ThConfidentiality is a key ethical and legal principle governing health care practice. Confidentiality is recognised as a requirement of practice for all health professions in: 1. Health Services Act 1988 (Vic); 2. Contracts of employment; 3. Professional Codes of Conduct; Rationale for confidentiality 1. Respect for patient autonomy An important principle in health care ethics is respect for patient autonomy. This principle emphasises a person’s right to have control over their own life. This
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WHO defines policy as decisions‚ plans‚ and actions that are followed to achieve a particular health care goal within a society. A detailed health policy can achieve several things such as defining a vision for the future‚ which in turn helps to establish goals and points of reference for the short and medium term. Healthcare settings have various policies which are continuously updated to keep up with the growing demands of the field. Nurses have a lot of ethical and legal responsibilities in their
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Assignment 301 Principles of communication in an adult social care setting Task A Ai – Identify four reasons why people communicate To build relationships and socialise To express feelings and emotions To share information To be understood Aii – Describe two ways how effective communication can affect relationships in an adult social care setting between individuals using the service‚ their carers‚ colleagues and other practitioners. By having effective communication within a service
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Unit 301 Principles of communication in adult social care settings Outcome 1 Understand why effective communication is important in adult social care settings 1.1.1.1.1 People communicate for a variety of different reasons. These can be to express our desires and wishes or express our emotions. A baby screaming could be communicating its hunger or pain. We also communicate to survive‚ to form relationships‚ socially interact and to share ideas. 1.2 Communication can
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Assignment 201 Principles of communication in adult social care settings Assignments Task A Short Answer Questions Ai Describe two methods of verbal communication other than one-to-one conversation. Tone of voice The tone and pitch of your voice can in itself communicate mood‚ urgency or intent. It Is important to be mindful of this when overcoming language barriers or when dealing with those with service users with hearing impairments. Vocabulary Using different words in order to simplify or
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Assignment 301 - Principles of communication in adult social care settings. Ai) Identify four different reasons why people communicate. . Create and maintain relationships . To teach and to learn . To share opinions . Feelings and emotions Aii) Describe two ways how effective communication can affect relationships in an adult social care setting between individuals using the service‚ their carers‚ colleagues and other Practitioners. Effective communication is essential in building
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UNIT 302 PRINCIPLES OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ADULT SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS 1.1 Reflective practices are when you review your own actions and experiences in your role‚ critically and constructively‚ with the intention of improving the way you conduct yourself The aim being to provide a better service in the future and personal improvement. 1.2 Reflective practice is important in as much that it enables me to review real life situations I have been in‚ how I dealt with them‚ how I felt
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CONFIDENTIALITY THE HISTORY OF CONFIDENTIALITY IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE. One of the oldest documents we can find about confidentiality is the Hippocratic Oath what was written in the 4th century BC. We all know that nurses are not taking this oath‚ but we are bound to the same confidentiality regulations as doctors and other health professionals including social workers. Untrained or ancillary workers should not have access to patient’s records and there is no need for them to know certain confidential
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Unit 301 Principles of communication in adult and social care setting Outcome 1 There are many different reasons that people communicate this maybe to let someone know that they are hungry or to say that they are unwell‚ it maybe that someone would just like to have a talk‚ people often communicate to voice their opinions and sometime to influence and motivate others. Communication is a major part of our active lives and is a social activity. It maybe verbal though speech‚ reading and writing
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Confidentiality 1) Confidentiality means that whatever information you hold on someone must not be shared with others. Information must be kept safe and private. You can only pass on information about someone if they have given their consent. 2) The Data Protection Act 1998 & 2003 is mandatory and has eight principles. These principles dictate how information is to be handled. Information should only be used for the use it was intended‚ it must not be given to anyone else without
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