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WVP - Ethics
Ethics and Clinical Governance
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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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