Nursing e-portfolios are a collection of the tangible and the intangible nursing skills such as critical thinking, clinical abilities and communication skills in the electronic form (Andre & Heartfield, 2011). Nurses and midwives can use the e-portfolios for several career and professional development paths. This improves the skills of the nurses and the services offered to the patients (McCready, 2007). Consequently, the portfolios are related to the nursing concepts of competency, self-assessment, and self-regulation.
According to McCready (2007), competency can be defined as an objective concept which is measurable. The concept is also defined by others as an intuitive grasp of care situations which is more than performance but is underpinned …show more content…
As argued by Andre & Heartfield (2011), portfolios enable nurses and midwives to participate in individual regulatory activities. The concept of self-regulation entails voluntary regulation whereby nurses accept that they are required to practice under certain boundaries. Self-regulation requires the nurses to possess an internal locus of control. The internal locus of control which is important in self-regulation is underpinned in e-portfolios (Andre & Heartfield, 2011). For instance, e-portfolios provides the nurses with tools for assessing the existing levels of competency and identification of learning need for future professional …show more content…
In this case, the patient is too young to make a personal decision. The parents are, therefore, legally responsible for the decisions that they make, and the nurse should abide by them. As highlighted by Ulrich et al. (2010), most vaccination laws permit vaccination to be undertaken even only one parents consents to it. However, the nurse should critically evaluate their role in promoting such decisions. There is need to respect and uphold the dignity and to act in the best interest of the patient. In summary, nurses should not just promote patient choices; they need to make an informed clinical judgment based on the governing law, circumstantial information and must always act to cause no harm to the
According to McCready (2007), competency can be defined as an objective concept which is measurable. The concept is also defined by others as an intuitive grasp of care situations which is more than performance but is underpinned …show more content…
As argued by Andre & Heartfield (2011), portfolios enable nurses and midwives to participate in individual regulatory activities. The concept of self-regulation entails voluntary regulation whereby nurses accept that they are required to practice under certain boundaries. Self-regulation requires the nurses to possess an internal locus of control. The internal locus of control which is important in self-regulation is underpinned in e-portfolios (Andre & Heartfield, 2011). For instance, e-portfolios provides the nurses with tools for assessing the existing levels of competency and identification of learning need for future professional …show more content…
In this case, the patient is too young to make a personal decision. The parents are, therefore, legally responsible for the decisions that they make, and the nurse should abide by them. As highlighted by Ulrich et al. (2010), most vaccination laws permit vaccination to be undertaken even only one parents consents to it. However, the nurse should critically evaluate their role in promoting such decisions. There is need to respect and uphold the dignity and to act in the best interest of the patient. In summary, nurses should not just promote patient choices; they need to make an informed clinical judgment based on the governing law, circumstantial information and must always act to cause no harm to the