Miss Shurouq Qadose 27/3/2011

1. Professional Responsibility Miss Shurouq Qadose 27/3/2011

2. Professional Responsibility Legal and moral duty of a professional to apply his or her knowledge in ways that benefit his or her client, and the wider society, without causing any injury to either.

3. Professional Responsibility is the term used to describe a professional's obligation to comply with rules of professional conduct. Professional responsibilities include concepts of morality, ethics, and professional values and attitudes. Issues of professional responsibility often arise in the legal profession, which is subject to a formal and detailed code of ethics and responsibility.

4. Accountability in the professional context is about answering to clients, professional colleagues and other relevant professionals.

5. Accountability toward the patients • The patients' health care needs are adequately met in a caring, humane manner • The patients' rights aren’t violated & indeed are protected by the midwife responsible for their nursing care. • The patient will have reasonable assurance that his health care needs will be adequately met by the midwife with whom the patient is entrusting his care. • The patient will have reasonable assurance that his rights will be adequately safeguarded by the midwife with whom the patient is entrusting his care.

6. Accountability toward the profession of midwifery, in that: • As members of the profession of midwifery, assume responsibility for continued development within the knowledge and practice components of the midwife educator role. • Demonstrate adequate problem-solving abilities to effectively apply knowledge to patient care situations. • Demonstrate adequate knowledge and skill to practice in a safe manner that will not jeopardize the patient's safety or unknowingly place them in greater physical or psychological risk.

7. Demonstrate adequate interpersonal skills to effectively work and cooperate with a multidisciplinary health team for the well-being of the patients under their care and responsibility. • Demonstrate adequate knowledge, self-awareness and a sense of professional values to allow them to appropriately monitor their own behaviors in situations where they may not be directly supervised by others and are responsible for the well-being of patients under their care. • Demonstrate an adequate sense of accountability toward their colleagues within the health care team in order to assure the provision of quality health care.

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