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Knowledge Questions - Short Answer Questions
1. How has the nursing profession changed in Australia over approximately the last 70 years?
2. How has the Australian health care system developed over approximately the last 70 years? Consider overall models of care and state-specific access to and standards of care (South Australia).
3. Describe at least 2 health care environments and how the multidisciplinary health care team and personnel contribute to health service delivery.
4. How does environment impact on health and illness for both Australian-born and non-Australian-born people?
5. How do cultural barriers impact on health and illness for both Australian-born and non-Australian-born people?
6. How does community acceptance impact on health and illness for both Australian-born and non-Australian-born people?
7. What social, political and economic factors impact on funding and availability of health care services?
8. Briefly describe the overall structure of the Australian health care system. What are its strengths and weaknesses?
9. Read a newsfeed such as ABC Online or Guardian Australia. Find an article related to current issues which impact health policy development and summarise in a few sentences what you discover.
10. Locate the National Nursing and Midwifery Digital Health Capability Framework. Imagine a patient asks you how you will ensure that you are practising across all 5 domains. What would you say?
11. Look up the NMBA's decision-making framework. What is its purpose, and why is it important for you to be aware of it?
12. Where can you find the NMBA's nursing guidelines and practice fact sheets?
13. Name at least three (3) agencies where you can access continuing professional education as a practising nurse. Review the National Nursing and Midwifery Digital Health Capability Framework and identify which domain(s) you are aligning with.
14. What is duty of care, and how does it impact on your practice?
15. What is Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) in Australia, and how might this impact on your future as a practising nurse?
16. What are your insurance obligations as an enrolled nurse?
17. As a nurse you will face times when your patients and their families are facing life and death issues. Briefly explain the following:
• Power of attorney
• Living wills and advanced directives• Guardianship
18. What is mandatory reporting? As a nurse, are you a mandated notifier?
19. What legislation governs privacy, confidentiality and disclosure?
20. Search "Australian policy frameworks for nursing practice". Name the professional body that is responsible for designing and overseeing a relevant policy framework. Give their web address.
21. Write a short definition for ethics; bioethics; and nursing ethics. It may help to focus on any differences between them.
22. For each of the following, give a definition in no more than one sentence, using your own words. Then, write down one argument in support of the issue, and one against it.
a) voluntary assisted dying
b) advanced care directive
c) Abortion
d) tissue transplantation
e) reproductive technology
f) organ donation
g) Restraint
h) artificially prolonging life
i) refusal and withdrawal of treatment
j) stem cell research
23. Why are some health care issues, such as those listed above, considered to be ethical issues? (This question is asking you to describe the qualities of an ethical issue; why are some health care issues considered "ethical"?)
24. As an enrolled nurse, there may be times when you become involved in legal proceedings. It is important that you understand each of the following and know where to find further information. Write a brief explanation of each broad topic, and list at least one where you will locate more information if needed (it may be the same website for several of these. Refer to the Useful Websites section of this study guide and your textbooks for help if needed):
a) Civil law
b) Common law
c) Statute
d) the court system
e) precedents and sources
f) law of torts including negligence, trespass, assault and battery
g) types of consent, valid consent, legal and intellectual, capacity, clinical incapacity, false imprisonment and defamation
h) common legal terms including vicarious liability, defendant, plaintiff, harassment, expert witness, coronial inquests, functions of the coroner and giving evidence to the coroner.
25. You are working on a ward and need to administer medication to a paediatric patient. You cannot find an RN to check the medication, and decide that since it is routine, you will go ahead anyway. Your RN reviews the patient's medication chart and identifies that you have worked outside your scope of practice. The RN asks you to complete the 5 Rs before meeting with him regarding work role boundaries. Apply the 5 Rs to this situation (you can use your imagination to develop a case scenario)