1.    Locate the “DMF A4 nursing summary guide – 2010 – rebranded” document from

http://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/Codes-Guidelines-Statements/Frameworks.aspx

           to assist you to identify the issues outlined in the following case study:

This evening when you report for your shift on to your general medical ward, the charge nurse tells you that you need to assist on the orthopaedic ward. You have not had any recent experience with orthopaedic patients. When you arrive on the orthopaedic ward, the charge nurse allocates you patients who require special techniques for getting out of bed and who need to do exercises using specialised equipment during the shift. You are not familiar with the techniques or the equipment. The charge nurse tells you that the patients can explain it to you.