Essay NURBN1012 – Amy Case Study – Professional Practice for Nurses – Nursing Assignment Help

Assignment Task

Assessment task instructions:
Critically identify and discuss the relevant legal and ethical considerations in relation to the case study provided below. Critical evaluation involves giving your verdict as to what extent a statement or findings are true or to what extent you agree with them. Provide evidence from a wide range of sources which both agree with and contradict an argument. Come to a final conclusion and discuss this, basing your decision on what you judge to be the most important factors and justify how you have made your decision. Ethical considerations relate to the ethical principles that guide professional nursing practice.

Focus on the following areas:  
Professional practice for nurses  
Codes of ethics, practice and conduct for nurses 
Current common law and statute legislation relating to criminal activity and professional practice for nurses 
Role and responsibility of the professional regulatory bodies for nursing eg AHPRA and ANMAC.

Case Study:
Amy is a second year nursing student at Federation University. She is currently on a three week clinical placement at Sunny Hills Hospital. In March 2020, Amy was driving home from a friends birthday party at 2 am and was pulled over by the Police for a random alcohol and drug test. Amys alcohol breath test result indicated she had an alcohol level of 0.25 and she tested positive for cocaine.
As a result, her driving licence was cancelled immediately and she was charged with high range drink driving and driving under the influence of illicit drugs. She appeared in the local Magistrates Court, was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol and illicit drugs, was fined $1,000, her driving licence was suspended for six months and she was awarded three demerit points. Amy was able to organise lifts from her friends during the six months and regained her driving licence in September 2020. She remembered from the Legal and Ethical issues in Clinical Practice course in first year that she was supposed to notify AHPRA regarding her conviction. She was concerned that she would not be able to complete her nursing degree if anyone knew about her conviction so she only told close friends.