In this assignment the author will discuss how the role of the NMC seeks to protect service users and promote care standards by regulating the work of an Adult Nurse by defining key terms and Adult Nurse. The author will than briefly explain what the NMC does to support staff to protect the service users, furthermore detailed discussion on the elements of code of practice thats been set out by the NMC shows the impact of Education, confidentiality, communication, assessments for a Adult nurses daily life.
The NMC is a code of standards that registered nurses must follow and agree to. When they are practising their duty of care to service user whether that is personal, communities or group. There is a set of standards for nurses to follow, …show more content…
When treating patients nurses must consider users dignity when they are caring for them effectively and to avoid any assumptions, as nurses they need to understand the different choices everyone makes and recognise the diversity they will come in contact with. As a role of a nurse they will need to understand users concerns that are on their health, changes to the medication, operations procedures concerns or that can affect them to their daily life and respond compassionately to help distress them, this will mean to take in on how they take in the information that’s provided to make sure they are understanding the information that is been provided and as a nurse you are supporting them. For example, a service user who can’t speak or understand English will need a translator to be able to translate into the language they require. However, as a patient they can refuse any care, medication due to The Human Rights Act 1998, which a nurse needs to respect the decision the service user has made but will have informed consent and is documented before any action can be taken after a decision is made.(NMC …show more content…
In the UK by the law, nurse practicing can disclose information if a service user is at risk or harm to make sure a nurse can take action to ensure the user is prioritized to put into safety away from harm. In the latest NMC (2015) it now has included the right of privacy patient this
The NMC is a code of standards that registered nurses must follow and agree to. When they are practising their duty of care to service user whether that is personal, communities or group. There is a set of standards for nurses to follow, …show more content…
When treating patients nurses must consider users dignity when they are caring for them effectively and to avoid any assumptions, as nurses they need to understand the different choices everyone makes and recognise the diversity they will come in contact with. As a role of a nurse they will need to understand users concerns that are on their health, changes to the medication, operations procedures concerns or that can affect them to their daily life and respond compassionately to help distress them, this will mean to take in on how they take in the information that’s provided to make sure they are understanding the information that is been provided and as a nurse you are supporting them. For example, a service user who can’t speak or understand English will need a translator to be able to translate into the language they require. However, as a patient they can refuse any care, medication due to The Human Rights Act 1998, which a nurse needs to respect the decision the service user has made but will have informed consent and is documented before any action can be taken after a decision is made.(NMC …show more content…
In the UK by the law, nurse practicing can disclose information if a service user is at risk or harm to make sure a nurse can take action to ensure the user is prioritized to put into safety away from harm. In the latest NMC (2015) it now has included the right of privacy patient this