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    between standards of practice and standards of care Health care professions are guided in various clinical settings and area of expertise by organization scope and standards of practice as governed by individual states. Standard of practices for Advance Nurse Practitioners’(APNs) refers to legal guidelines or benchmarks set forth in the state of Florida by the Florida Board of Nursing (FBON) that are used to determine what a nurse practitioner can or cannot do as it relates to patient care. On the

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    Mr. Thathamkulam uses professional standards of care, establishes professional and community standards for practice and regularity standards and guidelines to evaluate programs and service activities.He formulates practice decisions based on Texas BNE professional standards of care as well as utilizing evidence based Practice to provide guidance for staff on a daily basis to ensure that his staff and he are practicing within the scope of practice for registered nurses. Mr. Thathamkulam continues

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    Emerging Standards of Care Paper The United States has developed into a diversified nation that is comprised of numerous perspectives, values and health behaviors which are creating health disparities within the health care system (Cowen & Moorhead, 2012). Failure to address these disparities could evolve into considerable health and cultural concerns among these minority groups. Nurse leaders have to be cognizant of these concerns and implement culturally competent standards of care in their organization

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    The national care standards are there to make sure that everyone working in Scotland, no matter where they live receive the same high quality of care. There are also 6 main principles behind the national care standards which are: dignity, privacy, choice, safety,realsing potential and equality and diversity. The codes of practice ensures that social workers and employers are responsible for making sure their practice meets the required standards as part of the codde of practice. The charter sets

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    food, and care. Furthermore, cleaning becomes a low priority. These animals live in cramped and filthy cages. They eat, drink, sleep, and even urinate in the same place. When animals do not perform well during a training sessions or travel seasons, they are often forced to go without food and water for a long period of time. Trainers do this in order to keep the animals afraid and submissive. The United States Animal Welfare (AWA) has cited circuses for violating the minimal standards of care. Circus

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    Standards of care Standards of Care, used in conjunction with scope of practice, addresses the role and boundaries for acute and critical care nursing (Bell, French & Wilkins, 2008). Standards use the nursing process of assessment, diagnosis, outcomes, identification, implementation and evaluation, as a framework (Bell, French & Wilkins, 2008). Data are collected from pertinent sources and prioritized according to the patient’s immediate condition or anticipated needs (Bell, et.al, 2008). In the

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    As a result of increasingly complex interactions between differing ethical standards in health care, there have been numerous calls by regulatory, legislative, and accrediting bodies to increase the use of ethics committees (Tarzian & ASHB Core Competencies Update Task Force, 2013). As ethics as applied to healthcare is an extremely complex area with numerous overlapping parts such as business ethics, individual disciplinary ethics, public health ethics, etc., the best approach may be to provide

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    individual (Garg, Chanana, Rai, Gargi, 2010). Due to the humanistic desire to end the individuals suffering and pain, the behavior is supported by the relative(s) and healthcare (Garg, Chanana, Rai, Gargi, 2010). Since euthanasia is not a standard form of care, the attitudes and practices of the matter vary. Amongst the different opinions of the method comes the separation of states. Throughout the United States, only four states have legalized physician-assisted suicide: Oregon, Vermont, Washington

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    grounds: the first, that the trial judge erred in holding that the standard of care for negligence differed between the respondent at age 12 and that if he was an adult; and the second, that regardless of the standard of care test applied, his Honour should have made a finding of negligence on the facts. The majority dismissed the appeal and agreed with the trial judge in his

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    “behaviour or actions that fall below an expected of care”, and liability refers to the responsibility for the injury or harm1. For behaviour to be found negligent four elements need to be met and proven: duty of care, standard of care, damages and proximate cause1. This memo will describe the elements of negligence, liability, including vicarious liability and occupier’s liability, and the concepts of risk management. Duty of Care Duty of care refers to a person being responsible for the safety

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