Nursing Assignment: Reflecting on and Improving Professional Practice

This assignment delves into the critical aspects of reflecting on and improving professional nursing practice. It examines the relevance of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) Standards for Practice, specifically for Enrolled Nurses, and explores the importance of continuous professional development (CPD). The assignment covers the required hours of CPD, rights and responsibilities of workers and employers, and the impact of nurses' values, beliefs, and behaviors on their practice. It describes processes of professional reflection, industry networking, and professional association engagement as professional development opportunities. The assignment also includes training options, informal and formal learning methods, and the creation of a personal development plan. Moreover, it provides examples of work methods and practices to improve performance, clarifies the concept of job shadowing, and outlines different learning styles. References include various books and journals relevant to nursing practice and education.

Reflect on and improve own professional practice
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Knowledge questions
1. Which domain of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia Standards for Practice: Enrolled
Nurses relate to reviewing and improving own practice. Briefly describe.
NMBA stands for the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. It contains some functions as set
by the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, as in force in The National Law. Nursing practice
and midwifery are regulates by NMBA in Australia. Its key functions to protect to the public. The
Enrolled nurse standards for practice are the core practice standards that provide the framework for
assessing enrolled nurse (EN) practice (Pugh, Cramer and Robinson, 2018). They conduct a better
communication with the general public.
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2. How many hours of annual continuing professional development must an enrolled nurse complete to
comply with the NMBA’s Registration Standards: Continuing Professional Development 2016?
For become a part of the health care team the EN works with the registered nurse. It complies
competence in the provision of people centred care. At every time the EN takes the responsibility for
any nurse under the supervision of registered nurse. At all the time there is a need for the EN to have
an accessible and named RN in all context of care.
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3. If an Enrolled Nurse has held registration for three (3) months prior to the renewal of registration, how
many hours of CPD (pro-rata CPD requirement) must this nurse complete?
CDP plan would be that document which is telling what is the strength and weakness of an
enrolled nurse and how could they develop their strength or overcome weakness. It is required as per
the CDP documentation for a nurse to complete about 20 hours of registration with addition of 10
hours so that they could then prescribe patient for medicines and diagnose for consulting. This is when
they have only completed registration of minimum of 3 months.
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4. Identify two (2) rights and two (2) responsibilities of workers relevant to reviewing and improving
own practice.
As a worker the important rights and responsibilities relevant to reviewing and improving
themselves are – worker must be providing and maintain safe plant so that risk areas are less and
controlling work pace and providing systems to prevent falls from heights (Slatyer, Cramer and Twigg,
2016). There are also proper arrangements for the safe use, handling, proper storage and transport of
dangerous goods and other hazardous products. At the work place there are also providing the adequate
facilities such as cool and clean drinking water, clean toilets, proper hygienic areas etc.
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5. Identify two (2) rights and two (2) responsibilities of employers relevant to reviewing and improving
work practices of employees.
Every employer has the knowledge of their duties and rights about improving work practices of
employees. Here some are explained, employer must be ensure about information, instruction and training
and supervision about their workers and ensure also about their safety. Every employer must be
investigate incidents and take action to avoid having something similar happen again.
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6. Why is it important for nurses to understand the effect of their values, beliefs and behaviour on their
professional practice?
In nursing career it will present with all situations and sorts of issues to which this will react.
There are many problems and issues against nurses like doing good, honesty and valuing someone's worth
and being good about something. When providing health care pre planning of safety about these things is
mandatory.
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7. Briefly describe the processes of professional reflection (in 110 – 140 words).
Networking is the best part of the nursing profession. The most important benefit of build a
professional networking is the to many opportunities for nurses. Many organisation offer
opportunities for nurses around the globe to get involved close to home. Also, there are so many
groups dedicated to specific nursing specialities which are open to those who are working in
specialized care.
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8. Briefly describe how industry networking provides professional development opportunities for nurses
(in 50 – 80 words).
It is very much essential for nurses to have professional opportunities and this could be done only
when they are given exposure to build up correct and good communication network. This professional
opportunities would be helping them to grow their knowledge of industry and all current trends
(Dalton, Gee and Levett-Jones, 2015). Thus networking would be giving more education, skills
development and experience so that they would be preforming at certain level.
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9. Briefly describe how engaging with professional associations provides professional development
opportunities for nurses (in 50 – 80 words).
If the nurses are given chance to engage or expose with professional associations alike that of
American Association for Critical Care Nurse (AACN) then they would be gaining more
information. They could be then performing in way of professional degree or level all knowledge or
opportunities would be gained with role related to work with professionalism.
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10. Provide five (5) training options available for nurses for professional development.
 Associate of science in nursing
 Bachelor of science in nursing
 Master science in nursing
 Licensed vocation nurse LPN
 Continuing education
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11. Briefly describe and provide two (2) examples of the informal ways of learning and developing
for nurses (in 50 – 80 words).
There are some ways which would be proving informal way of learning and developing for
nurses and these would be helping in training as well.
 Every day complex personal development- this way would be helping nurse to develop
themselves in more proper and workplace learning.
 Working in free environment- this is also important factor that is enabling in more
professional and personal development in informal way.
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12. Briefly describe and provide two (2) examples of the formal ways of learning and developing for
nurses (in 50 – 80 words).
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 Direct observation session- this would be good example of formal way of learning which is
conducted at time when they are practicing nurse. Their supervisor would be observing them
on daily bases as per their work performed so that they would be able to guide them.
 Self-assessment- this is also a way to give formal learning and development for nurses which
is helping them to make their own assessment and then identify strength and weakness.
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13. Complete the following table outlining the principles and techniques for:
 Creating a personal development plan
 Personal goal setting
 Setting realistic timeframes
 Measuring progress and performance
Activity Identify two (2) principles Identify two (2) techniques
a. Creating a
personal
development
plan
 Taking correct action
 New skills development  Setting time limits
 Making the best decisions out of
the given choice
b. Personal
goal setting  The goal should be
attainable
 Personal goal must be
specified
 Measurable goals
 Relevant goals
c. Setting
realistic
timeframes
 The goals must be
timely achieved
 They should be realistic
in all respect
 Time must be measurable
 Time must be realistic
d. Measuring
progress and
performance
 Setting up of
measurable goal
 Activities must be
predefined
 PDP
 Time frame technique
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14. Provide three (3) examples of work methods that can help nurses to improve their performance.
It is very much important that nurse are working in order to improve their performance and
working each day so that they could be learn from their daily operations.
 Stop doing multitasking- this is very essential if nurse need to improve level of their
performance which would be helping them to manage all their work on timely and daily
bases.
 Avoiding distraction- in order to work in proper and efficient manner it is required that
nurse are not getting distracted with other least important things (Jairath, Costello, and
Rudy, 2016).
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 Managing interruptions- all the activities should be organized as per their priority and
doing their work on listing bases so that they could be able to manage all interruptions.
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15. Briefly describe three (3) examples of work practices that can help nurses to improve their
performance.
 Setting milestone- this could be done on daily bases from the starting point of their
working or time they need to set one benchmark activity which is regarded to as the most
important one.
 Organizing priorities- making list of activities and then doing as per that list is very
much important which all need to do if they are working as nurse.
 Asking questions- is the nurse are asking sensible questions to their supervisors then this
would be helping in improving their performance.
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16. What is meant by job shadowing? How could a nurse benefit from job shadowing?
This is when a nurse is observing any person who is regarded to as responsible and knowledgeable
person in that field this is called to as job shadow. This would be including long hours visiting to that
person and then observing that person on regular bases so that they could be helpful for nurse
(Slatyer, Cramer and Twigg, 2016). This is beneficial for nurse in sense that they could be able to
learn many things from them.
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17. Briefly describe the following three (3) learning styles outlining how they relate to individual
learners (in 30 – 60 words each):
a. Visual learning style
In this type of learning is done on the bases of many visual effects like that of video presentation.
This would be helpful for them in way that they could learn from this on effective bases.
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b. Auditory learning style
Under this type of learning would be calling for audio visual styles which is to include many type
of audios. In this they would helping them in order to learn and grow with listening skills are also
been modified.
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c. Kinesthetic learning style
This is the combination of both the above learning styles which is enabling them to listen and
visualise all the effects and then learn.
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REFERNCES
Books and Journals:
Pugh, J.D., Cramer, J.H.,. and Robinson, M., 2018. Adaptation and pretesting of the College
Persistence Questionnaire V3 (Short Form) for measuring intention to persist among Aboriginal
Diploma of Nursing students. Nurse education today. 61. pp.162-168.
Slatyer, S., Cramer, J., and Twigg, D.E., 2016. Barriers and enablers to retention of Aboriginal
Diploma of Nursing students in Western Australia: An exploratory descriptive study. Nurse
education today. 42. pp.17-22.
Dalton, L., Gee, T. and Levett-Jones, T., 2015. Using clinical reasoning and simulation-based
education to'flip'the Enrolled Nurse curriculum. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing,
The. 33(2). p.29.
Jairath, N., Costello, J., and Rudy, L., 2016. The effect of preceptorship upon diploma program
nursing students' transition to the professional nursing role. Journal of Nursing Education. 30(6).
pp.251-255.
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