Ethical and Legal Issue in Nursing Describe the legal responsibilities of nurses in the work setting. Within the nursing license‚ the nurse is legally bound to practice within the scope of nursing that each state defines by a Nurse Practice Act (NPA). The scope includes upholding the patient bill of rights and total patient care. According to the NLN (Springhouse‚ 2004)‚ “Patients have the right to information about their diagnosis‚ prognosis‚ and treatment — including alternatives to care and
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governance of PepsiCo as well as the whole soft drink industry which highly counts on water in production. This essay will introduce quadruple bottom line reporting which includes financial‚ social‚ environmental and corporate governance‚ and then examine how PepsiCo reports against the four bottom lines and how water shortage may impact the four bottom line perspectives. Economic and Financial According to the annual report of PepsiCo‚ (PepsiCo‚ 2008-a) the total net revenue in 2007 was $39‚474
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health and safety requirements in your setting they need to be aware of. Prepare a document/presentation to give to them‚ which should include the following information: * A brief explanation of the relevant health and safety legislation * How you plan and maintain a healthy and safe environment * What factors do you consider when planning the environment to ensure safety for all. Health and safety legislation. Within the early years setting‚ we have a duty of care. This means
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the duties and responsibilities of your role at work place: Duties and responsibilities are the main character of any job performance. These duties and responsibilities are the outcome of the requirements of the specific job rolls. Generally we should follow the following duties and responsibilities to perform our job. To make sure work place is safe and working atmosphere according to Health and Safety Regulation (HASWA – 1974‚ amended 2010-2012). Proper induction of work place should be
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modern society‚ although there is no general common sense of what constitutes of Corporate Society Responsibility (CSR) and how much of it requires to firms‚ it is quite necessary for managers to have a better understanding of CSR and carry it out. Similarity‚ stakeholders also need to know it well. In early research on CSR‚ it was referred that the firm paid more attention to social responsibility (SR) than CSR (Carroll ‚1979). The reason can be that the firm’s dominance in the business has not
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Business/ Admin Notes Section one Rights And responsibilities at work Employment contracts Terms and conditions An employment contract is a very important document. It spells out the key things you can expect from your employer and what your employer expects from you. Once you’ve worked for your employer for two months‚ you have the legal right to receive details of your terms and conditions of employment in writing. This information may come in a letter or a formal contract of employment
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Course Title .Understand own role‚ responsibilities and boundaries of role in relation to teaching Chris Hirst PTLLS Preparing to Teach in Lifelong Learning Sector Level 3 Award Depending on the organisation‚ your role‚ responsilbities and boundaries as a teacher will depend on five areas of the teaching/learning cycle. The purpose of the cycle is to educate‚ communicate‚ and motivate students to learn. Identifying the learners needs Role of the teacher is to identify the individual
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At the setting we have a promoting positive behaviour policy in place‚ which dictates the procedures that should be followed and be consistently used in our practice. The person that has overall responsibility for the management of behaviour is the setting manager‚ Helen Jacklin. The policy also states that we will attend relevant training to help us understand and guide appropriate models of behaviour‚ implement the settings behaviour procedure which includes the stepped approach‚ and have the
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Briefly outline what Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is and how the initiatives on reporting CSR have developed over the past few decades. Explain what the Global Reporting Initiative is. Social responsibility has been a term used in business since the 1700’s with to focus then being child labour and increasing working conditions. It was only during the 1970’s when social responsibility gathered pace and a definition was given “The social responsibility of business encompasses the economic
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Information Systems Practicality within the Business Setting Debbie Hampton INF220 Professor Ray Schafer November 14‚ 2011 Information Systems Practicality within the Business Setting The key to a business’ global success is the method employed to manage its information system and technology. Information systems solve business challenges and problems involving the organization‚ its technology‚ and people. The most successful companies‚ today‚ are those that are fully aware of their IT potential
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