following: • the defendant owes the plaintiff a duty of care • the defendant has failed to comply with the required standard of care • there has been material damage to the plaintiff • damage caused by the defendant is not too remote Duty of care As‚ for the first time‚ demonstrated in the case of Donoghue v Stevenson ‚ negligence may exist despite there being no direct relationship between two parties. After the Shaddock’s Case ‚ the duty of care was extended to include the giving of information
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August 12‚ 2012 Negligence Paper "Nursing’s role in providing patient care has expanded in response to increasing patient acuity‚ technology‚ evidence-based practice‚ managed care‚ and the advancement of the profession. Because of this professional evolution‚ nurses are in a position of higher accountability" (McConnell & Vaughn‚ 2010‚ p. 1). Negligence can be considered as "carelessness‚ a deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable person would use in a particular set of circumstances
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Practice in Children and Young People’s Social care (SCMP) 4222-392 1:2 We as child care professionals have a duty of care to our children we therefore must provide the best care possible. To do do so we must adhere to all relevant update legislation . In my current work setting this includes working to the National Minimum Standards. These are a list of basic standards of care registered providers should provide and aim to exceed when delivering a service or care. The National Minimum Standards set out
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cases for the plaintiffs often involve them having to prove many aspects of negligence and product liability – primarily duty of care‚ actual and proximate cause‚ and proof that the defendant is directly at fault for the plaintiff’s injuries. Because the doctrine of strict liability likely applies in this case‚ Daniel Boone does not need to prove that Zoom breached a duty of care‚ only that his injuries were a result of Zoom’s actions or negligence. The dispute in Case D between Daniel Boone‚ the plaintiff
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these four categories‚ then specific treatment‚ tests‚ and procedures will be implemented for every patient‚ every time. Now‚ an additional policy needs to be immediately implemented to ensure the transfer of patients to larger hospitals when quality care within Bay Hospital cannot be ensured. In order to successfully implement these order sets‚ specific education will be needed for physicians‚ nurses‚ respiratory therapists‚ phlebotomists‚ and radiology (personal communication‚ February 16‚
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1 Review current theoretical approaches to group living provision for adults The approach to current group living provision has moved a long way forward since the days of the workhouse or asylums. The NHS and Community Care Act 1990 called for a more community based approach to care with the introduction of the person-cantered approach‚ by supporting the independence and autonomy of the service users. Some service users who require special consideration such as people with learning disabilities can
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initiated by the aforementioned. In contrast‚ criminal law seeks to punish those that has done wrongs against the community. For example‚ a person who decides to take the life of someone else commits murder. The community by way of its government has a duty to protect itself from being murdered. The result is Criminal Law which is enforceable by the State and initiated by the Police. Therefore criminal law is said to protect the community and punishes those that breaks the law with a fine‚ imprisonment
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NEGLIGENT MISSTATEMENT Main issue: Is the P likely to succeed in an action under the tort of negligence misstatement against the D? Sub-issue 1.1: Duty of Care (NO 3RD PARTY) Law/App: The tort of negligent misstatement was effectively established since the case of (Hedley Byrne v Heller). Law stipulates that there must be a special relationship (an extension of “neighbour principle” established in Donoghue v Stevenson) for between P and D for a DOC to rise in the tort of negligent misstatement:
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Unit 205 Introduction to duty of care in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings. 1.1 always act in the best interest of individuals and others not act or fail to act in a way that results in harm act within your competence and not take on anything you do not believe you can safely do. A duty of care is a requirement that a person act toward others and the public with watchfulness‚ attention‚ caution and prudence that a reasonable person
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prove: duty; breach duty; causation; and actual injury. Cite A person owes a heightened duty of care where children may be present. Cite ANALYSIS In Aarons v. Peterson‚ the defendant kept a hammer and nails in a toolbox on the floor of his basement. His eleven-year-old son took the hammer and a nail from the toolbox to repair a knock hockey board that he and his nine-year-old neighbor broke. When hammered‚ the nail flew and stuck the neighbor’s face. Duty - The defendant had a duty to
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