Nursing practice in Australia is governed by Codes of professional conduct, code of ethics, standards for practice and professional boundaries instituted by Nurses and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA). When administering prescribed medications to a client you refer to medication administration guidelines, policies, procedure and other legislative requirements relevant to medication administration. For the listed Codes of Conduct, Codes of Ethics and Standards for Practice, explain briefly how you would comply.
Code of Conduct
1.5) COC 5: Nurses treat personal information obtained in a professional capacity as private and confidential. COE 7: Nurses value ethical management of information.
Standard 2: Practises nursing in a way that ensures the rights, confidentiality, dignity and respect of people are upheld.
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Code of Conduct
1.6) COC 6: Nurses provide impartial,u comply with these standards? honest and accurate information in relation to nursing care and health care products.
Standard 6: Provides skilled and timely care to people whilst promoting their independence and involvement in care decision-making
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Code of COnduct
1.7) COC 8: Nurses promote and preserve the trust and privilege inherent in the relationship between nurses and people receiving care. COC 9: Nurses maintain and build on the community's trust and confidence in the nursing profession.
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Code of Conduct
1.8) COC 10: Nurses practise nursing reflectively and ethically Standard 8: Provides nursing care that is informed by research evidence
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COde of COnduct
1.9) Standard 3: Accepts accountability and responsibility for own actions
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Conduct Statement 5 - Nurses treat personal information obtained in a professional capacity as private and confidential
Explanation :-
The treatment of personal information should be considered in conjunction with the Guidelines to the National Privacy Principles 2001, which support the Privacy Act 1988 (Cwth).11 Many jurisdictions also have legislation and policies relating to privacy and confidentiality of personal health information including health care records.
1. Nurses have ethical and legal obligations to protect the privacy of people requiring and receiving care. This encompasses treating as confidential information gained in the course of the relationship between those persons and nurses and restricting the use of the information gathered for professional purposes only.
2. Nurses, where relevant, inform a person that in order to provide competent care, it is necessary to disclose information that may be important to the clinical decisionmaking by other members of a health care team or a nominated carer.
3. Nurses where practicable, seek consent from the persons requiring or receiving care or their representatives before disclosing information. In the absence of consent, nurses use professional judgement regarding the necessity to disclose particular details, giving due consideration to the interests, wellbeing, health and safety of the person in their care. Nurses recognise that they may be required by law to disclose certain information for professional purposes.
Conduct Statement 6 - Nurses provide impartial, honest and accurate information in relation to nursing care and health care products Explanation :-
1. When nurses provide advice about any care or product, they fully explain the advantages and disadvantages of alternative care or products so individuals can make informed choices. Nurses refrain from engaging in exploitation, misinformation or misrepresentation with regard to health care products and nursing care.
2. Nurses accurately represent the nature of their services or the care they intend to provide.
3. Where a specific care or a specific product is advised, nurses ensure their advice is based on adequate knowledge and not on commercial or other forms of gain. Deceptive endorsement of products or services or receipt of remuneration for products or services primarily for personal gain, other than remuneration in the course of a proper commercial relationship, is improper.
Conduct Statement 7 - Nurses support the health, wellbeing and informed decisionmaking of people requiring or receiving care .
Explanation :-
1. Nurses inform the person requiring nursing care and, where that person wishes, their nominated family members, partners, friends or health interpreter, of the nature and purpose of recommended nursing care, and assist the person to make informed decisions about that care.
2. In situations where a person is unable or unwilling to decide or speak independently, nurses endeavour to ensure their perspective is represented by an appropriate advocate, including when the person is a child.
Conduct Statement 8 - Nurses promote and preserve the trust and privilege inherent in the relationship between nurses and people receiving care
Explanation :-
1. An inherent power imbalance exists within the relationship between people receiving care and nurses that may make the persons in their care vulnerable and open to exploitation. Nurses actively preserve the dignity of people through practised kindness and respect for the vulnerability and powerlessness of people in their care. Significant vulnerability and powerlessness can arise from the experience of illness and the need to engage with the health care system. The power relativities between a person and a nurse can be significant, particularly where the person has limited knowledge; experiences pain and illness; needs assistance with personal care; belongs to a marginalised group; or experiences an unfamiliar loss of self-determination. This vulnerability creates a power differential in the relationship between nurses and persons in their care that must be recognised and managed.
2. Nurses take reasonable measures to establish a sense of trust in people receiving care that their physical, psychological, emotional, social and cultural wellbeing will be protected when receiving care. Nurses recognise that vulnerable people, including children, people with disabilities, people with mental illness and frail older people in the community, must be protected from sexual exploitation and physical harm.
3. Nurses have a responsibility to maintain a professional boundary between themselves and the person being cared for, and between themselves and others, such as the person’s partner and family and other people nominated by the person to be involved in their care.
4. Nurses fulfil roles outside the professional role, including those as family members, friends and community members. Nurses are aware that dual relationships may compromise care outcomes and always conduct professional relationships with the primary intent of benefit for the person receiving care. Nurses take care when giving professional advice to people with whom they have a dual relationship (e.g. a family member or friend) and advise them to seek independent advice due to the existence of actual or potential conflicts of interest.
5. Sexual relationships between nurses and persons with whom they have previously entered into a professional relationship are inappropriate in most circumstances. Such relationships automatically raise questions of integrity in relation to nurses exploiting the vulnerability of persons who are or who have been in their care. Consent is not an acceptable defence in the case of sexual or intimate behaviour within such relationships.
6. Nurses should not be required to provide nursing care to persons with whom they have a pre-existing non- professional relationship, reassignment of the persons to other nurses for care should be sought where possible. 7. Nurses take all reasonable steps to ensure the safety and security of the possessions and property of persons requiring and receiving care.
Conduct Statement 9 - Nurses maintain and build on the community’s trust and confidence in the nursing profession Explanation :-
1..The conduct of nurses maintains and builds public trust and confidence in the profession at all times.
2. The unlawful and unethical actions of nurses in their personal lives risk adversely affecting both their own and the profession’s good reputation and standing in the eyes of the public. If the good standing of either individual nurses or the profession were to diminish, this might jeopardise the inherent trust between the nursing profession and the public necessary for effective therapeutic relationships and the effective delivery of nursing care.
3. Nurses consider the ethical interests of the nursing profession and the community when exercising their right to freedom of speech and participating in public, political and academic debate, including publication.
Conduct Statement 10 - Nurses practise nursing reflectively and ethically Explanation :-
1. Nurses practise nursing reflectively and ethically, in accordance with the Code of Ethics for Nurses in Australia, in order to learn from experience and contribute to personal and professional practice.
2. Nurses develop and maintain appropriate and current quality nursing advice, support and care for each person requiring and receiving care and their partners, families and other members of their nominated social network. This responsibility also applies to colleagues of nurses.
3. Nurses evaluate their conduct and competency according to the standards of the nursing profession.
4. Nurses contribute to the professional development of students and colleagues.
5. Nurses participating in research do so in accordance with recognised research guidelines and do not violate their duty of care to persons receiving nursing care.
6. Nurses advise employers and any persons in their care of any reduction in their capacity to practise due to health, social or other factors, while they seek ways of redressing the problem.
Nursing practice in Australia is governed by Codes of professional conduct, code of ethics, standards for...
Nursing practice in Australia is governed by Codes of professional conduct, code of ethics, standards for practice and professional boundaries instituted by Nurses and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA). When administering prescribed medications to a client you refer to medication administration guidelines, policies, procedure and other legislative requirements relevant to medication administration. For the listed Codes of Conduct, Codes of Ethics and Standards for Practice, explain briefly how you would comply. Code of Conduct COC 1.1): Nurses practise in a...
Nursing practice in Australia is governed by Codes of professional conduct, code of ethics, standards for practice and professional boundaries instituted by Nurses and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA). When administering prescribed medications to a client you refer to medication administration guidelines, policies, procedure and other legislative requirements relevant to medication administration. For the listed Codes of Conduct, Codes of Ethics and Standards for Practice, explain briefly how you would comply. Code of Conduct How would you comply with these...
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