CNA340 Developing Professional Nursing Practice
Task:
On completion of this unit, you will be able to:
1. Critically review, analyse, consolidate, synthesise, and apply appropriate knowledge and skills, within a clinical reasoning framework, to clinical situations ranging in complexity and predictability.
2. Communicate effectively, drawing on an appropriate evidence base, with individuals, peers and members of the health care team.
3. Exhibit consistent critical self-reflection and responsibility that indicates an active commitment to practice improvement.
4. Demonstrate developing autonomy, initiative and well-developed clinical judgement in diverse clinical situations.
5. Demonstrate the necessary beginning level capabilities against the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) Registered nurse standards for practice (2016).
Task Description
During PEP, you will regularly encounter clinical episodes that both challenge and enhance your developing professional practice. The purpose of this task is to generate a reflective paper focussed on ONE of the five ‘prerequisites’ of the person-centred nursing framework.
These ‘prerequisites’ are considered the essential attributes for health professionals to facilitate person-centred outcomes (McCormack, Manley & Titchen 2013). These are identified as follows:
1. Professionally competent
2. Developed interpersonal skills
3. Commitment to the job
4. Clarity of beliefs and values
5. Knowing ‘self’
From your PEP, consider a clinical encounter (either through direct observation of other health professional/s or your own actions), where you felt a pre-requisite may have been lacking or questionable. Briefly outline the situation and identify which pre-requisite/s may have impacted/contributed to the patient outcome.
Choose ONE of these pre-requisites as your focus and briefly relate this to the literature regarding person-centred outcomes and why this prerequisite is considered an important attribute for practitioners.
You will also be required to consider your own practice to ensure you adequately meet this pre-requisite as you progress through the final stages of your degree and continue to establish your professional identity.
