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An enrolled nursing student is undertaking a Clinical Placement in a Residential Aged Care Facility. The Registered Nurse (RN) on duty knows the nursing student is about to graduate as an Enrolled Nurse (EN). The RN is extremely busy and asks the student if she has performed a female catheterisation as part of her course. The student tells the RN that she has performed it once in a simulated situation (on a mannequin). The RN asks the student if she could help her out by performing a catheterisation unsupervised on one of the female residents.
Locate the Decision Making Framework (DMF) A4 nursing summary guide on the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia website.
Using this chart, determine if it would be appropriate for the student to proceed with this procedure. Provide an explanation for your decision at each step on the chart:
Identify client need/benefit (focus on the client)
Reflect on scope of practice and nursing practice standards (focus on the nursing profession)
Consider context of practice/organisational support (focus on the facility the patient is being cared for in and who in that facility is supporting both the nurse and the patient)
Select appropriate, competent person to perform the activity (focus on the student EN)
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HEALTH SCIENCE
NURSING
HLT54115 DIPLOMA OF NURSING HLTENN009
An enrolled nursing student is undertaking a Clinical Placement in a Residential Aged Care Facility.
