Nursing is an international profession that deals with vulnerable patients in their care, therefore, it is a highly regulated practice that needs to follow strict legal and ethical frameworks. The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) produces standards and principles nurses must follow to ensure that healthcare is synecdochized and controlled professionally. A main concept that maintains safe, high-quality health care and correlates with the lawful and moral structure of nursing is confidentiality. This underpins professional practice primarily through the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) and the International Council of Nurses (ICN). These frameworks guide …show more content…
Electronic medical records (EMR) have been implemented for this. The EMR has access controls like passwords and PINs to make sure only authorised staff can access certain medical records. Nurses can maintain confidentiality in practice by following the policies and procedures of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, the NMBA, HIPAA, the company and their systems like EMR. Nurses use laws to guide their decision-making, these laws are provided through policies, procedures and required training. This guides nurses’ decisions on how to provide high-quality health care by following the key professional legal frameworks that direct them when in practice. By nurses following these trainings, it provides them with a broad knowledge of confidentiality and how to maintain it within all aspects of practice. Nurses should follow confidentiality legally by ensuring no non-consensual photos are taken and maintain the security of patient records by following the Privacy Act 1988
safe by shielding them with qualified and skilful nurses and midwives to provide nursing and midwifery care. NMBA works together for the smooth functioning with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). This board is legally constituted body which is accountable for registering the students, midwifery practitioners and nurses only to them who will fulfil the conditions of the board in the proper manner. The guidelines, codes and the developing standards comes under this board which
is a technology used by individuals, groups and businesses to share information and interact with one another through the virtual world. The use of Social Media in Health Care brings new aspects as it is a technology that can be used by the public, patients, and the multidisciplinary teams to correspond with one another about any health issues. (Moorhead , et al., 2013) Globally the level of accessibility of information and communication
This assessment will address the potential and risk assessment of using social media in health care. Furthermore, it will address the policies and guidelines which all nurses are expected to adhere. In the past few years, the popularity of social media has increased tremendously. The board and evolving term ‘social media’ can be defined as a group of web-based applications and technology such as Facebook and Twitter that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content (Power, 2014).
reflective practice there are two various types of reflection; reflection in action and reflection on action. Reflection in action is the process in which a practitioner, while still performing a procedure, recognizes a new situation or problem, and thinks about it (Atkins and Murphy, 1994). Whereas reflection on action is when a practitioner reflects retrospectively to practice to uncover accompanying feelings and knowledge used in a particular situation (Atkins and Murphy, 1994). It is beneficial
The regulation of healthcare professionals in Australia, specifically Registered Nurses, Enrolled Nurses, and Allied Healthcare, is overseen by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) through the regulation of registration requirements. AHPRA and the NMBA play a crucial role in upholding the standards, registration requirements, and practice standards for Registered Nurses. These organisations are integral to ensuring that
The code of professional conduct for nurses’ states in conduct statement 2, that a nurse must practice in adherence to the standards of their profession and the health board. In instances where a nurse observes any circumstance that goes against professional standards, or is unethical or unlawful practice, they must report this to the appropriate authorities. Further stated, is that if the issue is not resolved
as a professional in their field, they must adhere to specific guidelines and codes. In the healthcare field, these guidelines are there to protect patients and health workers and to uphold perception of healthcare workers and their professions in society. Firstly the concept of professional identity will be discussed. Secondly the agencies and associations that set guidelines for the nursing profession will be identified. Thirdly the way in which these guidelines effect the profession and care received
Health care professions have evolved as specialist area of practise and enterprises as the growth of knowledge about health care practises increased to a point where no one person or profession could encompass all aspects of practise. This is referred to as professional identity. Each health care profession is regulated by a particular set of guidelines and code of conduct that all individual practitioners follow. These guidelines may also require the professional to register under the Australian
Health and human service delivery is relevant over all allied health roles, and involves working to achieve the utmost physical health, mental health and wellbeing, so that a valued life can be lead (1. DHS). The ability for a professional to provide the most beneficial health care to a patient is directly to related to the idea of professional identity. Once reached a level of professionalism a person will then be able to apply themselves within that profession using an acquired set of skills and
under subdivision 6 of National Law if the practitioner admits it in writing to tribunal. Section 149C (1) (a) and (b) of national law empowers tribunal, if it is satisfied a practitioner is not competent to practice the practitioner’s profession, or a nurse is guilty of professional misconduct, to suspend or cancel the registration. In this case, his honor had explained that the departure from elementary and generally accepted standard that a practitioner could scarcely be heard to say could amount
sacked after horror games with patients revealed. Retrieved from News: http://www.news.com.au/national/nursing-home-horrors-uncovered/story-e6frfkvr-1226016507730 Who we are. (2013, October). Retrieved from Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency: http://www.ahpra.gov.au/About-AHPRA/Who-We-Are.aspx
Australian Health and Social Care Systems Assignment 1. Introduction This report will be focusing on the mental health of prisoners, particularly those who are entering prison. Mental health is often defined as a state of wellbeing in which an individual realises their own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully and is able to contribute to their community ("WHO | Mental health: a state of well-being", 2017). However, this definition is not applied