Nurses scope of practice Flashcards

1
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What legislation drives nursing practice?

A

Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act, 2009 (Qld)

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Who is nurses regulatory body?

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Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA)

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Who is AHPRA?

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Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

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4
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Who is ANMAC?

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Australian Nursing & Midwifery Accreditation Council

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5
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What scope of practice frameworks are available?

A
Codes
• Conduct & amp; Ethics
Guidelines
• Competency Standards 
• Decision Making Framework 
• Professional Boundaries 
• Professional Practice
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In reference to your own scope of practice? what is ACEing yourself?

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  • Authorised
  • Competent/Confident &
  • Educated to clinically perform
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How can we be competent?

6 steps

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  1. Self reflection – AHPRA license declaration; peer review
  2. Written transcripts - formal course
  3. In-service education session records – SEDB
  4. Direct observation of the skill
  5. Questioning of their/your knowledge base
  6. Consumer’s perspective / feedback
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What are professional boundaries?

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limits which protect the space between the professional’s power and the client’s vulnerability; that is they are the borders that mark the edges between a professional, therapeutic relationship and a non-professional or personal relationship between a nurse and a person in their care.

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What is the continum of professional behaviour?

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Disinterested neglectful
(under involement)

Therapeutic relationship
Zone of helpfulness

Boundary violations
(over involvement)

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What are boundary violations?

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result when nurses confuse their needs with the needs of the person in their care

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What is sexual misconduct?

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is an extreme form of boundary violation and includes any behaviour that is seductive, sexually demeaning, harassing or reasonably interpreted as sexual by the person who is in a therapeutic relationship with a nurse.

Sexual misconduct is sexual assault!

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What are the 4 main categories of boundaries?

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  1. Therapeutic relationships
  2. Access to/disclosure of information
  3. Gifts/services & financial relationships
  4. Dual relationships
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