This assessment task requires you prepare an advocacy focused report based on the impact of short staffing when caring for a patient and/or family a
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TASK
This assessment task requires you prepare an advocacy focused report based on the impact of short staffing when caring for a patient and/or family and/or community in Australia. It is important that there is a clear need for
advocacy in your chosen case.
To complete this task, you need to:
Introduce the report by providing a brief outline of the patient and/or family and/or community (de-identified), including a clear explanation of why advocacy by the nurse was required (< 125 words).
Discuss policy, guidelines or legal standards that guide the role of the nurse in your
scenario with a focus on advocacy. Policies, guidelines, and legal standards are
interrelated in how they guide nursing practice (250 words).
Identify and discuss two (2) ethical principles that contribute to the caring
environment where nurses work in your scenario (350 words).
Identify and discuss how to apply two (2) strategies to promote advocacy for the
person, family, or community in your scenario (350 words).
Conclude your report by summarising how your strategies promote advocacy within a
legal and ethical framework (<125 words).
All sources must be acknowledged in-text
and in a reference list in accordance with the APA 7th Edition referencing style.
References
Mchugh, M. D., Aiken, L. H., Sloane, D. M., Windsor, C., Douglas, C., & Yates, P. (2021). Effects of nurse-to-patient ratio legislation on nurse staffing and patient mortality, readmissions, and length of stay: a prospective study in a panel of hospitals. Lancet, 397(10288), 19051913. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00768-6
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/ocnmo/nursing/nurse-to-patient-ratios
https://www.health.vic.gov.au/nursing-and-midwifery/safe-patient-care-nurse-to-patient-and-midwife-to-patient-ratios-act-2015
https://www.thermh.org.au/about/policies-publications/nurse-patient-ratios
https://www.health.act.gov.au/health-professionals/nursing-and-midwifery-office/nurse/midwife-patient-ratios
