Need assistance with understanding RN standards for practice by NMBA

[SeanTimson]

Hey everyone,

I just came to the allnurses community today. Nice to meet you all!!

Today, I have a problem with understanding the Introduction Part of the Registered nurse standards for practice (link: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia - Registered nurse standards for practice) accredited by Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (as I can't the understand what some of English terms refer to. I want to let you know that I'm an international student from a non-English-speaking country). I would be grateful if someone could help me. Thanks in advance.

In the introduction of the Registered nurse standards for practice:

Registered nurse (RN) practice is person-centred and evidence-based with preventative, curative, formative, supportive, restorative and palliative elements. RNs work in therapeutic and professional relationships with individuals, as well as with families, groups and communities...

• In this quote, does "groups" refer to "races", such as the Caucasian race, the Ethiopian, or Mongoloid,...?
  

• Does "communities" refer to an area with a certain population, such as "a school, a church, a temple, a city, a village, or even a country?"
  

...These people may be healthy and with a range of abilities, or have health issues related to physical or mental illness and/or health challenges...

• In this quote, if I paraphrase. Does it mean: "These people may be healthy. Or they may be physically ill, mentally ill, or facing/having disabilities"? I assume that "health challenges" in this case are disabilities. Am I correct?
  

Thank you !

[Wiggly Litchi]

I'd assume that any "group" could be a number of different groups such as racial groups, people grouped by sexual orientation, plus many more.

Communities could mean geographical (town/city etc.), but it could also be on a much smaller scale too, like you mentioned a school/church/temple - these are all good examples of communities.

The sentence " RNs work in therapeutic and professional relationships with individuals, as well as with families, groups and communities..." basically means that even though RNs form one-on-one relationships, they'll also form professional relationships on a greater scale as they serve varying numbers of people from different backgrounds etc.

As for your next question - health challenges could be regarded in many ways. I believe that in the context it's used here, it could mean disabilities (though I've seen it used in other ways before as a way to avoid saying things like: the effects of sickness/illness/disease).

I hope this helps! Have an awesome day!