Unit 302- Personal and Professional development Flashcards
What is law?
Set of rules that are abide by the community that were enforced by the courts.
Why do we need laws?
- To regulate society
- To protect people
- To enforce and solve conflicts
What is rights?
Something that all people are entitled to- equality act 2010
How are laws made?
What is a code of practice?
- Set of guidelines for particular professions
- A code of practice is a set of written rules which explains what to do
How many subsections are there of NMC code?
25 subsections
What is a policy?
Policies can be guidelines, rules, regulations, laws or directions (basically what you have to do)
What are the duties of an employee in health and safety policy
- Must comply with the health and safety management, risk control systems and
standards to ensure safe working practices - Are required to co-operate with preventative and protective measures to safeguard and promote health and safety
- Need to take reasonable care to promote and ensure their own and others health and safety
- Report any health and safety concerns to their line manager and the COO
What are the duty of an employer for health and Safety?
- Carry out a risk assessment and put in suitable risk control measures for the safety of each service user and to assure a safe working environment for staff and volunteers
- Identify and report health and safety risks arising from risk assessments, accident and injuries reports, routine inspection checks and audits on the service
- Provide information, instruction, supervision and in house supportive learning
Keep health and safety monitoring, recording and routine reporting systems up to date
C.E.O Is the person who keeps everyone in their care ensures their safety and well being
What are the duty of a volunteer in health and safety policy
- Report any health and safety concerns to their designated support officer
- Must cooperate with preventative and protective measures to safeguard and
promote health and safety - Are expected to participate in induction, general and specific work activity health and safety learning and development programmes as required for their volunteering role
What is an advocate
Someone who speaks for someone behalf out of their best interest
Duty of care in employees
- Inclusice care
- Clients should feel empowered
- Providing choice
- To promote independence
- Person centered care
- Communication
Failure of DOC (duty of care)
- legal action
- safeguarding put at risk
- patients death or put into jury
- staff could lose job
- Codes of conduct and the duty of care does not protect vulnerable adults form harm
- mistakes can happen e.g through lack of training, poor communication, stress, negligence, or being distracted
Define this key terms:
- Adverse event
- Errors
- Near miss
- Incident
- S.A.L.T
- O.T
- Adverse event: preventable or non preventable, that cause harm to a patient as a result of poor medical care
- Errors: an act of mistake in the duty of care
- Near miss: A close call or nearly a collision
- Incident: it is described as a negative event which has caused severe harm or damage to either the person receiving care or the organisation
- S.A.L.T: speech and language therapy
- O.T: occupational therapist
What are the principles of care
- Promoting effective communication and relationships
- anti-discriminatory practice
- protecting individual from abuse
- celebrating diversity
- respecting people’s privacy
- promoting individualized care
- protecting individual from abuse
- Acknowledging individuals belief
What are values?
The moral principles and beliefs or acceptance standard of a person or social group
what are principles?
A kind of rule that guides you of an obligation of right of conuct
What are the principles of care?
- Promoting communication and relationships
- Promoting anti discriminatory practice
- Maintaining confidentiality information
- Promoting & supporting individuals rights o dignity, independence, empowerment, choice and safety
Identify 3 forms of prejudice
- Racism
- Sexism
- Homophobia
What is labelling?
Labelling, for example a person who wears a cross may be labelled as a highly religious christian, anather example is when someone wears a hijab may be labelled as a terrorist
Explain what an anti- discriminatory approach to care practice involves
Recognizing the needs of people, actively challenge discrimination
Explain how care practitioners can adopt an anti- discrimination approach
Need to be challenging your own discrimination, challenging the prejudice of other people
What does prejudice mean ?
preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
What can be done to give rights to choice
- Individuals should be included in decision making regarding their care
- This can include what food they want to eat, what treatment they wish to have
- Individuals should be given the information they need to make informed choices