relevant evidence. 500 words (30 marks) My accountability as a student nurse is to be accountable to the patients‚ families and the general public to which I am caring for. Student nurses must adhere to the guidelines set out by the nursing and midwifery council (NMC) which states “As a professional‚ you are personally accountable for your actions and omissions in your practice and must always be able to justify your decisions”. Accountability is integral to professional practice. (NMC) Nurses make
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culture difference had a significant impact on the ability to communicate or engage with the patient. During this assignment the patient will be referred as Mr Y as confidentiality of the patient must be maintained in accordance to the Nursing and Midwifery Council guidelines (NMC‚ 2010). In the time of my placement in Outpatient Department in one London Hospital‚ Mr Y a 63 year old patient‚ originally from Pakistan had a follow-up appointment in urology clinic due to bladder malfunction. Prior to
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Legislation and frameworks Legislation Care Standards Act 2000 This legislation affects and supports people with dementia as it has different laws. Some of these laws are things like helping people to wash and dress themselves. This helps people with dementia‚ as when it becomes advanced they lose their fine motor skills and they find it difficult to do simple tasks like fasten buttons and hold things‚ so it also makes it hard for them to wash. They have carers that will do this for them and
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mothers such as breast-feeding‚ preparing the milk for the baby and the best position for the baby to sleep. Career pathways of a midwife: To become a midwife‚ you would need to apply to a university that offers Midwifery for three years. The entry requirements for studying midwifery in university are: grades A-C grade in GCSE which include English and science and at least 3
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Nurse National Competency Standards Assessing Competence Glossary of Terms Introduction The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC) is a peak national nursing and midwifery organisation established in 1992 with the purpose of developing a national approach to nursing and midwifery regulation. The ANMC works in conjunction with the state and territory nursing and midwifery regulatory authorities (NMRAs) to produce national standards which are an integral component of the regulatory framework
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of good nursing practice. This essay will focus on four inter-related skills that complement each other in achieving goals (Barker 2007). The goal that these nursing skills seek to achieve is good nursing practice as according to Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC 2008) mission of protecting the health and welfare of the public. NMC is the National Regulatory body that stipulates and regulates standards of education‚ training‚ and conduct of nurses and midwives throughout Great Britain and
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suffering from OC will be discussed. Finally the use of fetal surveillance to predict and prevent fetal demise will be evaluated. A case study will be referred to throughout this essay (see appendix 1) and in strict adherence to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) 2008 guidelines on patient confidentiality‚ the woman shall be known as Jacinta‚ a Gravida 2 Para 1 who presented with OC at 24/40 weeks gestation and was delivered by caesarean section at 37/40 weeks. The structures of the body
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The NMC‚ Nursing and Midwifery Council is the regulator for England‚ Wales‚ Scotland‚ Northern Ireland and the Islands. Since 1983‚ the NMC’s main role is to oversee and deal with professional misconduct complaints and to maintain‚ monitor and record the quality of students‚ nurses and midwives. This essay briefly discusses one of the four principles of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2008)‚ a guidance for nurse’s‚ midwives and the importance of good record keeping within the health care setting
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the diary‚ interpreted the lives of the people living around Martha Ballard‚ and Martha Ballard herself. Post-Revolutionary era frontier life was difficult on women. They could not make the same wages as men‚ midwifery was the highest paying profession for a woman at the time. Midwifery was a medical profession‚ and Martha Ballard was often involved in the curing of illness‚ the delivery of babies‚ and other such medically relative events. Ballard‚ on September 2‚ 1794‚ wrote in her diary that
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Unit 4223-001 Introduction to personal development in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings (SHC 22) 1.1 Duties I must complete as part of my role as a Midwifery Support Worker are making routine observations‚ ensuring stock and stationary levels are maintained‚ provide parent education and breastfeeding support‚ prepare equipment and clean and stock delivery rooms after deliveries. My responsibilities are to ensure that notes and records are updated accurately and
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