In this essay, two current legislations: Equality act 2010 and Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, and their impact on health care provision are discussed. Values, skills, attitudes, importance of knowledge, ethics of professionalism and many other requirements are necessary for healthcare professionals. Two of these necessary requirements are discussed and their merits are presented. Reflective practice and how important it is for health care professionals is also outlined. There are many laws, regulations, policies and procedures applied in the field of healthcare that professionals are required to follow and abide by. These legislations and policies have a great impact and have positively contributed towards healthcare sector. Every individual, …show more content…
The aim of this Act was to ensure welfare, health and safety of employees and other people who are visitors on the work premises. It also makes sure the safety of keeping and using of any substance that is hazardous, explosive or flammable and can endanger the life of employees or people present on the workplace premises. The Act outlined the general duties of employers to their employees and to any other person that enters the premises. It comply employers with documentation and reporting any injuries, accidents and diseases at work. It also enlisted employees’ responsibilities towards their own health and safety and towards each other (Elizabeth Rasheed, 2010), (Health and Safety at Work Act 1974: An Overview, …show more content…
Reflective practice is thinking or studying about your own experiences, reflecting on what you do. It is process of critically analysing the situations or events and actions in the workplace. Reflective practice has a great impact on the way and quality of care being provided. There are many models available to use to enhance and support reflective practice in care setting. Gibbs’ reflective cycle has described six steps that are involved in reflective process. It includes describing the incident, your thoughts and feelings at that time, evaluation about the incident, analysis of the situation, what else could you have done, and the action plan that if happen again, what will you do? Reflective practice enables healthcare professionals not to be stagnating and do strategic planning. It is part of their continuous professional development and an assurance of high standards of care quality provided. Reflective practice bridges gap between theory and practice (Brightside,
UNIT 2: EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND RIGHTS JADA COOPER 20140170 P4: This task will explain 2 different national initiatives, stating when they were set up, the purpose and also how they promote anti-discriminatory practises. It will also talk about Charters and their importance, whilst discussing 2 of the codes of practices’. Care Standards Act 2000 The Care Standards was established in 2000, its’ aim is to ensure that the standards of care within all institutions were not inadequate as the rules and regulations have to be adhered to. The care standards act try’s to make sure that all institutions are equipped and well facilitated to meet the needs of those within the provision.
Learning the codes of practice ensures that I promote and uphold the privacy, dignity and rights of the clients I care for and that I strive to improve the quality of healthcare, care and support through continuing professional development. I achieve this within my job role by ensuring that the service users and their families are informed and included in all aspects of their care
The legislations, policies, processes, and code of practices have established the responsibility of employer in the regulation of social care worker. These standards are being set at the national level as they require the social care providers to comply with them. The codes are important step in the introduction of the system of regulation for the social care within four countries of the United Kingdom. They are required to ensure that people working as social care providers are required to understand their responsibilities. They are required to be provided with the appropriate training to handle vulnerable groups requiring assistance from social care providers.
Health and safety legislation applies rules to persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU). A key part of legislation is to make these people officers and apply rules towards these individual’s duty of care. They cannot opt out of this responsibility. In short, duty of care refers to a work environment being safe and secure. Legislative documents include the regulations, which are specific documents giving information provided under the Work Health Safety Act.
Ethical Directives for My Health Care Practice Madeline Chiang PART ONE: Ethical Principles of Health Care Practice Statement: Ethical principles of health care practice are comprised of human dignity, preferential option for the poor, physician-patient relationship, and truth-telling. Human dignity refers to the sacredness of every human being and how each individual is worthy of respect simply by being a human being. Each individual, regardless of race, gender, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, etc., are rational agent, and the right to live is the fundamental right of each individual, which includes the right to healthcare. Individual autonomy should be respected, including their right to informed consent.
Assignment: Outline how legislation, policies and procedures relating to health, safety and security influence health and social care settings. Go on to describe how those legislation, policies and procedures promote the safety of individuals in your health or social care setting. Policies, procedures and legislation are found in every establishment. They are required to have them in place in order to protect and keep the employers, employees and service users safe. Legislations in an establishment are a groups of laws set by the government that must be followed otherwise an individual will be prosecuted.
In this booklet we want to challenge you to think about reflective practice and how you might use reflective practice in your workplace to improve the way you practice, your working relationships and ultimately achieve better outcomes for you and the young children you work with. We all reflect but in different ways and about different things. Often the reflection provides the “story of the day” that we may muse overby ourselves or tell a sympathetic ear, but ultimately the “story of the day” we want others
A benefit of reflective practice when learning new skills is that it improves health care, if time is taken when reflecting on caring for people, and reflecting upon various parts of what you do that works well, different aspects of health care can be made better and patients problems which sometimes come about could be solved, this is a major way to improve reflective practice within health care. Reflective practice when learning new skills also helps problem solving skills. Reflecting upon health care usually means focusing on different problems within patient centred care, if these problems are cautiously and fairly taken into account, then as a health care practitioner, improvements will be made regarding your own ability to discover different
Reflective practice are methods and techniques that help individuals and groups reflect on their experiences and actions in order to engage in a process of continuous learning. By trying out methods of reflection and personal inquiry we can nurture greater self-awareness, imagination and creativity, as well as systemic, non-linear modes of thinking and analysis. Reflective Practice is a very adaptable process. It is a set of ideas that can be used alongside many other concepts for training, learning, personal development, and self-improvement. We can use Reflective Practice for our own development and/or to help others to develop.
However, to not negatively impact or become bias of their own practice standards patients receive. The quantity of critical reflection could cause more issues in the quality of care patients experience due to over analysing feedback from colleagues causing stress or anxiety by only thinking of the negative aspects noticed in your nursing. The understanding of what reflection is and why it is essential to nursing. Borton’s model focusses on reflection and how it is used within a practical
Reflective Practice Nursing is part of healthcare system and this is a continuous changing environment becoming more demanding, the technology require knowledge and continuously adherence to all Health system requirements as nursing is a lifelong learning process. However , reflective practice is a driveway not only for personal development but also for team work with the purpose to improve care and to blend theory with practice( Jasper 2013). As part of Revalidation, the NMC(2015) require that all nurses must provide evidence that are using reflective practice as part of the process of maintaining their registration in order to remain fit for practice, to promote professionalism and to demonstrate a good understanding and an ongoing development.
The practice of health care includes many scenarios that have to do with making adequate decisions when it comes to a patient’s life, and the way they are treated. Having an ethical code in all health care organizations is very important, because it helps health care workers with reaching a suited and ethical decision when it comes to the patient. In health care, patient will always be put first, and their autonomy will always be respected. Nevertheless, when there is a situation where a patient might be in harm, or might be making their condition worse because of the decisions they made. Health care workers will always be there to
Analyse how policies, procedures and practices in your own setting meet health, safety and risk management requirements. Presious Healthcare have policies and procedure in their organisation which protects the service users and staff. We receive regular updates regarding changes that are reviewed to support the standards of legislation and comply with CQC regulations and recommendations. Staff are informed of any changes make to policies and procedures and given regular training to update their knowledge. Doing so enables us to do a have a better outlook on the job of caring for the service users and to maintain their safety.
Healthcare professionals mostly adopt patient rights, covering such matters as access to care, patient dignity, confidentiality, and consent to treatment.
Reflective issues will enable practitioners to deal with the unique issues that they will encounter from the extremely diverse range of clients. Who may each have a very different background, culture, belief system, etc from other clients. Reflective practice will allow the practitioner to better understand the issues, better show empathy and build a good therapeutic relationship with their