Health care professions have evolved as specialist area of practise and enterprises as the growth of knowledge about health care practises increased to a point where no one person or profession could encompass all aspects of practise. This is referred to as professional identity. Each health care profession is regulated by a particular set of guidelines and code of conduct that all individual practitioners follow. These guidelines may also require the professional to register under the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or under a specific register for their profession. For Orthotists/Prosthetist professionals, must follow the guidelines and conduct of the Australian Orthotic Prosthetic Association (AOPA). Orthotics …show more content…
The code of conduct consists of three key principles. “Principle 1; Responsibility to Patients” (AOPA, 2012, Pg 2) Orthotists/Prosthetists are health care professionals and must uphold their obligation and responsibilities to their patients care. Principle one ensures that professionals respect patient rights and recognise and uphold the autonomy of patients. “Principle 2; Professional responsibility” (AOPA, 2012, Pg 2), Industry professional have a responsibility to abide by the AOPA by-laws for the appropriate professional practise. Orthotists/Prosthetist are health care professionals and as such have a responsibility to their colleagues, associates and their profession to uphold. They must aim to build a reputation upon their integrity and ability. Professionals must have an understanding that personal misconduct will affect their reputation as a professional, their employer and the industry in a negative light. “Principle 3; Professional competency and standards (AOPA, 2012, Pg 3). AOPA has a set of competency standards that industry professionals must maintain and uphold. They also have an obligation to patients to acknowledge the boundaries of their competency. Professionals will maintain competency and standards by Following AOPA competency standards, completing annual ‘AOPA continuing professional development’ requirements, acknowledging their scope of practise for which they are qualified for and promoting current research, development and knowledge that the AOPA deems appropriate. The three key principles outlined by the APOPA provide patients with adequate and secure care, ensuring that clinicians provide the best available service for prosthetic/orthotic
APRNs lead staff with professionalism and provide education to patients and family members designed to engage them in patient care. Providing education to staff, patients, and family members ensures a high level of quality of care is delivered. Maintaining a balance between the patient’s autonomy and the duty to do no harm can result in an ethical dilemma at times. As patients continue to be fully involved in their care, staff must remain patient advocates and maintain professional responsibility.
Professionalism in the dental profession refers to our responsibilities and obligations that exists throughout our entire dental career. “Professional competence is the habitual and judicious use of communication, knowledge, technical skills, clinical reasoning, emotions, values and reflection in daily practice for the benefit of the individual and community being served (Kirk, 2007).” A health professional must be able to regulate their own behavior and comply with a code of ethics in professional practice. Fundamental principles of professionalism include primacy of patient welfare, social justice and patient autonomy (Kirk, 2007).
The object of this essay is to discuss the role of the Assistant Practitioner. How it has emerged; how it fits into the structure and skill mix of the NHS workforce and the effect it has had on that structure. It will also outline the principles of accountability and statutory regulations that govern the day to day practice of the role.
Professionalism is an adherence to a set of values comprising both a formally agreed-upon code of conduct and the informal expectations of colleagues, clients and society. The key values include acting in a patient's interest, responsiveness to the health needs of society, maintaining the highest standards of excellence in the practice of medicine and in the generation and dissemination of knowledge. In addition to medical knowledge and skills, medical professionals should present psychosocial and humanistic qualities such as caring, empathy, humility and compassion, as well as social responsibility and sensitivity to people's culture and beliefs. All these qualities are expected of members of highly trained professions.
Formulating boundaries, while not always easy to do, is often necessary in order to protect the practitioner from allegations of malpractice, negligence, or any other type of ethical violations for that matter, including breaches in confidentiality. Unfortunately, since ethics are not clearly defined in terms of simply black-or-white or right-or-wrong, it becomes that much more difficult to determine where one line of the professional boundaries starts and another begins. The result of these inconsistencies tends to be somewhat
However, we are looking at a case study where patients safety has been compromised, professionalism has been voided, lack of communication, nurses aren’t liable for their work, the duty of care has been breached and lot more issues can be discovered. Which will be incorporated in this paper. Looking at the patient Christopher Hammett
1. Legal, ethical and professional principle frameworks underpin all fields of nursing, and it is a requirement for all Registered Nurses to be competent and knowledgeable, act with integrity and maintain professional standards set out by Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC, 2015). Working with multidisciplinary teams within our profession, it is important to acknowledge and recognise the way in which all the professionals are guided by law and their independent regulatory bodies. The needs of the individual patient is to be considered by doctors and nurses alike, who share professional values and are set out in the respective codes of practice, The Code (NMC, 2015) and GMC (2013).
I was also responsible for implementing of therapies and interventions initiated by other IP members as I was expected to collaborate with my IP team to ensure positive patient outcomes. The proposed management for identified issues, for example, impaired mobility function were developed by me based on the evidence based tools used in hospitals such as Fall Risk Assessment and Management Tool. The decisions with respect to nursing care and my input in IP team care plan were influenced by not only the complex needs of the patient but also the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) nursing scope of practice, NMBA’s Code of Ethics and Conduct whilst upholding the four fundamental ethical principles: autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence and justice. I believe making ethical decisions and collaboration practice is vital to ensure that I deliver the highest quality of care and safety to the patient. I can also guarantee that the positive and desired health outcomes of the patient is obtained as a result. It appears that in the development of IP care plan, the
Section 5.4, which is the preservation of integrity, suggests that nurses will inevitably have to deal with threats to their moral or professional integrity at some point in their careers. Nurses should do their best to maintain professional integrity when met with adversity, weather it be from uncooperative issuance companies, an unsound work environment, or from the patients themselves. When working in an unsound or unsafe work environment that violates law or the ANA code of ethics nurses must go through the proper channels to fix the problem. If a nurse feels that a procedure or treatment their patient is having conflicts with his or her own moral integrity and they cannot participate, the nurse must report they unwilling to tr...
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The arguments presented in this essay take a strong stance in agreement with the Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF) as well as the guidelines to practice offered by The Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) therefore any matters that are discussed are in conformit...
As with every code of ethics the Physician Assistant profession has revised its code of ethics to keep with the changing times in the medical field. Four main bioethical principles broadly guided the development of these guidelines: autonomy, beneficence, no maleficence, and justice.3This Physician Assistant (PA) should follow the do no harm rule, understand the patient has the right to make decisions about their care, always act in the best interest of the patient, and treat all the patients the same and make sure care is consistent for every
As a registered nurse new to the practice, I try to implement the laws and standards of practice into caring for my patients on a daily basis. I try to adhere to the scope of practice and the rules and regulations. It is my obligation as a heath care professional to do what is in the best interest of my patient while staying within these guidelines.
...guidelines and best practice protocols that we need to be familiar with, as well as of the various professional and regulatory systems, since physiotherapists are required to work in partnership with other health professionals.