health. But what happens when patients are deemed “legally dead” with no brain activity‚ and the only thing keeping their bodies alive are ventilators? Situations like this can cause profound ethical dilemmas between health care providers‚ their patients and family members. Such ethical dilemmas have even been considered in the popular press‚ including the case of 13 year old Jahi McMath who received surgical treatment at Oakland Children’s Hospital in California.
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duty of care in own work role. Duty of Care means that practitioners take on legal responsibilities to safeguard the welfare and well being of the children in their care. This includes appropriate attention‚ watching out for potential hazards‚ preventing mistakes or accidents‚ and making wise choices about steps undertaken in a role. Every child should be supported and enabled to live in an environment which is free from prejudice and safe from abuse. My responsibilities under the duty of care are to
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Understand the legislative framework for the use of medication in social care settings. There are different legislations that govern the use of medication within social care settings: The Medicines Act 1968 The Misuse Of Drugs Act 1971 The Safer Management of Controlled Drugs 2006 The Data Protection Act 1998 Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) Hazardous Waste Regulations 2005 Mental Capacity Act 2005 The Access to Health Records Act
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Assignment 055 Task A When looking after children you have a duty of care to them‚ this means it is your responsibility to keep the child safe and free from harm. The younger the child the greater the duty of care is‚you need to be vigilant and pay attention to keep children safe. Mentally risk assessing situations as they arise will help you see any potential dangers to the child and help you plan to avoid any risk. You also need to be aware of a child’s feelings and help them develop them
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Dilemmas are an everyday thing. We all have been in a situation where we have to choose between two things. What if you were in a situation where you had to make a decision between two options that are right and two options that are wrong? Many parents are placed in that tragic situation were deciding what option to choose is devastating. Death at any age is traumatic‚ however I believe it is specially hard when it involves children. It is especially challenging because they cannot make their own
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A MANAGER’S DILEMMA: WHO GETS THE PROJECT? CMT‚ a leading innovator in the telecommunications industry‚ has a new hardware product which is under development with associated software. Henry Mathews‚ the director of software support tasked to choose who to be in charge of the new project had just taken a two-week vacation which left Dave Peterson to be temporarily in command of the entire unit. Dave Peterson is the manager of customer software support. He needs to make an immediate decision
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Conflict in "The Child By Tiger" "The Child by Tiger" is narrated by a man who is remembering an event from his childhood. The story centers on Dick Prosser‚ who is a black hired hand for Mr. Shepperton. Dick is involved in several levels of conflict throughout the story.* These include intrapersonal conflicts‚ a conflict with society‚ and conflict with his environment. The first conflict is very important in the scheme of the story‚ because it provides the necessary conditions for this
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needs. What occurs when the patient is a child? Do children have the right to decide? Children are usually viewed as incompetent and not fully aware of what is in their best interest. Children are dependent on their “guardians” to make responsible‚ safeguard judgements on the child’s behalf. The ethical dilemma afflicting the healthcare team is one that develops when they are faced with the challenge of parental preference or child well-being. This dilemma emerges when the “guardian” appears to not
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Sydney Hasomeris Child Psychology The child I observed‚ Brenden‚ was one of the four year olds that go to the daycare I work at. He was your average height and weight‚ African American‚ has short hair‚ and had two teeth missing. Brenden always has the biggest smile on his face; for the most part he is a happy kid. The major focus of this age is initiative vs guilt‚ which is Erik Erikson’s third stage of psychosocial development. This stage is when children assert their power and control through
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obtain some medicine for her young grandson. In this story‚ Welty describes scenarios where Phoenix Jackson faces many conflicts‚ while heading to the rural part of town‚ with nature and society all while enduring her physical conflicts that make taking this journey a little more challenging than someone in their earlier years of age. I will be describing the many conflicts’ the character has to succumb and how the setting plays a vital role in helping us to visualize the obstacles she may have to endure
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