Duty of Care & RCVS Disciplinary System

Question 1

What does duty of care mean?

Answer 1

Means a moral or legal obligation to ensure safety or well-being of others.

(enacted under Tort law).

Question 2

What year is the animal welfare act?

Answer 2

2006

Question 3

Who does the Animal Welfare Act apply to?

Answer 3

Anyone (over 16yrs old) who is responsible for the care of an animal.
This act makes it a criminal offence to allow a protected animal to suffer unnecessarily.

Question 4

What are the five welfare needs of an animal?

Answer 4

1. Suitable environment.
2. Suitable diet.
3. Able to exhibit normal behaviours.
   Be housed with, or apart from, other animals.
   Be protected from pain, suffering, injury and disease.

Question 5

The Animal Welfare Act is enforced by who?

Answer 5

Various authorities which depend on nature of offence.
Police, local authorities, RSPCA, DEFRA.

Question 6

What is negligence?

Answer 6

It is conduct, or a failure to act, that breaches a duty to take care.
A ‘tort’ or ‘civil wrong’.
Negligent acts can also be a breach of a statutory duty if you do not comply with legislation/regulations that apply to you/or the business.

Question 7

What is misconduct?

Answer 7

Unacceptable or improper behaviour.
2 categories- gross and general.

Question 8

Gross misconduct vs general misconduct.

Answer 8

Gross misconduct = reason for swift disciplinary action.
General misconduct = not usually a situation where a person is dismissed on the spot.

Question 9

Negligence vs Misconduct

Answer 9

NEGLIGENCE = reckless actions, disregard to harm, civil wrongdoing, compensation.
MISCONDUCT = committed with actual knowledge, failure to act when knowing the consequences, disciplinary.

Question 10

What is the Benner’s Stage of Clinical Competance?

Answer 10

Stages a person will pass through when developing new skills.
Used throughout learning and development.
Especially in nursing.

Question 11

What are the five stages Benner’s stages?

Answer 11

1. Novice
2. Advanced beginner
3. Competent
4. Proficient
5. Expert

Question 12

What is the aim of the Benner’s Stages of Clinical Competence?

Answer 12

Track movement, from reliance to concrete experience.
For the student to be able to make transition from dependence to independence.

Question 13

Benner’s Stage of Clinical Competence = NOVICE

Answer 13

No experience in situations where they are expected to perform.
Lacks confidence.
Requires continual verbal and physical cues.
Ends when graduates from nursing program.

Question 14

Benner’s Stage of Clinical Competence = ADVANCED BEGINNER

Answer 14

Demonstrate acceptable performance due to prior experience.
Efficient and skilful.
Occasional supportive cues.
New graduate nurses are at this stage.

Question 15

Benner’s Stage of Clinical Competence = COMPETENT

Answer 15

Nurse that has been on the job in same/similar situations for 2-3 years.
Efficiency, coordination, confident.
Competent nurses emerge after 2 year mark.

Question 16

Benner’s Stage of Clinical Competence = PROFICIENT

Answer 16

Perceives situations as wholes, rather than in chopped up parts or aspects.

Question 17

Benner’s Stage of Clinical Competence = EXPERT

Answer 17

Initiative grasp of each situation and zeroes in on accurate region of the problem.
Deep understanding.
Fluid, flexible & highly proficient.
Highly skilled analytic ability.

Question 18

What is CPD?

Answer 18

Continuing professional development.
The process of continually maintaining, improving, and broadening skills and knowledge.
Helps to ensure you remain professionally competent.

Question 19

How many hours of CPD do RVNs need to complete per year?

Answer 19

15 hours per year.