Work Legally and Ethically Assessment 2022

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Work Legally
and Ethically

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Assessment Item 1
1.A)
Code of conduct is a dynamic tool for health care service. Code provides ethical principles,
responsibilities and duties to the nursing occupation1. It is often updated to imitate changes in
the structure of nursing, without make any changes in foundational values of nursing. It
serves the non-negotiable standard of ethics in profession and expresses the understanding of
commitments.
B)
Treating unfair to a person in compare to another or one group of people to the other is
known as discrimination. It is harmful in any way for the society and for the values of the
nursing occupation. Discrimination in nursing is found basically in race, religion, gender and
disability2. It disturbs the human rights, self-esteem and unique qualities of an individual or
all.
C)
Dignity is associated with the collaboration among the conditions and proficiencies. In
reference to nursing it is important to consider dignity as palliative care. In the form of
personal attribute, it can value the individual, unless a person can feel low and vulnerable.
Valuation of the ethics, maintaining self-respect and self-esteem are the essential
attributes of dignity in nursing profession
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D)
Duty of care includes a professional, legal and ethical duty in the profession of nursing. It is
an action, basically includes the care of a patient as a part of clinical role of nurses. The
standard of care in nursing is higher than non-medical organisation4. Any kind of negligence
in care of a patient can bring danger to a life of that person and it can arise legal issues.

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Nurses should ensure about their ethics, as there are many guidelines and codes in their
profession.
E)
Informed consent is a task, assigned to the nurses, to obtain the written consent for the
treatment of the patient5. It includes the information of risks and benefits of a treatment and
also autonomy of the patient. It can affect by the treatment, understanding ability and
condition of the patient. It should be cooperative among patient, nurse and the physician.
F)
Protection of health information is the trustful relationship between the nursing profession
and the patients6. If the privacy and confidentiality of health information of a patient reveal
then it can have serious reputational consequences. It can affect the economic and
professional impression of the patients and providers. In maintaining the security of the
information, some major challenges are faced, like retrieval technologies, recording and the
hasty progress of communication.
G)
One of the basic rights of human is the right to safety and health. A workplace should be safe
and healthy in the nursing profession. If the working environment of the nurses will be safe,
then they can work more effectively7. The productivity of the organisation depends on the
safety and health environment. Unhealthy workplace affects the quality and quantity of the
work.
2.)
Policies and procedures play a vital role in defining the functionality of an organisation.
These create discipline in the workplace and promote the cooperative environment8. Policies
and procedures must be specified in an organization so that the work can be performed

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smoothly and properly. These are the ideals, which should be complied by the managers and
the workers at the workplace. It maintains the sincerity among the workers. It will help to
increase the productivity and growth of the organization. The compliance of policy helps to
achieve the goal of the organization.
3.)
Evaluation of work practices and routines creates awareness of the responsibilities of an
individual towards the organisation. One can evaluate the work practices with the awareness
of work schedules, timelines and expected performance of the work. Guidelines related to
operations and organisation with systems and safeguards can also help in evaluating the work
practices. Compliance requirements include the management investigation, regular
development, risks related to assessment, standards of compliance, oversight, testing,
monitoring and management issues9.
4.)
Two risks of non-compliance are that it can bring legal impact and reputational impact.
 In legal impact, an organisation can face some legal action like product seizers,
charges, imprisoning or penalties.
 In reputational impact, social media or news press can damage the reputation of the
organisation by spreading the bad things about it. It can lose the trust of customers.
Two types of penalties for non-compliance are prosecution and disciplinary action. In
prosecution, there will be a fine of maximum $13,345, and in disciplinary action, fines can be
extended to the licence cancellation10.
5.)
Amendment, consultation and implementation are the leading review points of the protocols,
policies and procedures, which can improve them11.