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    Task 3 links to learning outcome 1‚ assessment criteria 1.3. • Confidentiality and data protection are vital when running a home based childcare service. Write an explanation of the importance of both. Confidentiality The definition of ‘confidential’ is; 1. Done or communicated in confidence; secret. 2. Entrusted with the confidence of another: a confidential secretary. 3. Denoting confidence or intimacy: a confidential tone of voice. 4. Containing information‚ the unauthorised

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    Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care. 1.1 Define the following types of abuse: • Physical abuse involving contact intended to cause feelings of intimidation‚ injury‚ or other physical suffering or bodily harm. • Sexual abuse is the forcing of undesired sexual behaviour by one person upon another. • Emotional/psychological abuse may involve threats or actions to cause mental or physical harm; humiliation; isolation. • Financial abuse is the illegal

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    “Under the Child Care Act 1991 as amended by the Child and Family Agency Act 2013 the Child and Family Agency (Tusla) is charged with ensuring the health‚ safety and welfare of pre-school children attending services.”(Citizens information‚ 2016) Preschool regulations aim to ensure that every preschool service meets the quality standard‚ provide a suitable environment setting for preschoolers to develop their physical‚ social-emotional‚ and cognitive domains. There are a few specific legal requirements

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    Patient Confidentiality

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    "Patient Confidentiality" (ID: 11116011 Krishna Rana)   Description: For the past two weeks I have been working in a large surgical ward that has mass thoroughfare of people in and out of the ward - namely doctors‚ visitors and other allied health care staff. One method of Patient Confidentiality which I have encountered is the use of  cavity lockers for each individual patient - which lock patients files and confidential information safely in the wall. In addition‚ these lockers are secured with

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    Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act‚ 2005- A Case Study Introduction- The women movements in India go back to almost hundred years. The various social reform movements that were initiated before independence continued though in different shapes even after independence. There were some major Acts that were passed after independence to curb the violence against women e.g. Dowry Prohibition Act 1961‚ Sati (Prevention) Act 1987 etc. But even this could not make any substantial change in the

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    Patient Falls

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    Patient falls are an increasing concern within the healthcare system and contribute to costly treatments and lengthy hospital stays. The purpose of this article is to examine how nursing education impacts patient falls centered on evidenced-based research. Overall‚ evidence supports that nursing education can have effectively decrease falls among patients in hospitals and nursing homes. Task 1: Evidence-Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research Research guides decisions and changes we make

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    FACTORS AFFECTING PATIENT SAFETY AS PERCEIVED BY STAFF NURSES IN SELECTED HOSPITALS IN METRO MANILA I. INTRODUCTION A) BACKGROUND “The biggest challenge to moving toward a safer health system is changing the culture from one of blaming individuals for errors to one in which errors are treated not as personal failures‚ but as opportunities to improve the system and prevent harm.” - Institute of Medicine ‘99 Issues related to a lack of patient safety have been reported for decades

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    Running head: MODEL OF NURSING CARE AND PATIENT SAFETY Model of Nursing Care and Patient Safety October 10‚ 2009 Model of Nursing Care and Patient Safety The purpose of this paper is to identify and describe the model of nursing care used in my facility‚ and how it relates to the American Nurses Code of Ethics (ANA) and patient safety guidelines. The hospital I worked for is a catholic based nonprofit organization‚ which uses Patient Centered Nursing Care model in most of the areas of

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    Patient Safety and Efforts of Infection Prevention in the Surgical Field Dana Cook Nova Southeastern University Patient Safety and Efforts of Infection Prevention in the Surgical Field It is estimated that 1 in 10 patients will experience a nosocomial infection (Biddle‚ 2009). With this staggering fact‚ patient safety and infection prevention is at the forefront of healthcare. Many changes have occurred in this area since the 1840s. This is when Semmelweis‚ a Viennese obstetrician‚ made

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    Patient Empathy

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    Having empathy with the patient can increase the comfort and trust in the provider-patient relationship and can also psychologically be better for the patients. Participants in this study were students from different universities. They watched a DVD simulation-based empathy workshop and then self reported their sympathy through a survey. The background section of this article goes over the differences between “emphatetic medical care” and just general care. In emphatetic medical care‚ the caregiver centers

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