Negligence and Duty of Care Robin McClish Kaplan University Negligence and Duty of Care Scenario: As pedestrians exited at the close of an arts and crafts show‚ Jason Davis‚ an employee of the show’s producer‚ stood near the exit. Suddenly and without warning‚ Davis turned around and collided with Yvonne Esposito‚ an 80-year-old woman. Esposito was knocked to the ground‚ fracturing her hip. After hip replacement surgery‚ she was left with a permanent physical impairment. Esposito filed suit
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Professional‚ Legal and Ethical issues in person-centred care For the purpose of this assignment the student will be discussing and analysing the professional‚ legal and ethical issues that influenced how person-centred care was delivered to a patient in an acute psychiatric hospital where the student was working. In accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2010) the patient will be referred to as Sarah to uphold confidentiality. During a shift at the hospital the student attended
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Professional values and practise in Health and social care settings Assignment Brief Start to understand the principles and values that you will need to work in health and social care by helping to organise an event that builds relationships‚ is advertised and communicated to all people‚ everyone who is included in the event is treated with respect and equality and ensuring everyone can have independence within their needs. That covers all facilities‚ needs of people and items expected and needed
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efficacious in duty of care‚ the following needs to be formed; i. Was loss to the claimant foreseeable? ii. Was there sufficient proximity between the parties? iii. Is it fair‚ just and reasonable to impose duty of care? ‘Proximity simply means that the parties must be “sufficiently close” so that it is “reasonably foreseeable” that one party’s negligence would cause loss or damage to the other. Together with this‚ fairness is basically‚ “fair‚ just‚ and reasonable” for one party to owe duty to the other
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Task 1 Wider Professional Practice We were selected to deliver a learning activity on the concept of Professionalism in the LLS. Tasked to investigate the meaning of professionalism‚ using the perspective of organisations such as the Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK)‚ the training and Development Agency (TDA)‚ Institute of Learning (IfL) and also considering the broader context of business. In order to broaden the scope of research the group were allocated specific tasks. We gathered the
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Nursing staff have a duty of care to their patients to ensure that they are getting the best possible treatment and that they are also being well nourished and hydrated. Nurses must ensure that their patients are getting the required meals throughout the day and that they have access to enough water. When a patient is admitted to their care‚ they would start by making a care plan for them and by doing that‚ they would find out their history‚ any allergies they may have. This gives the nurse the opportunity
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A duty of care is a legal obligation imposed on an individual requiring that they adhere to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeable harm others. A definition from Wikipedia. A duty of care is required in every work place and a greater duty or care is needed especially with younger children being as they are more vulnerable. A duty of care ensures support and care for individuals are provided at the required level within the law and also within the policies and
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Three different types of settings are Statutory‚ Voluntary and Private sectors which aim to support children and their families. A statutory sector in my area is a primary school for children aged 5-11 years. These services are compulsory and enacted by act of law and are funded by the UK taxes. At this age children are taught both the key stage 1 and 2 curriculum which covers Maths‚ English and Science in preparation for the National standards (SATS). This supports children and their families
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‘’Duty of care’’ Letter to a friend. What is meant by the duty of care? How the duty of care affects the work you do as a care worker? Hi friend‚ So you want to work in social care? Well here are a few things you should know‚ Such as the term ‘’Duty of care’’ this means having the duty or responsibility of being a care taker for another person‚ someone too young or too old‚ too ill or unfit mentally or physically to take care of themselves and requires another person to assist them. This
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