Synopsis of Tort Cases In this paper, you will find synopsizes of four tort cases. Each scenario will include the type of tort actions in the case, potential plaintiffs and defendants, elements of the tort claim that constitute the plaintiff’s claim as well as any defenses that the defendant may assert. Additionally, you will find the writer opinion as to how they believe the claim will be resolved along with the legal reasons for their belief. Scenario One The torts actions
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methodology for such errors. Health care providers are at high risk for potential negligence, gross negligence, and malpractice claims that may be filed against them. In fact, as health care reform transitions into preventative medicine, registered nurses have added professional accountability to patient care than any other time in nursing history. Services provided by nurses can be criticized as deficient if accurate documentation lacks supportive description of the care rendered. This paper defines
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Angela Jones Task 2: Recognise and meet children’s physical, emotional and psychological needs: When recognising and meeting children’s physical, emotional and psychological needs it is important that we have the knowledge on what is required for children to have a healthy development and it is also important that we build a trusting relationship with them. It is important that we observe, assess and record developmental milestones that indicate where a child is progressing according to their expectations
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someone suffers injury because of another’s failure to live up to a required duty of car (Miller & Jentz, 2008). To make a case out of this that will hold up in court there needs to be a risk of such consequences. This being said the risk is the fact that the victim was left with permanent physical impairment. The incident was unintentional when Davis had turned around and it resulted in the collision. A Duty of Care would have had to be breached though and in this situation if would be very difficult
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• The work environment is a health care setting and types of work include nursing duties, personal care assistant duties and cleaning staff duties. • Methods used to explain WHS legislative and regulatory requirements include conducting WHS meetings routinely, using notice boards to update staff on regulation and sending information via staff
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FIDUCIARY DUTIES AND OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES OF CORPORATE DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS Morrison & Foerster LLP Christopher M. Forrester Celeste S. Ferber RR DONNELLEY EZ START XBRL We Tag. You Validate. We File. With the release of the proposed rule, the SEC will require the use of XBRL for financial reporting starting as early as 2009 for some companies. RR Donnelley is uniquely qualified to give you guidance on how your company can prepare for the SEC mandate. As the market leader in XBRL
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the NCBSN and the ANA, appropriate delegation of tasks can result in effective and safe nursing care (NCSBN & ANA, 2006). In the case study given, the recently graduated registered nurse (RN) is new in the field, thus does not have enough experience with regard to attending to six patients during the morning shift. Six patients are too many for the new RN thus, need for the UHCW. Delegation of duties as stated earlier on should be done so that the registered nurse gets enough time to complete tasks
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previous experience, I have chosen Health Care Administration. Health Care Administrators also known as Medical and Health Services Managers perform administrative duties and sometimes participate in program development. The Occupational Employment Statistics, indicates that job prospects for Healthcare Administrators or Medical and Health Services Managers will increase much faster than average because as the large baby-boom population ages the health care industry will see an increase in the demand
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is not based on duties or consequences unlike other two normative ethics. Virtue ethics indicate to help other because it is the kind thing to do. For example helping a old women to cross the road, is the kind thing to do but in helping her you are not getting any benefit it just a act of kindness. Virtue ethics add lots to morality as sometimes, there is necessity to think more than duty and consequences as a life exist between a person’s duty and consequences. Ethics of care often considered
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Medic Skills c. AR 40-3 Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Care d. AR 40-61 Medical Logistics Policy 2. Purpose a. To establish and outline a Standard Operating Procedure for 2/7 IN Battalion Aid Station based off of the above references. 3. Scope a. The requirements herein are applicable to all personnel within the Battalion who work in or utilize the services of the Battalion Aid Station. 4. Policy a. Medical care is characterized by the ever present need for continuing education
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