Privacy and Confidentiality Maintaining privacy and confidentiality for patients is a fundamental duty of care as a nurse. It is clearly stated that "a nurse must treat personal information obtained in a professional capacity as confidential" (ANMC‚ 2003‚ pg. 4). Although the terms privacy and confidentiality are often interchanged‚ they should be distinguished. Privacy refers to one’s ownership of one’s body or information about one’s self‚ whereas confidentiality refers specifically
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CHILD PROTECTION POLICY TEMPLATE Child Protection Policy 1.1 Introduction Everyone who participates in Cockermouth Titans ARLFC is entitled to do so in an enjoyable and safe environment. The (Organisation/Club) have a moral and legal obligation to ensure that‚ when given responsibility for young people‚ coaches and volunteers provide them with the highest possible standard of care. The (Cockermouth Titans ARLFC) is committed to
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Unit 025 Understand how to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people. Outcome 1 Understand the main legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people. Current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies & procedures: “The Children Act 1989 An Act to reform the law relating to children; to provide for local authority services for children in need and others; to amend the law with respect to children’s homes‚ community homes‚ voluntary homes and voluntary
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Uncovering Covering Kenji Yoshino’s “A New Civil Rights” is a captivating passage‚ which unveils his theory on how to completely abolish all unnecessary forms of assimilation and discrimination. Throughout his essay‚ Yoshino encourages society to move away from dehumanizing stereotypes‚ and to employ the New Civil Rights. Unlike the Civil Rights that exist currently‚ his new theory would not protect individual groups but rather humanity as a whole. For instance‚ in the 60s when the Civil Rights
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INTRODUCTION Delegated legislation refers to the rules and regulations‚ which are passed by some person or body under some enabling parent legislation. The Interpretation Act 1967 defines it as ‘any proclamation‚ rule‚ regulation‚ order‚ by-law or other instrument made under any Act‚ Enactment‚ Ordinance‚ or other lawful authority and having legislative effect’. BODY The Parliament and State Legislative Assemblies conferred legislative powers from the Federal Constitution. However‚ only small
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Subsidiary Legislation Subsidiary legislation‚ also referred to as delegated legislation is the law that is brought into being by authorities‚ persons or bodies other than Parliament‚ under power conferred by either the Constitution or Parliament. The purpose and limits of such subsidiary or subordinate law making powers will normally be set out in the enabling Act of Parliament or the Constitution. There are several reasons why it is necessary to have subsidiary legislation: 1. Pressure on Parliamentary
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hours and holiday entitlements. Sickness absence and sick pay. Data protection for personal information. Health and safety. Criminal records Bureau (CRB) checks when starting work within a healthcare setting. 1.2 List the main features of current employment legislation. The main features are as followed‚ minimum wage‚ hours worked‚ Discrimination‚ health and safety‚ holiday entitlements‚ redundancy and dismissal‚ disciplinary procedures‚ training and union rights. Health and safety laws cover the
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The SARS Virus: Background information and data analysis Henry Brown‚ Rugby School Summer 2003 Introduction SARS is a virus. Generally‚ they are only visible through an electron microscope. Viruses are not generally considered a living organism. Instead they are parasitic. They remain dormant outside of the host body‚ and if one happens to get inside the body‚ it can spread rapidly. It relies on the host’s cells to replicate. A good example is the influenza virus‚ which infects the
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immigrationlawyer.com.au - Why Is the Point System Important in Australian Immigration Procedures? Australian immigration procedures are in place to help regulate permanent migration to the country in a strict manner. Australia limits visas to 190‚000 each year. A high percentage of these are for skilled workers‚ but the rest is set aside for humanitarian and family applicants. Skilled applicants fall into two categories‚ namely independent and employer-sponsored. These applicants will need to select
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to listen to children and take concerns of abuse seriously. Procedure Practitioners working with children‚ young people and their families taking all reasonable measures to ensure that the risks of harm to children’s welfare are minimised; and Where there are concerns about children and young people’s welfare‚ practitioners taking appropriate actions to address those concerns‚ working to agreed local policies and procedures in full partnership with other local agencies. (Safeguarding Children
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