Patient Safety Initiatives in the Hospital Setting Introduction Patient safety is described by the US Institute of Medicine as “the freedom from accidental injury due to medical care or from medical error” (Mansour‚ 2012). With that being said‚ patient safety has long been a major issue for hospitals. In the past many patients have been injured during hospital stays‚ some being injured severely with death being the result. With the growing trend of lawsuits‚ hospitals were becoming
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CHCHILD401A Identify and respond to young people at risk Assignment Two Task Two What does the term ‘risk of significant harm’ mean? Where there is substantial evidence to suggest that abuse may have been or is likely to be inflicted upon a person/s in a potentially dangerous way. What are the types of child abuse? Sexual Abuse Any sexual act or treat imposed on a child or young person. Physical Abuse Non-accidental injury or pattern of injuries to a child‚ caused
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CT236 Principles for implementing duty of care in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings. 1.1 A duty of care in my own role is a legal obligation on me requiring me to adhere to a reasonable standard of care while performing acts of care. 1.2 I have a legal and professional duty of care. If I was to neglect someone and this caused them harm then a court of law could find me negligent and stop me working in care or impose sanctions on me and this is how duty of care contributes
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In the short story‚ "The Fall of the House of Usher‚" by Edgar Allen Poe‚ setting is used extensively to do many things. The author uses it to convey ideas‚ effects‚ and images. It establishes a mood and foreshadows future events. Poe communicates truths about the character through setting. Symbols are also used throughout to help understand the theme through the setting.<br><br>Poe uses the setting to create an atmosphere in the reader’s mind. He chose every word in every sentence carefully to create
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A Survey of Agile Development Methodologies Agile development methodologies are emerging in the software industry. In this chapter‚ we provide an introduction to agile development methodologies and an overview of four specific methodologies: • Extreme Programming • Crystal Methods • Scrum • Feature Driven Development Plan-driven methods work best when developers can determine the requirements in advance . . . and when the requirements remain relatively stable‚ with change rates on the order of one
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Identify the current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e-safety Safeguarding and working to protect children has come about in the past 50 years after weakness in the system were highlighted through high profile cases such as Victoria Climbie in 2000. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) This is a treaty that sets out the rights and freedoms of all children in a set of 54 articles. This
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I. Identify Contextual Factors Community and School Description Conrad is a small‚ rural farming community in northeastern Montana‚ 65 miles north of Great Falls‚ two hours way from Glacier National Park and serves as the country seat for Pondera County. With a population of roughly 2600‚ the ethnic makeup of the town is approximately 95% Caucasian‚ 0.2 % African American‚ 1.8 % Native American‚ 0.3 % Asian‚ 0.2 % other races‚ 2.4% two or more races‚ and 1.5% Hispanic or Latino. Economically‚ the
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University of Phoenix Material Career Goal-Setting Worksheet Respond to the following in 50 to 100 words each: 1. Adjust your professional or career goal you created in Week Two based on the Career Plan Building Activities results from the My Career Plan assignment. How did the results of the Career Interest Profiler and Career Plan Building Activity on Competencies contribute to your professional goal development? My career goal has not changed after I did the activity. The results
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Describe at least ONE important setting in the text(s). Explain how this setting helped you understand at least ONE character or individual‚ supporting your points with examples of visual and/or oral language features. Set in Massachusetts in the 1950’s‚ the film "School Ties" directed by Robert Mandel involves an important setting at a boarding school in St Matthews‚ which helps me understand the character David Greene. It helps me understand his true connection with his religion and that he stands
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1. Write the names of four movies or books that feature the following conflicts. Briefly describe the conflict. (Identify two for each type of conflict) a. External conflict The Matrix External – The human race are slaves to Artificial Intelligence. Speechless External – Protagonists are working as speech writers for opposing political parties - Heroine has a fiancé b. Internal conflict Pretty woman Internal – She wants the fairytale and he doesn’t know if he can provide it. Titanic Internal
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