P2: Outline the main factors of current health and safety legislation as applied in health and social care. This leaflet will contain information for a booklet covering the main features of at least 3 current health and safety legislations as applied in a health and social care setting. Legislation is another word for written law‚ which may also be known as act of parliament or regulations. As stated by Stretch B and Whitehouse M (2007) pg. 17 legislation is also the law that parliament makes which
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The duty of confidentiality is based on trust and respect and this is fundamental to safe and effective care. An environment of trust encourages people to be open and honest with those who care for them‚ and to provide all the details necessary so that they receive the best care possible. Organisations should ensure that they have the appropriate organisational and technical systems security‚ policies‚ processes and staff training and education to ensure that confidential information is held and
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There are many issues which are essential to confidentiality and objective observations. Its important that you keep the observation accurate which means that it needs to be true and not made up‚ according to Beith and Tassoni "Keeping records and carrying out observations on children allow early years practitioners to pass accurate information on to parents. It means that parents can be kept informed of a child’s progress which shows them that their child is being seen as an individual and that
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Confidentiality within this scenario is defined as Sam’s personal information being kept private by the nurse caring for him (Burns‚ 2015). This implies that the nurse has a responsibility to maintain Sam’s confidentiality‚ because they have legal requirements to do so (Aldworth‚ 2009). This is supported by the nursing and midwifery council (2015) which states that within all care settings nurses should always make sure they are respecting their patient’s right to privacy. This implies that the
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Describe the legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding children‚ including e-safety. e-safety is when you teach children and young people about the dangers of using the internet. Just the same as you teach them road safety it is important to teach them about the dangers of the internet when using computers‚ games consoles etc. Identify the current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e-safety
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the family consent is not appropriate?” (Bailey & Burch‚ 2016‚ p. 338) 2. Ethical principle(s) (the Code) addressed in this Case: 2.06 Maintaining Confidentiality. RBT (a) Behavior analysts have a primary obligation and take reasonable precautions to protect the confidentiality of those with whom they work or consult‚ recognizing that confidentiality may be established by law‚ organizational rules‚ or professional or scientific relationships.
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The Importance of Confidentiality in Nursing Practice This essay will discuss why confidentiality is important within nursing practice and the reasons why a registered nurse and student nurse are accountable and to whom they are accountable to in relation to patient care. It will further discuss patient’s rights in relation to law. Definition of Confidentiality‚ Bailliere’s Dictionary
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Confidentiality and Workplace Ethics Confidentiality at the workplace is very important. Virtually all workplaces have information that needs to be kept confidential due to the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act. As a co-op student‚ you need to be very careful not to share any confidential information with your friends or family. The laws and regulations that support confidentiality come from our collective desire to protect the rights of the individual within our society. The desire to do what
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“The American Association of Colleges of Nursing is concerned about the nursing shortage and is working with schools‚ policy makers‚ kindred organizations‚ and the media to bring attention to this health care crisis. AACN is working to enact legislation‚ identify strategies and form collaborations to address the nursing shortage.” (AACN). Joint Commission on
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Mayfair Afiah Aboagyewah Prof: Daniel Hedden Kaplan University Bioethics 280 -02 Reflection Paper 10 /8/2010 Much debate has been put forth in public and private about the importance of confidentiality in the health care systems and how to protect and prevent it from landing in the wrong hands. Many patients and clients does not feel like their medical health and conditions are been kept safe in their health providers care. So many security bleach has happen in numerous
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