Justice and Global Changes in World-Free-Samples for Students

Question: Discuss about the Justice and global changes in world. Answer: This opinion editorial is about children in detention centre. This is local and global issue and has impact on common good. The open editorial is about nursing profession and the challenges faced with realising the aspirations of common good in the professional community. Australia is obliged to process the claims of the asylum seekers and to protect the refugees as a signatory of United Nations Refugee Convention of 1951. Children seeking asylum are kept in detention and yet to be determined for the claim of refugee (Triggs, 2015). On communicating with child and family health nurse, in professional circle it was evident that the parents expressed their deep concerns for their children seeking asylum who are detained in offshore detention centres. As per The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) and Maternal, Child and Family Health Nurses Australia (MCaFHNA) these centres of detention create inappropriate environment for childrens health. The detention centre has negative effect on the physical, social and mental wellbeing (Phillips Spinks, 2013). It is evident from literature review that, the children in detention centre experience high level of distress. Childhood is the cornerstone for future well being. Traumatic experiences in early life can lead to learning difficulties and poor access to health care (Mace et al., 2014). Nurses in the Australia detention centre are responsible for the health care delivered in the security environment. They are responsible to deal with the traumatised children from non-English speaking and culturally diverse background. Their position is compromised due to party-political interests. Nurses role in the detention centre is compromised due to debates on children being refugee versus illegal immigrant, and stereotyping attitude that the children are helpless refugees. Further, there have been incidents of violations. It includes not caring well for the disabled child (Isaacs, 2015). This affects nurses and children and is becoming a global issue. My aim is to grow in my profession and help children in detention centre. The common good seems challenging due to the politics of detention. The aspiration to provide quality health care with person centeredness seems difficult. As per my personal research many nurses in the detention centres have been dominated by constant bullying and harassment in the workplace. Tracking the literature of 15 years ago, it was found that in 2004, 16th March, an article on DIMIA and ACMwas published, which highlighted that both were paranoid about the human rights (Project SafeCom, 2017). In 2004, 18th March an article was published that some of the asylum seekers in the detention were forcefully feeded as they were in hunger strike (Project SafeCom, 2017). There will always be clash between the organisational objective and ethical considerations. It is because the nurses are not recruited for detaining people. In order to fulfil the nurse role ethically and to fulfil the aspiration of doing good to the children in detention, there is need to reduce the political dominance in the detention centres. Nurse professionals should be able to fulfil responsibilities towards children irrespective of their mode of arrival in Australia. With the political and unethical dominance it would not be possible to comply with the code of ethics, which compels a nurse to do anything that can preserve the integrity of the nursing practice (Isaacs, 2015). In order to continue with the common good a nurse must speak when human rights are ignored. A nurse must stay updated on the recent immigration policy. He/she should have a brief of human rights in relation to practice and workplace. Nurses must act in support of issues related to human rights. It is recommended to advocate for people seeking asylum in Australia. As per the code of professional conduct for nurses in Australia, a nurse should execute the right for community good and freedom of speech. Even if people are deemed refugees nurses should not breach the human rights. In case the rights of any children in detention are compromised nurses should practice to acknowledge the culture, beliefs, dignity and values of people. This is in accordance with the The National Professional Competency Standards for the Australian Registered Nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, 2017). To promote the community good nurses should disclose the information related to the illegal, mis conduct and unethical events encountered in personal practice in response to children in detention. References Isaacs, D. (2015). Are healthcare professionals working in Australias immigration detention centres condoning torture?.Journal of medical ethics, medethics-2015. Mace, A. O., Mulheron, S., Jones, C., Cherian, S. (2014). Educational, developmental and psychological outcomes of resettled refugee children in Western Australia: a review of School of Special Educational Needs: Medical and Mental Health input.Journal of paediatrics and child health,50(12), 985-992. Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. (2017).Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia - Professional standards.Nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au. Retrieved 16 December 2017, from https://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/Codes-Guidelines-Statements/Professional-standards.aspx Phillips, J., Spinks, H. (2013). Immigration detention in Australia.Parliamentary Library,20. Project SafeCom, W. (2017).Mary-Anne Kenny, Derrick Silove Zachary Steel, Force Feeding Hunger striking asylum seekers.Safecom.org.au. Retrieved 16 December 2017, from https://www.safecom.org.au/hungerstrikes.htm Project SafeCom, W. (2017).The Rules of Nursing in a Detention Centre: a Curtin Immigration Detention Centre nurse speaks out.Safecom.org.au. Retrieved 16 December 2017, from https://www.safecom.org.au/michael-hall.htm Triggs, G. (2015). The Forgotten Children: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention 2014.The Medical journal of Australia,202(11), 553-555