nursing bodies, rules, regs Flashcards
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency -
AHPRA
• AHPRA was formed by an Act of Parliament called the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act which is commonly referred to as National Law
• AHPRA manages the registration and renewal processes for 14 health professions
across Australia: Medical practitioners, Nurses and Midwives, Physiotherapists,
Podiatrists, Psychologists, Osteopaths, Chiropractors, Optometrists, Dentists (including
dental hygienists, prosthetists and therapists), Pharmacists, Occupational Therapists,
Radiographers, ATSI health workers, Chinese medical practitioners.
• Publishes national registers of health practitioners
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
NMBA
- Determines the regulatory requirements for nurses and midwives in Australia.
- Registering nursing and midwifery practitioners and students
- Developing standards, codes and guidelines for the nursing and midwifery profession
- Handling notifications, complaints, investigations and disciplinary hearings
- Assessing overseas trained practitioners who wish to practise in Australia
- Approving accreditation standards and accredited courses of study
- AHPRA supports the NMBA
National Law -Health Practitioner Regulation National
Law Act
Section 130 of the National Law requires a registered health practitioner to report to the relevant
National Board, within 7 days, if any of the following events has occurred:
• the practitioner is charged with an offence punishable by 12 months imprisonment or more
• the practitioner is convicted of an offence punishable by imprisonment
• the practitioner is no longer covered by professional indemnity insurance that complies with
the Board’s standard
• the practitioner’s practice rights at a hospital or other health facility have been withdrawn or
restricted due to the practitioner’s health, conduct or performance
Registration and enrolment requirements
- Criminal history check
- Recency of practice (3 months full time over past 5 years)
- Professional indemnity insurance
- Continuing professional development: complete a minimum of 20 hours annually
- English language proficiency
Documentation
- Correct patient details
- Date, time, signature, name, designation
- Legible,
- Mistakes crossed out appropriately
- No spaces
- Grammar
- Spelling
- Professional language; medical terminology
- Content: what, when, who, why, how.
- Objective, accurate brief, relevant and complete.
- Remember if its not documented it didn’t happen.
EN ethics codes (old 8) (new 4)
OLD ETHICS
- Nurses value quality nursing care for all people.
- Nurses value respect and kindness for self and others.
- Nurses value the diversity of people.
- Nurses value access to quality nursing and health care for all people.
- Nurses value informed decision making.
- Nurses value a culture of safety in nursing and health care.
- Nurses value ethical management of information.
- Nurses value a socially, economically and ecologically sustainable environment promoting health and wellbeing.
NEW ETHICS
- Nurses and people
- Nurses and practice
- Nurses and the profession
- Nurses and co-workers
NMBA Professional standards (10)
purpose ; support the code of conduct, give public idea what to expect respect and kindness for self and others standards for a breach consist approach with decisions
- Functions in accordance with the law, policies and procedures affecting EN practice
- Practices nursing in a way that ensures the rights, confidentiality, dignity and respect of people are upheld
- Accepts accountability and responsibility for own actions
- Interprets information from a range of sources in order to contribute to planning appropriate care
- Collaborates with the RN, the person receiving care and the healthcare team when developing plans of care
- Provides skilled and timely care to people whilst promoting their independence and involvement in care decision-making
- Communicates and uses documentation to inform and report care
- Provides nursing care that is informed by research evidence
- Practises within safety and quality improvement guidelines and standards
- Engages in ongoing development of self as a professional
scope of practice
Describes the procedures, actions and processes that an Enrolled Nurse can perform in keeping with their qualification.
define code of conduct
Outlines a set of minimum national standards of conduct members of the nursing profession are expected to uphold
• Informs the community of the standards of professional conduct it can expect nurses in Australia to uphold
• Provides consumer, regulatory, employing and professional bodies with a basis for evaluating the professional conduct of nurses
what are the codes of conducts (old 10) (new 7)
OLD CONDUCT
1. Nurses practise in a safe and competent manner
2. Nurses practise in accordance with the standards of the profession and broader health system.
3. Nurses practise and conduct themselves in accordance with laws relevant to the profession and
practice of nursing.
4. Nurses respect the dignity, culture, ethnicity, values and beliefs of people receiving care and
treatment, and of their colleagues.
5. Nurses treat personal information obtained in a professional capacity as private and
confidential.
6. Nurses provide impartial, honest and accurate information in relation to nursing care and health
care products.
7. Nurses support the health, wellbeing and informed decision making of people requiring or
receiving care.
8. Nurses promote and preserve the trust and privilege inherent in the relationship between nurses
and people receiving care.
9. Nurses maintain and build on the community’s trust and confidence in the nursing profession.
10. Nurses practise nursing reflectively and ethically
NEW CONDUCT
Principle 1: Legal compliance
Principle 2: Person-centred practice
Principle 3: Cultural practice and respectful relationships
Principle 4: Professional behaviour
Principle 5: Teaching, supervising and assessing
Principle 6: Research in health
Principle 7: Health and wellbeing
Vicarious Liability and example
The responsibility of an employer for the actions or of an employee.
• Shifts the financial responsibility from an individual who has been found liable for the
damage, to another individual or entity that has a greater financial capacity to bear the
loss.
eg - A nurse administers penicillin to a patient and failed to check his allergy status. The patient was
allergic to penicillin and suffered anaphylaxis (severe allergic reaction) as a consequence suffers
brain damage
restraint and false imprisonment
deliberate action to restrict someone free of movement or decision making. can restrain if; - legal doc order - speak to nok - last resort/all alternatives used - released regularly
the unlawful, intentional and complete action of restraint
duty of care
legal/moral care to be given.
high quality person-centred care
safety and wellbeing of patients
mental health act 2014
The Act promotes supported decision-making and encourages strong communication between health practitioners, consumers, their families and carers. It supports people with a mental illness to make and participate in treatment decisions and to have their views and preferences considered and respected.
- capacity to give informed consent and its meaning.
- circumstances when patients refused of treatment can be overridden.
- forms of restraint and their correct use.
why have insurance/what happens when breached
legal requirement, and finical support
- regitation cancelled - cant work again
- reg suspended - can work again after further studies or courses
- restrictions made to what your scope of practice is
