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WVP - Ethics

Ethics and Clinical Governance

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Define Ethics The moral principles that govern a person’s behaviour or the conducting of an activity.
What Is The Difference Between Ethics and Morality? Ethics = View of individual. Morality = Accepted community standard.
What Are The Key Steps In Ethical Decision Making? -Identify possible courses of action or possible outcomes. -Consider the interests of affected parties, including consideration of any professional and/or legal aspects. -Formulate an ethical decision. -Minimise the decision’s impact.
What Legislations Are Relevant In Ethical Decision Making? Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 Animal Welfare Act 2006
As An SVN, What Four Responsibilities Do You Have With Regards To Ethical Decision Making? -Responsibility to patient. -Responsibility to the public. -Responsibility to your employer. -Responsibility to the profession.
What Is Utilitarianism (Ethical Theory)? Involves analysis of the harms and benefits involved, the theory being that the decision reached will be for the ‘greater good’ where the benefits outweigh the harms.
What Is Deontology (Ethical Theory)? Requires that certain harms are always avoided and that certain duties are always carried out, irrespective of the costs or benefits. Encompasses individual rights.
What Problems Are Associated With Utilitarianism? -Not everyone may agree on what is a harm and what is a benefit. -Difficult to predict outcomes of action. -Individual rights are not necessarily considered. -May be skewed by underestimating the costs and exaggerating the benefits.
What Must Be Considered After An Ethical Decision Has Been Made? Refinement - Ways to limit impact on effected individual.
What Is Clinical Governance? Continuing process of reflection, analysis and improvement in professional practice for the benefit of the animal patient and client owner.
Give Some Examples Of Clinical Governance? -Keeping up to date with continuing professional development (CPD). -Reflecting upon performance/competence and making appropriate changes to practice. -Reflecting on any unexpected critical events. -Analysis of the evidence base for procedures.
What Are The Seven Pillars Of Clinical Governance? -Risk management. -Clinical audit. -Education, training, continuing personal and professional development. -Clinical effectiveness. -Information. -Client and carer experience and involvement. -Staffing and staff management.
How Can A 'No Blame Culture' Be Promoted In Practice? -Implementation of a learning culture. -Manage people with more regard to agreed behaviour than actual results - when the results are not there, treat it as a failure of process. -Encourage transparency in reporting by not penalising human error.
What Does SEA Stand For and What Is It? -Significant Event Audit. -Significant event usually due to human error/client complaint.
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