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BAN101 Becoming a Nurse - Reflective Piece: Reflection on Professional Practice
Learning Outcome 1: Describe nursing practice as underpinned by the philosophy, history and professional regulation of nursing.
Learning Outcome 2: Describe established communication techniques and demonstrate positive communication skills with persons.
Learning Outcome 3: Reflect on and develop the understanding of professional identity linking ethics and law to their professional practice.
Assessment
Reflect upon and describe, the role of the nursing professions regulatory standards, codes and guidelines in the formation of professional identity, and how these professional regulations underpin the approach to nursing practice.
Context
Nursing practice is underpinned by regulatory standards, codes, practice guidelines and frameworks. It is important for the beginning Registered Nurse to develop an understanding of the role of these in the formation of their professional identity for practice. Reflection on these concepts provides insights into how these standards are applied to inform the care process and professional practice.
Reflection on practice is an essential aspect of clinical reasoning, providing insights for continuous practice improvement and ongoing professional development.
Instructions
To complete this assessment, you must:
• Identify and reflect upon the nursing professions regulatory standards, codes and guidelines that underpin the nurses approach to professional nursing practice. These were examined and discussed across weeks 1 - 3 (Module 1.1 - 1.3)
• Consider the following definition of Professional Identity in Nursing and address the 2 questions that follow.
"A sense of oneself, and in relationship with others, that is influenced by characteristics, norms, and values of the nursing discipline, resulting in an individual thinking, acting and feeling like a nurse"
(Godfrey & Young, 2020, as cited in Godfrey, 2020, p.2).
Question 1: Choose 1 of the standards, codes or guidelines listed below and describe the role you believe it will play in the formation of your own professional identity, including why you hold this belief. Use specific examples from your chosen standard, code or guideline to illustrate the influence you believe it will have.
Choose Only 1:
- Registered Nurse Standards for Practice
- ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses
- NMBA Code of Conduct for Nurses
- The National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards
- Decision Making Framework for Nursing and Midwifery: Scope of Practice
Question 2: Read the supplied case study scenario and explain how you would apply the principles of your chosen standard, code or guideline to nursing practice in the context of the scenario. Use specific examples from your chosen standard, code or guideline to justify your approach.
Structure your reflective piece in the following way:
• Provide a brief introduction to the topic of this assessment. (< or = 100 words).
• Distribute the word count for the body of the written piece evenly between question 1 and 2.
• Provide a brief conclusion summarising your reflective insights. (No more than 100 words)
• This is a reflective piece about your thinking and viewpoint in respect to the formation of your professional identity and how professional regulations will underpin your nursing practice. Appropriate referencing must be included when using ideas or examples from the literature to illustrate your reflective thoughts.
Referencing
• It is essential that you use appropriate APA style for citing and referencing research.
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