Analysis of Transition to Professional Practice in Healthcare

This report provides an analysis of the transition to professional practice for registered nurses. It begins by clearly stating the position statement, which highlights the role of RNs in healthcare facilities and their contribution to patient well-being. The introduction describes the job of RNs and their responsibilities. The report also evaluates the nursing practice as a career, summarizing the main ideas and linking the position statement to the NMBA Registered Nurse Standards for Practice. The report emphasizes the importance of current references and updated guidelines. The author uses different colors to demonstrate the major points and lay emphasis on the most important areas that a registered nurse should have as they join the practice. However, the report could be improved by including the assumptions made during the analysis.

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Transition to Professional Practice
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Transition to Professional Practice
The position statement is clearly stated at the beginning, which makes it easy for the
reader to understand what issue the article solves. This justifies why the article was written as
well as making it clear what value it adds to the medical field. The introduction and conclusion
part enables one understands the issues being discussed which are the registered nurses and the
role they play in the healthcare facilities. At the introduction, there is a description of who a
Registered Nurse (RN) and why they exist in the hospitals. There is also a description of what
they do so as they contribute to the growth and wellbeing of the people in the society. Further,
the introduction demystifies the job description of the RNs as they work for an individual,
family, or a group(Gardner et al., 2008). At the conclusion part, an evaluation outcome gives
detailed information about the nursing practice as a career. It is a summary of the main ideas
presented in the paper making it easy to capture the main ideas.
The position statement relate to the topic as it shows the connection and flow of the entire
article. This gives it a free and open flow that enables a reader to follow from the beginning to
the end with ease. It is also easy to understand and expect in the entire paper from the
presentation of the position statement at the introduction part of the article(American Nurses
Association, 2010). In addition, the position statement succeeds at demonstrating the link to the
NMBA Registered Nurse Standards for Practice. This means that the reader is aware of what an
interested individual that wants to train as a nurse must fulfill and follow so that they can get
recognition in Australia. The practices are presented in a way that makes it easy to understand
and follow(Funnell et al., 2009). The article uses different colors to demonstrate the major points
and lay emphasis on the most important areas that a registered nurse should have as they join the
practice.

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The references used to support the position statement are current from 2015, which
means that it has the most credible and reliable information related to the registered nurses. An
updated version of guidelines that govern nurses is released after a specified time that enables the
nurses improve the services they extend to the patients who are under their care. One of the
sources which was written in 2007 is from the Board of Midwives and Nurses in Australia. It has
the current decision-making tools used by the medical practitioners as they extend their care to
patients. The framework changes after a review by the board depending on the needs brought
forward in the clinical practice(Chiarella et al., 2008). The author may have missed some
important information as they stated their position in the nursing field. They have not stated the
assumptions they made when working on the article, which means they might have picked what
to write on the paper and omitted some crucial information that might be of help to the registered
nurses.

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