NUR1113 EXAM STUDY GUIDE
codes and guidelines for professional guidelines - Answer - competency standards
- codes of conduct
- codes of ethics
- professional regulation
what do complaints and notifications deal with - Answer - performance
- impairment
- professional misconduct
key features of the national scheme - Answer - patient safety
- high quality education and training for health care practitioners
- assessment of overseas qualified practitioner's
- Continuous development of healthcare workers
-Mobility
- Consistency
- Improved public protection
- Collaboration
- Efficiency
professional regulation accreditation includes - Answer - curriculum standards
- course guidelines
- site reviews and inspections
registered health care professionals - Answer - registered
- requires a practicing license
- self-regulated
- established boards e.g. NMBA
- ongoing education
- ability to deal with complaints
,- autonomy (codes of conduct and ethics)
unregulated health care professionals - Answer - not registered
- does not require a practicing licence
what act is the legislation (National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (NRAS))
under - Answer Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act (2009)
what comes under the NRAS for nurses and midwives - Answer Australian Health
Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA)
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC)
what organisation is responsible for implementing NRAS - Answer AHPRA
what does AHPRA work with - Answer 15 National Health Practitioner Boards
anyone working with a protected title under the National Law must be registered with
what - Answer National Board
(NMBA for nurses/midwives)
AHPRA core regulatory functions - Answer - Professional standards (provide policy
advice to national boards regarding rego standards, codes and guidelines for
practitioners)
- registration (ensure HCP are registered)
- notifications
- compliance (complying to board req?)
- accreditation (work with accreditation authorities to ensure grad students are suitably
qualified and skilled to apply to register as a health practitioner)
role of national boards of australia - Answer - protect the public
- register practitioners and students
- set standards and policies that all registered health practitioners must meet
registration standards - Answer - criminal history
- english language skills
- continuing professional development
- recency of practice
, - prof. indemnity insurance arrangements
role of NMBA - Answer - regulate Aussie nurses, midwives, nur/mid students to protect
the public
- registration of nurses, midwives, nur/mid students
- develop standards, codes, guidelines for nurses and midwives
- assess internationally trained nurses and midwives
- approve accreditation standards - ANMAC
role of ANMAC - Answer - establish high quality standards of nursing and midwifery
education, training and assessment
- independent accrediting authority
- develop, review and provide advice on accreditation and skilled migration of
nurses/midwives
- liaise with national and international professional organisations related to standards of
education
What is a code of conduct? - Answer The code of conduct for nurses sets out the legal
requirements, professional behaviour and conduct expectations for all nurses in
healthcare settings in Australia.
what is the code of ethics - Answer The ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses is a statement of
the ethical values, responsibilities and professional accountabilities of nurses and
nursing students1 that defines and guides ethical nursing practice within the different
roles nurses assume.
components of nursing code of ethics - Answer 1. nurses and patients or other people
requiring care or services
2. nurses and practice
3. nurses and the profession
4. nurses and global health
componenets of midwifery code of ethics - Answer 1. midwifery relationships
2. practice of midwifery
3. the professional responsibilities of midwives
4. advancement of midwifery knowledge and practice
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