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NUR1113 Test Study GuideRegulated vs Unregulated Health Workers - Answer Unreg- do not require registration
with a regulatory authority or a practising license
Reg- practising license, standard of conduct, qualifications & fit for practice.
AHPRA - Answer national scheme & operation of registered health professions:
- Auditing for compliance
- Setting national standards
- Protecting the public
- Managing complaints
- Accrediting training & education
- Registrations
NMBA - Answer nurses & midwives must be registered and meet their professional
standards in order to practise. (code of conduct, code of ethics and standards for
practise)
- Works in partnership with AHPRA
- Approve accreditation standards (ANMAC)
Notifiable conduct - Answer Notifiable Conduct (mandatory notification of behaviour)
when practitioner:
- Practises while intoxicated by alcohol or drugs
- Engages in sexual misconduct
- Places public at risk because of an impairment
- Places public at risk through a significant departure from accepted professional
standards
Health Complaints Commissioner - Answer Health Complaints Commissioner
- Handles complaints about health services in Victoria
Investigation:
- Collecting relevant information
- Hearings or interviews
, - Seek independent expert advice
Outcomes:
- Prohibition orders
- Issue a public warning statement to alert people to serious risks to their health, life,
safety or welfare
Act supporting mandatory reporting of child abuse - Answer Children, Youth & Families
act 2005 (amended in 2014)
- Nurses and midwives are mandated to report any reasonable belief that a child is in
need of protection from physical and sexual abuse, neglect etc.
Types of consent - Answer verbal, implied & written
Elements for valid consent - Answer - Freely and voluntarily given
- Must cover the procedure being performed
- Must be informed
- Patient must have legal capacity
Exceptions to general rule of consent - Answer - Emergency treatment
- Parental authority is not absolute
- Necessity (not in a clinical environment)
Battery vs Assault - Answer Assault: threat to touch/intimidate
Battery: touching a person without their permission
Elements of false imprisonment - Answer - Unlawful, intentional and complete
application of restraint upon a person which restricts their freedom to move
Power of Attorney act and Requirements - Answer Medical Treatment Planning &
Decisions Act 2016
- advance directives w binding instructions/express a persons preferences and values
for future medical treatment
- provide for making of medical treatment decisions on behalf of persons without
decision-making capacity
- allows competent patients to appoint decision maker before losing capacity
Legislations related to role of guardianship - Answer Guardianship & Admin Act 2019
(VIC)
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