Lecture One: Week Six

Question 1

What is the “famous five nursing documents?”

Answer 1

1. The code of conduct for nurses (2016)
2. Guidelines: Professional Boundaries (2012)
3. Guidelines for cultural safety: Treaty of Waitangi and Maori health in nursing education and practice (2012)
4. Competencies for registered nurses (2012)
5. Social media and electronic communications 2013

Question 2

What does NCNZ say about healthcare and social media?

Answer 2

• An exciting and valuable tool when used wisely.
• Can benefit healthcare in a variety of ways, including fostering professional connections, and promoting timely communication with patients and family members.
• Nurses are responsible for maintaining the same standards of professional behaviour in social and electronic media as they would when communicating face to face

Question 3

What is the “harmful digital communications act (2015)”?

Answer 3

• Designed to REDUCE THE HARM caused to individuals by digital communications
• Provides VICTIMS of harmful digital communications with a QUICK and efficient way to set it right
• Makes people watch their digital communications and make sure its not intimidating (CYBERBULLYING)

-Never breach confidence or make a false allegation

Question 4

What are the “six P’s to social media use”

Answer 4

Ask yourself… is this post
- Professional
- Positive
- Patient/ person free
- Protecting yourself
- Privacy
- Pause before you post

Question 5

What is the code of conduct for nurses?

Answer 5

The Code both advises nurses and tells the public what they can expect of a nurse in terms of their professional role. A set of principles that must be upheld.

The Code is framed around four core values – respect, trust, partnership and integrity

Question 6

What is the document “Guidelines: Professional Boundaries” for?

Answer 6

To provide advice to nurses (and the public) on nurses maintaining appropriate professional relationships with health consumers.

Nurses must be aware of their professional responsibility to maintain appropriate personal, sexual and financial boundaries in relationships with current and former health consumers and their families.

This guideline contains standards of behaviour from the Code of Conduct for nurses and more detailed advice on professional boundary issues and how they should be managed.

Question 7

What is the document “Guidelines for Cultural Safety, the Treaty of Waitangi and Maori Health” for

Answer 7

Own document.

Competencies outlined in the scopes of practice for nurses require the nurse to practise nursing in a manner that the health consumer determines as being CULTURALLY SAFE, and to demonstrate ability to APPLY THE PRINCIPLES OF THE TREATY of Waitangi/Te Tiriti O Waitangi to nursing practice.

Question 8

What is the document “Competencies for registered nurses (2012)” for and what are the four domains

Answer 8

The Nursing Council Competencies for Registered Nurses describe the skills and activities of registered nurses.

There are four domains of competence for the registered nurse scope of practice.
Domain 1: Professional responsibility
Domain 2: Management of nursing care
Domain 3: Interpersonal relationships
Domain 4: Interprofessional healthcare and quality improvement

Evidence of safety to practise as a registered nurse is demonstrated when the applicant meets the competencies within the following domains

Question 9

What is the document “Social media and electronic communications 2013” for

Answer 9

To provide advice to nurses on using social media and other forms of electronic communication.