Duty of Care
‘I confirm that the submitted work is my own work and that I have clearly identified
and fully acknowledged all material that is entitled to be attributed to others (whether
published or unpublished) using the referencing system set out in the programme
handbook. I agree that the University may submit my work to mean of checking this,
such as the plagiarism detection service Turnitin@UK. I confirm that I understand
that assessed work that has been shown to have been plagiarised will be penalised.
This essay will primarily focus on the situation of Emma, a 16 year old patient. In this
essay, issues such as socio-economic factors, psychological circumstances,
communication and government interventions to care will be examine and
explained with evidence to back each of these factors which influence the care
provided to Emma. In trying to understand the relationship between nurses and
patients, different communication approaches would be adopted which may relate to
Emma’s condition to look at how such factors would impact the way care is given.
Moral and ethical issues such as inappropriate comments by health professionals
would be dealt with in this scenario.
Research on teenage pregnancy has revealed the social and economic structure of
societies. Allen et al, (2007) argued that teenagers living in government or rented
accommodations are more likely to become pregnant at an early age, while other
studies associated the phenomenon to be prevalent in certain neighbourhoods.
(Bauder, 2002). Bonell et al, (2006) sought to include parental separation and family
history., while other studies (Arai, 2004) argued that teenagers become pregnant
after they had stopped going to school or were expelled.
By relating the above analysis to Emma, it can be argue that her pregnancy may be
as result of one or more of the above
and fully acknowledged all material that is entitled to be attributed to others (whether
published or unpublished) using the referencing system set out in the programme
handbook. I agree that the University may submit my work to mean of checking this,
such as the plagiarism detection service Turnitin@UK. I confirm that I understand
that assessed work that has been shown to have been plagiarised will be penalised.
This essay will primarily focus on the situation of Emma, a 16 year old patient. In this
essay, issues such as socio-economic factors, psychological circumstances,
communication and government interventions to care will be examine and
explained with evidence to back each of these factors which influence the care
provided to Emma. In trying to understand the relationship between nurses and
patients, different communication approaches would be adopted which may relate to
Emma’s condition to look at how such factors would impact the way care is given.
Moral and ethical issues such as inappropriate comments by health professionals
would be dealt with in this scenario.
Research on teenage pregnancy has revealed the social and economic structure of
societies. Allen et al, (2007) argued that teenagers living in government or rented
accommodations are more likely to become pregnant at an early age, while other
studies associated the phenomenon to be prevalent in certain neighbourhoods.
(Bauder, 2002). Bonell et al, (2006) sought to include parental separation and family
history., while other studies (Arai, 2004) argued that teenagers become pregnant
after they had stopped going to school or were expelled.
By relating the above analysis to Emma, it can be argue that her pregnancy may be
as result of one or more of the above