NUR2101 Nursing

Nursing is a career that gives protection, promotes and optimizes health and abilities, offers prevention to injuries and alleviates pain (RN.com, 2014: American public health nursing section, 2013). The career is suitable for people who are knowledgeable, skilled and do have the character of independent thinking. The nursing practice aims at improving the behavior, attitude, and judgment of the learner (Rusell, JD, MN & RN, 2012). It also helps in developing the skills and the abilities of the learner. People who are not mentally fit are not allowed to practice as nurses. The profession involves risk-taking to the life of a human being.

There are doubts on the delivery of credible services by someone who is not mentally fit.  In most cases, students are advised to follow their aspirations as they pursue the career. This is commended since it helps to get the persons with the required skills and abilities (Nursingmidwifelyboard.gov.au, 2017). The nursing profession is monitored by the government in terms of qualification and discipline.  The monitoring is done in a bid to offer protection to citizens’ form being harmed in the treatment process.

The paper reviews the professional standards of nursing practice and their relevance. It also discusses the relationship between the standards and gives the analysis of the professional issues in the given standards. The paper also sights alternative views and gives supportive evidence.

The standard of nursing is defined as an authoritative statement that states the legal requirement and professional basis in the nursing practice (America Nurses Association, 2015). The standards also specify the duties that nurses are required to perform with respect to their carrier. There are seven main categories of nursing standards i.e. standard 1-standard 7 (NMBA, 2016). The paper discusses two of the seven standards. The two standards are standard 1 and standard 2. Standard 1 is demonstrated to include critical thinking and analyses of nursing practice.

 Critical thinking is defined as a process through which a person develops improves his or her way of thinking (Black, 2011). The process involves the use of skills and application of intellectual knowledge.  In nursing, critical thinking is a very vital aspect since it ensures the delivery of high quality services.

The virtue helps the nurses in developing assumptions concerning patients, gathering necessary information form patients and in developing ways to handle the situation of the patient.  As a result, the nurses are able to develop good strategies for solving problems. In addition, through critical thinking nurses are able to encourage patients and to uphold their beliefs and cultures. This helps the nurse to give high quality services to their clients. Nursing, therefore, serves as a problem-solving carrier and require the application of critical thinking in its execution.

The other nursing standard considered is standard 2 that is demonstrated as engages in therapeutic and professional relationships. The standard discusses the therapeutic relationship between the nurse and the client (Nurses Association of New Brunswick, 2015). There are principles that govern the relationship between the nurse and the client they include; the nurse should practice in accordance with the standards of nursing practice and ethics of working nurses. The relationship should be based on helping the client in accordance with the dynamic continuum. The nurses are also to observe boundaries in their relationship with the client. Lastly, nurses are responsible for their actions regardless of their motives. This is mostly applicable where a problem arises in the treatment process.

The relationship is limited to the period of treatment but the work ethics withhold for all the professional duration. There are several important factors to the client-nurse relationship. The factors are empathy, professional intimacy, honesty, and respect. The five characters serve as the basic determinants of the relationship. Nursing being a service offering profession requires guidelines on service delivery and on the relationship between the nurses and the clients.

The two standards of nursing do rely on each other for effective execution some of their relationships are discussed below. First, for an efficient delivery of service to occur, there must be a clear understanding of the client situation. The process involves interrogation whose effectiveness is based on the conduct of the nurse and the client as well. This stage applies the knowledge of the second standard of nursing. Following a successful interrogation, the nurse applies skills that need to solve the client problem through critical thinking. Hence the two standards relate in the assessing and development of judgment on the best way to solve the problem at hand (NMBA, 2016).

Also, the respected character gives the nurse a chance to critically understand the client behavior and background (Nurses Association of New Brunswick, 2015). This in return helps in the delivery of high quality services by the nurse. There is a clear indication that for one standard to work it requires the execution of the other standard. As a result, nurses should uphold all the standards in a bid to deliver high quality services to their clients.

There are alternatives to the restrains made on the nurses. Among the alternatives include; one, nurses should establish a therapeutical relationship with the client so as to avoid the use of restrictions (Promoting Safety: alternative approaches to the use of restraints, 2012: complementary and alternative health care, 2017). Through this, the nurses will be able to monitor the patient without necessarily having to keep their concern on the patient for long. This helps to remove restraints from the nurses by giving them time to evaluate on the others.

Nurses in conjunction with the interprofessional team should implement strategies that will minimize the use of restraints for clients. Among the key strategies include implementation of the de-escalation and crisis management techniques that will help solve the risks that may be incurred by the client. Nurses can also introduce the modalities formula (Oregon State of nursing, 2009). The nurses divide the modalities into four main parts. Through this, they can categorize the whole medical system. The nurses are then able to choose the modalities that work best with them. This enables them to deliver quality services lowering the risk incurred by the clients.

Standard nursing is a good way to ensure that the nursing field serves its role in the best way possible. The form has ensured that clients are relieved off the burden of risk posed by their various sicknesses.  The standards have also aided in the realization of the course objective to alleviate pain. However, the process does pose a lot of restrictions on the client and the nurses creating the need for change. This will help relieve both the nurse and their clients. Among the ways to execute the change include execution of the above-recommended alternatives. Therefore, there is a need for the nurses to develop new ideas and means that they will be used in addressing the risks of their clients.

References

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American public health association, public health nursing section, (2013). The definition and practice of public health nursing: A statement of the public health nursing section. Washington DC: American Health Association. Retrieved October 2, 2018 from https://www.apha.org

Black, P. (2011). Critical thinking, the nursing process, and clinical judgment. Chapter 8. Pp. 171-192.

NMBA, (2016). Registered nurse standards for practice. Pp. 1-8. Retrieved October 2, 2018 from Nursing Midwifery Board of Australia

Nurses Association of New Brunswick, (2015). Standards for a therapeutic nurse-client relationship, Vol. 2 Issue 22. Pp. 1-21

nursingmidwifelyboard.gov.au, (2017). Registered nurse standards for practice. Retrieved October 2, 2018 from https://www.nursingmidwifelyboard.gov.au/

Oregon State of nursing, (2009). Complementary and alternative modalities and nursing practice. Pp. 1-5

Promoting safety: alternative approaches to the use of restraints, (2012). Clinical best practice guidelines. Pp. 1-152

RN.com. (2014). Professional nursing practice: Anupdate. AMN Healthcare.inc. Pp. 1-50. Retrieved October 2, 2018 from https://lms,rn.com 

Rusell, A., JD, MN & RN. (2012). Nurse practice acts a guide and governs nursing practice. Journal of nursing regulation, Vol. 3 Issue 3. Pp. 36-42.