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The objective of this assignment is to reflect on an episode of desirable practice that the author observed during his first clinical placement and concentrates on the actions of the trained nurse. ... These areas include criminal law, employment law, health and safety law, civil law, fully informing the patient to obtain consent, professional accountability, maintaining records and confidentiality. ...
There exists certain legislation and guidelines that protect patients, and the nursing profession is subject to these laws and policies.
The Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979, created a new body to regulate the profession known as the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting , or the UKCC (Hogston and Simpson 2002). The UKCC was replaced in 2002 by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, or the NMC. The Health Act 1999 defined its functions as keeping the register of members in practice, determining standards of education and training, giving guidance about standards of conduct and making rules relating to misconduct (Hogston and Simpson 2002). Its guidance in standards of conduct is incorporated in the NMC’s Code of Professional Conduct, which came into effect on 1st June 2002. ...
Prior to making a decision on the course of action for the patient, the trained nurse had to assess the situation and recognise that she had an ethical, legal and professional responsibility to care for the patient. ... The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), the organisation that took on the professional regulatory role of the UKCC, recognise that record keeping is important in their ‘Guidelines for records and record keeping’ (2002). In these guidelines record keeping is described as an integral part of nursing practice and good record keeping helps to protect patients’ and clients’ welfare (NMC 2002). These guidelines also identify the registered nurse’s professional and legal duty of care and that in making a record the nurse should be aware of the reliance which colleagues have upon it. ... Thompson et al (1994) compare different problem-solving models and identify that the Nursing Process has different stages. ... These two points are recognised in the Code of Professional Conduct (NMC 2002) which states that in caring for patients the trained nurse must maintain her professional knowledge and competence and obtain consent before giving any treatment or care. ...
The trained nurse is also accountable to the profession for obtaining consent as section 3 of the Code of Professional Conduct (NMC 2002) states that a trained nurse must obtain consent before giving any treatment or care.
Approximate Word count = 1971
Approximate Pages = 7.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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