Outline current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people Safeguarding means taking steps to ensure children and young people feel safe and secure within the home and the setting‚ protecting them from abuse and neglect‚ ensuring that they stay safe and continue to positively develop physically‚ emotionally and mentally into adulthood. The table below is an outline of the main‚ current legislation affecting the
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Health and Safety How to work safely at a computer All jobs have elements of risks to your health. Some maybe more than others. Even working at a computer poses a risk on your health and well-being. The risk? Upper limb disorders (ULD’s) or repetitive strain injuries (RSI’s) Now in order to reduce the risk of suffering from these problems‚ it is essential to understand how you get them in the first place. ULD’s normally occur when you have a job which requires a lot of twisting
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Essay: Misuse of medication Dirk J Booysen Introduction. The extent of the problem of medication misuse can perhaps be realised most fully when considering that it involves not only prescribed drugs and medications‚ but also polypharmacy (using more than one drug concurrently)‚ self-diagnosis which leads to over the counter (OTC) self-medication or the dispensing of medication by a pharmacist without an accurate diagnosis or recommendations for the correct use of the medication‚ and the nonmedical
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Understand the main legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people. 1.1 Current legislation made for safeguarding children and young people are; Children act 1989. The main aims of the Act are: • To bring together private and public law in one framework; • To achieve a better balance between protecting children and enabling parents to challenge state intervention; • To encourage greater partnership between statutory authorities and parents;
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Introduction Medication errors have been a problem in the medical field for many years. Medication errors are one of the most common types of error in the health-care field that affects the lives and safety of the patient (Schoenecker‚ 2007). The prevention of medication errors is possible‚ if the nurse uses the medication rights correctly during the administration process. Medication administration is a process that involves the ordering and distribution of medicines to the patient. It also involves
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Managing safely v3.1 – project Introduction As part of the Managing safely course‚ you have to complete a project and have it assessed. You will be expected to carry out a risk assessment based on your own work environment. You need to record the results on the attached sheets and submit them for marking. Do not submit any additional material in support of your project work as only the six parts of the A4 project will be assessed. The project can be word processed or hand written. When you
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Medication Errors: A Literature Review your name here Pharmacology 2 teachers name here September 17 2008 The American Society of Hospital Pharmacists define a medication error as “episodes of drug misadventure that should be preventable through effective systems controls involving pharmacists‚ physicians and other prescribers‚ nurses‚ risk management personnel‚ legal counsel‚ administrators‚ patients and others in the organizational setting‚ as well as regulatory agencies and the
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completion of a successful contract. “The Prize Predicament‚” an article by Bruce Buckley‚ featured in the August 16th‚ 2010 issue of the ENR‚ highlights a very controversial issue facing all of us in the construction industry: Rewarding a Job Done Safely. The reasons are obvious why this could be a well received practice; who wouldn’t want a $20.00 Bass Pro Shops gift card every month if he had no reported injuries during that period? And for the worker who was hurt that month? He’ll have to come
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INTRODUCTION Delegated legislation refers to the rules and regulations‚ which are passed by some person or body under some enabling parent legislation. The Interpretation Act 1967 defines it as ‘any proclamation‚ rule‚ regulation‚ order‚ by-law or other instrument made under any Act‚ Enactment‚ Ordinance‚ or other lawful authority and having legislative effect’. BODY The Parliament and State Legislative Assemblies conferred legislative powers from the Federal Constitution. However‚ only small
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The current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people includes the following. The Children Act 1989 (legislation) – this act focus on safeguarding children and the duties of local authorities. It identifies the responsibility of parents and anyone working with children to ensure the safety and welfare of the child is paramount. Local Authority has a ‘duty to investigate when there is a reasonable cause to suspect that a child is suffering or likely
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