...Professional Responsibility 1. I am accountable at all times as team leader for my professional conduct, procedures and treatment; example medication errors, decision makings, misconduct and non-professional attitude. 2. I follow current legislation, standards and policies relevant to my profession and my practice setting example, I make my practice a client-centered practice, follow the legislative rules (common law, provincial and federal legislation that directs practice) safety as the priority of my service. 3. I question policies and procedures inconsistent with therapeutic patient outcomes, best practices and safety standards. I consider patient safety as my priority. Example: I make clarification of orders not clear and sometimes discuss with the pharmacist on drug interactions, review laboratory result, contact the physician if needed, cancellation of appointment for a resident if the resident is unfit. 4. I engage in quality improvement activities. Example, I involve in medication review with doctors and pharmacist, involving other health team when needed e.g Dietician, speech/ swallowing pathologist, occupational therapist and social worker. I get involve in care plan review quarterly to determine achievable goals. I use MDS to evaluate any deterioration in patient’s care FRAT (fall, risk assessment tool) behavior monitoring chart, MMSE etc. 5. I engage in and support others in the continuing competence process, example I involve in research programmes e.g. P.I...
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...“Whistleblowing and Professional Responsibility” by Sissela Bok Whistleblowers "sound an alarm from within the very organization in which they work, aiming to spotlight neglect or abuses that threaten the public interest” , according to Sissela Bok. In my opinion, “whistleblowing” can save an organization from operating unethical activities, however, it can be prejudicial to future employment of the whistleblower. I believe that under certain circumstances, whistle blowing is necessary for the company’s welfare, but when the whistleblower’s own career is at risk, is it worth it? Furthermore, in most circumstances when a person's career is not at risk, I believe that there is still no ethical obligation to blow the whistle. Simply put, per Sissela’s point of view, people have a moral obligation to prevent serious harm to others if they can do it with little cost to themselves. In most cases, the issue is to have the assurance that there is little cost to the denouncer, which is not necessarily true. Personally, there would be very few situations where I would blow the whistle because of the uncertainty of maintaining my employment. Summarizing, whistle blowing is seldom done successfully, however, when an employee is brave enough to speak out against unethical practices of the business in which they work, often, they are regarded as heroes and can save a company from losing everything and prevent harm for many of its customers and other employees. Whistle blowing...
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...area. I’m really a good guy and I hate to kill people. But sometimes, I just can’t help myself. I don’t want to continue killing people but these voices in my head… they’re just so logical and irresistible.” James Careful then contacted the local police and reported his conversation with Stewart. Stewart was arrested for capital murder. At trial, James Careful testified against him. Careful related the entire March 14 conversation to the jury. Stewart was eventually found guilty of six counts of capital murder and was sentenced to death. Issue The issue is whether or not Stewart can petition for a writ of habeas corpus and whether or not Mr. Careful violated the attorney-client confidentiality privilege. Rule The ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct (ABA MPRC) has changed the landscape of attorney-client relations by creating an exception to confidentiality. Under the MRPC Rule 1.6(b) (1) a lawyer may "reveal" or "use" confidential information "to prevent reasonably certain death or substantial bodily harm.” McClure v. Thompson, 323 F.3d 1233 (9th Cir. Or. 2003) Petitioner sought habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C.S. § 2254 after being convicted for three aggravated murders. Petitioner claimed ineffective assistance of counsel, alleging that his original defense attorney improperly disclosed the locations of the bodies of two children whom petitioner was ultimately convicted of killing. Although the appellate court held that petitioner's consent was not fully informed...
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...NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CASE IS COPYRIGHTED AND MAY BE COPIED AND USED ONLY BY CURRENT USERS AND OWNERS OF THE TEXTBOOK, BUSINESS ETHICS: CONCEPTS AND CASES BY MANUEL VELASQUEZ. CASES FOR DISCUSSION H. B. Fuller and the Street Children of Central America The article was one of many published on street children in Latin American cities during the early 1990s. The issue on which it focused was one that children’s advocates had brought to the attention of H. B. Fuller Company repeatedly over many years. The article read: On a sidewalk in San Pedro Sula, Honduras ... a lanky, dark-haired boy [is] sitting w i t h arms curled around his folded legs, staring at the passing traffic. The boy, a nineteenyear-old named Marvin, has been sniffing glue for ten years. Once the leader of a gang of street kids, he now has slurred speech and vacant eyes. A year ago, Marvin began to lose feeling in his legs. Now he can no longer walk. He slides on his butt, spiderlike, through gutters, across streets, and along the sidewalks. Still loyal to their chief, the younger kids in his gang bring Marvin food, carry him to a news stand to spend the night, and make sure he has enough glue to stay high. ... Doctors offer no hope that Marvin will ever w a l k again. Toluene, the solvent in the glue he sniffs, is a neurotoxin known to cause irreparable nerve damage. ... In Honduras, the drug of choice for children is H. B. Fuller’s Resistol, a common shoe-glue made with toluene. Toluene creates...
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...continuum that occurs during the professional socialization process. Antecedents of nursing professionalization are identified and classified in the following five groups: Demographic factors, factors related to the experience, training-related factors, factors related to the position, and value factors. 1. Demographic Age is one of the effective factors on nursing professionalization, identified in the studies. Studies have also shown that ethnic differences can have an impact on professional values. Gender differences are also the other factors...
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...1.1 Briefly summarise the HRPM-the 2 core professional areas, the remaining professional areas, the bands and the behaviours. The CIPD HR Profession Map sets out standards of professional competence for HR practitioners, and is a useful tool to help them identify any future learning and development needs, in order to achieve their professional goals at every level of HR profession. The HR Profession Map describes what HR professionals need to do, what they need to know and how they need to do it, in order to be effective and successful in the HR role. The CIPD HR Profession Map consists of three main components-10 professional areas, 8 behaviours and 4 Bands of professional competence. The Professional areas There are 10 Professional areas in HR Profession Map - Insights, Strategy and Solutions, Leading HR, Organization design, Organization development, Resourcing and talent planning, Learning and talent development, Performance and reward, Employee engagement, Employee relations and Service Delivery and Information. The first two professional areas-Insights, Strategy and Solutions and Leading and Managing the Function, are considered as the core areas, and are applicable for all HR practitioners, regardless of their role and position. First core one-Insights, Strategy and Solutions, explains how to develop actionable insights and solution, which are adjusted to a deep understanding of the business. The HR professionals must know organisation’s strategy, vision, what are...
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...Summary Professional code of ethics, Definition, “Professionally accepted standards of personal and business behavior, values and guiding principles” Importance, A code of ethics is essential to a profession; the code will provide an ethical starting point for the professionals and for others outside the profession. Professional code inform members of the profession about the viewpoints they should consider in making a decision. A code of ethics serves to promote the values of the profession over the personal, societal, and (sometimes) institutional values. It serves as a guideline for professionalism and quality of service. Ethical principles, 1) Integrity 2) Objectivity 3) Competence 4) Fairness 5) Confidentiality 6) Professionalism (7) diligence Development of teacher code of ethics, 1) Obligation towards students: a. Deal justly & impartially with students. b. Identifying the individual needs of the students. c. Respects the right of every student. d. Encourage students for the betterment of their future. 2) Obligation towards parents a. Respect the basic responsibility of parents for their children. b. Establish friendly & cooperative relationship. c. Keep parents informed about the progress of their children. 3) Obligation towards community i. Respect & be loyal to the community’s moral, spiritual ...
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...The Map is based on extensive research with HR professionals in different organisations, at different levels and based all around the world. It is developed to create prioritized and situational HR strategies that can make a difference in HR. Professionals use the map in their own careers for a variety of reasons from seeking a promotion, learning about the profession, interview preparation, building a case for development and many more. The framework of the core skills, knowledge and behaviours that form the basis of HR. It is designed to help professionals become equipped with the appropriate skills needed for current practice and growth areas across HR. It sets out in a simple style what the HR professional, needs to know and do at every stage of their career. The map recognises that HR professionals can enter the HR profession from a wide range of backgrounds. The CIPD Profession Map contains three key elements. It includes ten professional areas, eight behaviours and are displayed in four bands. The ten professional areas. This element describes what activities you will need knowledge of and what activities you will need to do for each area of the human resource profession at the four bands of professional competence. The eight behaviours, this element describes the behaviours that are needed to carry out the HR activities. The behaviours are described across the four bands. The four bands are professional areas of competence from beginner to leadership...
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...Professionalism: The Professional Nurse The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines professionalism first as the conduct, aims, or qualities that characterize or mark a profession or a professional person and secondly as the following of a profession for gain or livelihood. According to this definition, a nurse is a professional. In general, nurses follow a code of ethics, they aim to provide safe, quality patient care, and they chose the nursing profession to provide for their own livelihood. Professional nurses are role models for their profession and are essential to promoting nursing not only as a career, but as a profession. Nursing past, present, and future Nursing has changed greatly from the days of Florence Nightingale. As summarized...
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...The Profession of Arms: Why do we need a campaign to understand the Profession of Arms and the Professional Soldier? By definition a Profession is “a calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long and intensive academic preparation.” The Army has evolved into a profession that is endlessly changing and through time getting more advanced. Being in the Army requires balance, professionalism, trust and respect for operations to run efficiently and effectively while upholding and protecting all standards. Every profession consists of a specific culture and climate related with and ingrained within. Service members and occupations within the Army all have a specific purpose and role in order for the Army to be effective and successful...
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...Future Trends in Crisis Intervention Abstract Mental Health Paraprofessionals (MHPP) will work with the client and family on behavioral issues that occur in the home, school, and community. The MHPP serves on the treatment team and assists professional staff with the execution of the treatment plan. They also assist with securing community services that might be available to the client and the client's family. The purpose of intensive Mental Health Paraprofessional Intervention is to enable the client to be maintained in the most normalized, least restrictive setting as possible, and to prevent unnecessary, inappropriate institutionalization. This paper discusses an overview paraprofessionals, the impact the paraprofessionals have on the field, the challenges that organizations are faced, and how to manage with the implemented changes. Future Trends in Crisis Intervention As the population in the United States continues to climb the need for human services professionals does the same. Human service agencies are often face the dilemmas of being over-worked and under paid. Professionals in this field are often prone to burnout because of these dilemmas. Sadly, human service agencies are often the first to experience budget cuts. These budget cuts affect the human service professional’s organization, facility, coworkers, pay, clients, and their personal moral. Leading officials of many human service organizations are...
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...Professionalism is a vital aspect in the education preparation program. In the article, professionalism is defined as “the ideal to which individuals and occupational groups aspire, in order to distinguish themselves from others” (Creasy). Professionals are people who acquire specific knowledge so that they can make the right judgments and follow the standards to which they are accountable.Professionalism can be broken down into three categories. A teacher must first adhere to the professional parameters like the legal and ethical issues. They must learn to follow the local, state, and federal laws pertaining to issues like “No Child Left Behind” and “Child Maltreatment”. The next category would be professional behaviors. Teachers must...
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...sincerely interested to pursue investment banking as a career. This document would be highly valuable for these enthusiastic workers. The profession of investment banking entails great power as well as responsibilities. It is true that employees, who get a chance to work under such a prestigious designation, would surely earn more. However, duties and tasks to be borne by such a professional are also very complex and critical. The main document contains all detailed information regarding this profession. After studying this document, the interested employees or individuals would be able to assess the value and worth of the profession. There would surely be some individuals who would withdraw themselves from taking up this profession. This does not imply that the main document upholds and demands certain aspects, which would discourage the interest of these individuals. They would probably back out owing to the fear or dislike towards activities that are necessary for a professional in the banking sector. Nonetheless, there would surely be a large number of individuals, who would strengthen their self-belief and courage, after reading this document. At the end, I am definite that you will only win those professionals who are capable of realizing worth of the position. These professionals would then prove to be some of the most efficient investment bankers in your organization. Hope you will look into the matter. Sincerely, ...
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...You have to learn how to form junior Enlisted Soldiers, into Non-Commissioned Officers that can lead effectively. In our current generation, we sometimes find it hard to connect with Soldiers, when most are joining for education benefits and incentives. As leaders we have to make it a priority to invest ourselves by mentoring our Soldiers. Professional Leaders have to find the area of balance, where there is still respect in the ranks. Getting a Soldier to love their job is something that will come with time, and is essential to future leadership. Professionals have their own expert knowledge and practices, and are able to apply it to an external situation. The persona of being a Soldier is something that needs be seen as a disciplined, and a respectful leader. This will need to be learned, earned, and passed for many years to keep the balance of Profession of Arms. The culture of the Professional Army is not hard to understand. Grasping the concept may take time, but is the distinction between you and a civilian. Growing up everyone is raised differently, with their own beliefs. The armed forces embraces diversity, which in return shapes the climate of the...
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...Professional Identity and Stewardship: Peer Review A professional identity is a method of qualities, and values one has about self in relationship to the professional role, that is fundamental for professional culture assimilation (Slay & Smith, 2011). In this paper, there will be a summary of an interview conducted with a peer named Ms. S, which provide an understanding from her responses to the four questions related to her particular opinions concerning, professional identity and stewardship. Also, it will give a detail about her role, as a registered nurse (RN), how she defines leadership and professional, and as well as how that converts into and influences her nursing career and practice. Her Role It was a pleasure to interview Ms. S....
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