
Action Plan
In my future nursing practice, I have to work on understanding the NMBA standards, research
skills and therapeutic skills to understand the standards of care and application of clinical skills.
From the reading on Nurse Perks, it is evident that a nurse needs to have clinical knowledge and
an understanding of the evidence-based methods when dealing with patients. Stevens (2013)
suggets that evidence based practices provides the best way for dealing with clinical issues
within the nursig environmnet. This means that I have to appraise my skills and abilities in
different nursing areas to develop the best clinical outcomes required.