solvents or even the abuse of nicotine and caffeine (Nordegren‚ 2002). Substance abuse has been taken to generally refer to the use of hard drugs such as cocaine and marijuana. Every year‚ United States spends billions of dollars on increased health care cost‚ low productivity and increase in crimes. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse‚ substance abuse costs United States 524 billion dollars a year of which 181 billion dollars is as a result of illicit drugs. Given the huge expense‚ there
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Developing and maintaining trust at work Building and maintaining trust in the workplace in important to help me meet the aim and objectives set as a team. Working as a team is important in allowing the work we face to be completed to a high quality standard using effective and efficient ways to providing value for money. When I behave consistently‚ it enables employees to identify the boundaries within which they can operate. Inconsistent behaviour makes it difficult for employees to know
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Privacy and Confidentiality Maintaining privacy and confidentiality for patients is a fundamental duty of care as a nurse. It is clearly stated that "a nurse must treat personal information obtained in a professional capacity as confidential" (ANMC‚ 2003‚ pg. 4). Although the terms privacy and confidentiality are often interchanged‚ they should be distinguished. Privacy refers to one’s ownership of one’s body or information about one’s self‚ whereas confidentiality refers specifically
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Concept of TRUST analysis Concept: Trust | Definition: Dictionary‚ thesauruses‚ within nursing/medical/behavioral science/social science/other literature‚ from colleagues | Thi Bui | Oxford English Dictionary: 1) firm belief in the reliability‚ truth‚ or ability of someone or something; acceptance of the truth of a statement without evidence or investigation; the state of being responsible for someone or something; a person or duty for which one has responsibility 2) An arrangement whereby
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arising from working with children is Confidentiality and reporting abuse /neglect. Although‚ it may seem that one issue is more serious than the other‚ both can become for challenging when counselors are involved with services to minors. In spite of the difficult challenges it may be‚ working with theses particular group of clients. Often times it may appear ambiguous‚ or ill-defined‚ following ethical codes and legal statutes are crucial. Confidentiality Laws in each state vary concerning Ethical
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From my point of view‚ being in a culture makes you who you are because since we were born‚ we really don’t have any idea what the world really is all about‚ how to survive‚ what is right and wrong‚ how does this thing works‚ and so on. Culture makes you who you are and should not be a shame of because we all know‚ some people disgrace their own culture and change to another which they think is better. Culture separates us from the rest of the world‚ our colorful and lively culture that makes us
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“American Medical Association” medical record should be date‚ and time stamped and identifying the corrector or the person that make any changes of any sort. In today legal matter all correction in medical record should be dated‚ time and stamped. 2. When should a patient be advised of the existence of computerized databases containing medical information about the patient? According to the AMA Policy‚ the patient should be advised of the existence of computerized databases containing medical information
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Ethics Case: Livent – When Maria…When? Summary Livent‚ a successful live entertainment company‚ known for performances of Phantom of the Opera‚ Ragtime‚ and Sunset Boulevard‚ was sold in 1998
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Unit two: Principles of providing administrative services Assessment You should use this file to complete your Assessment. The first thing you need to do is save a copy of this document‚ either onto your computer or a disk Then work through your Assessment‚ remembering to save your work regularly When you’ve finished‚ print out a copy to keep for reference Then‚ go to www.vision2learn.com and send your completed Assessment to your tutor via your My Study area – make sure it is clearly marked with
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system and how / when they would be used. Feature How / when used 1. Conference calls This makes it possible to speak to more than one person simultaneously. 2. Transfer Enables one to transfer a caller to another extension. 2. Prepare a brief report advising people on: • How to follow organisational procedures when making and receiving telephone calls When making phone calls the caller should make sure he or she has all the questions they want to ask‚ its good practice to have
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