Vital Notes for Nurses: Accountability

Vital Notes for Nurses: Accountability
ISBN-10
1118305965
ISBN-13
9781118305966
Series
Vital Notes for Nurses
Category
Medical
Pages
192
Language
English
Published
2011-11-30
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Author
Helen Caulfield

Description

Vital Notes on Accountability is a concise, accessible guidewhich provides students and newly qualified staff with anunderstanding of key issues in professional practice. Nurses areaccountable for their own practice and require a thoroughunderstanding of their core responsibilities which underpineveryday practice in the health service today. This introductory text in the ‘Vital Notes forNurses’ series sets out a framework for accountability whichconsists of four ‘pillars’ - legal, ethical, employmentand professional accountability - against which clinical issues canbe considered. * Presents legal, ethical, employment and professional issues inan accessible way * Explores accountability, professional regulation, sources offunding and treatment in the health service * Examines complaints, human rights, negligence, consent, andconfidentiality * Explores further applications in accountability * Each chapter includes learning objectives, scenarios and casestudies

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