elderly lady‚ 78 year old Mrs Jones was admitted to the unit from a local nursing home following an acute myocardial infarction. In order to gain in my clinical skills experience I was asked to accompany and observe the staff nurse who was to carry out the catheterisation. The nurse told Mrs Jones that she was just going to pop a catheter in. There were no explanatory details towards Mrs Jones about what the procedure precisely entailed‚ and she was not informed of the risks or benefits. Therefore Mrs
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Obstacles that face nurses in applying professional ethics 1- Managerial Barriers: Managerial barriers were evolving around the issues including Labor shortage‚ long working hours‚ unsuitable working shift‚ lack of comers training courses and On-the-Job training courses about ethical issues and inefficiency of learned ethical educations during academic courses. Most nurses believed that one of the major and basic nursing problems is the lack of personnel and human labor: “how do you
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be more difficult to leave‚ if he was not watched closely‚ and was not monitored or checked every half hour to every hour the hospital itself may be liable. If Dr. Simon did not admit Mr. Jones to a safer‚ locked ward Dr. Simon may also be liable. Nurses may also be liable if they failed to check on the activities of Mr. Jones for several hours. He may have been placed on suicide precautions‚ which means he would require constant supervision. Gerardi‚ D. (2007). Elopement: Spotlight case. Retrieved
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Government Regulation Research Paper 1 John Smith Introduction Government regulation is around us everywhere. The government needs to make sure that the public’s interests are maintained and preserved. Being an accounting student‚ I have heard and read about regulation in the accounting industry numerous times. There have been many major accounting scandals in history that have lead to many different kinds of government regulation. The government regulations in accounting are mostly enacted
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Estimated liabilities are a known obligation that is of an uncertain amount but that can be reasonable estimated. Common examples are employee benefits such as pensions‚ heath care and vacation pay‚ and warranties offered by a seller (Fundamental Accounting Principles‚ Chapter 11‚ Pg 437). When a firm sells products or renders services with a warranty‚ the firms has an obligation towards the customer when the warranty is honored. The warranty liability is an estimate of the obligations. Hence‚ a
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DEFENITION: STRICT LIABILITY RYLANDS V FLETCHER CASE i. FACTS ii. DIAGRAMATICAL REPRESENTATION iii. JUDGEMENT iv. EFFECTS OF THE CASE v. EFFECTS OF THE CASE IN INDIA vi. CONCLUSION vii. ESSENTIALS EXCEPTIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY STRICT LIABILITY • A person may be liable for some harm even though he is not negligent in causing the same or does not intentionally cause it or is careful or has taken steps to prevent the same. • e.g.‚ The defendant is liable to the neighbor
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OCCUPIERS LIABILITY The occupancy of premises is affected by two statues: 1) The occupier’s liability act 1957. Under this act there is a duty to keep safe and lawful visitors to the premises 2) The occupier’s liability act 1984. Where an occupier may owe a duty to protect trespassers onto the premises. LAWFUL VISITORS A lawful visitor has permission to enter premises. This can be expressed permission of implied. There are four situations covering implied permissions: 1) If the occupier
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PRUDENTIAL REGULATIONS FOR CORPORATE / COMMERCIAL BANKING (Updated on January 31‚ 2011) BANKING POLICY & REGULATIONS DEPARTMENT STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN Disclaimer: State Bank of Pakistan compiles a booklet of Prudential Regulations from time to time for convenience of users. Updated version of such a booklet containing amendments in the regulations made through circulars/Circular letters to date is being issued. Due care has been taken while incorporating amendments‚ however‚ errors and
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Business Entities‚ Laws‚ and Regulations Paper Dorian Rowe BUS/415 Shaun Koenig November 14‚ 2011 Businesses in every industry have to deal with entities‚ laws‚ and regulations. Management teams have to take into account items such as consideration of control‚ taxation‚ and liability issues among others. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the restaurant/bar‚ professional practice‚ and construction scenarios. For each scenario the business entity that represents the best choice for each
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! ! ! Liability for Negligence! 1. The Duty! PURE ECONOMIC LOSS ! Neighbour Test (Donoghue v Stevenson): Care must be taken to avoid acts Salient Features Test (Perre v Apand): Neighbour test is not enough in cases of which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbour. Who are pure economic loss to establish a duty of care‚ which caused a need for further persons I ought to reasonably have in contemplation as I take an action/omission. tests to identify
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