Legal & Ethical issues in Midwifery Questions And Answers

4 Domains of Code of Conduct - ANS Practice Legally Practice Safely, effectively and collaboratively Act with professional integrity Promote health and wellbeing Principles of Code of Conduct - ANS Principle 1: legal compliance Principle 2: women-centered practice Principle 3: cultural practice and respectful relationship Principle 4: professional behavior Principle 5: Teaching, supervising and assessing Principle 6: Research in health Principle 7: Health and wellbeing Midwifery standards for practice - ANS 1. Promotes health and wellbeing through evidence-based midwifery practice 2. Engages in professional relationships and respectful partnerships 3. Demonstrates the capability and accountability for midwifery practice 4. Undertakes comprehensive assessments 5. Develops a plan for midwifery practice 6. Provides safety and quality in midwifery practice 7. Evaluates outcomes to improve midwifery practice International code of ethics for midwives aims to: - ANS Improve the standard of care provided to women, babies and families throughout the world through the development, education and appropriate utilization of the professional midwife. International code of ethics for midwives - ANS 1. Midwifery relationships 2. Practice of midwifery 3. The professional responsibilities of midwives 4. Advancement of midwifery knowledge and practice law governing midwifery practice - ANS common law -civil dispute -can be resolved before hearing if both parties agree health professional was negligent -can be heard by a judge who can decide if health professional is negligent and award monetary compensation What is ethics according to Kerridge, Lowe & Stewart? - ANS Kerridge, Lowe and Stewart state that: 'Ethics is the study of what we ought to do. Or if we restate this in the way of the Ancient Greeks, ethics asks each of us "How should I live". What is ethics? - ANS Ethics is a systematic approach that uses reason to define what we should do or should not have done. ethical framework most commonly used in healthcare? - ANS bioethics aim of international code of ethics for midwives - ANS 'to improve the standard of care provided to women, babies and families throughout the world through the development, education and appropriate utilization of the midwife' midwives are governed by: - ANS the codes and standards of practice from the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) What does the International Code of Ethics (ICM) address? - ANS -midwives ethical mandates in keeping with the mission from the ICM -definition of a midwife -promote the health & wellbeing of women, newborn and their families and communities How does the International Code of Ethics (ICM) define a midwife? - ANS a person who has successfully completed a midwifery education program that is based on the ICM essential competencies for basic midwifery practice and the framework of the ICM global standards for midwifery education and is recognised in the country where it is located, who has acquired the required qualifications What does the Code of Conduct for Midwives set out? - ANS the legal standards expected of a midwife What are the Midwife Standards for Practice? - ANS The core practice standards that provide the framework for midwifery practice What do the Midwife Standards for Practice do? - ANS -communicate to the general public the standards expected of midwives -determine the eligibility for registration of people who have completed a midwifery study program in Australia -determine the eligibility of registration of midwives who wish to practice in Australia but have completes a course elsewhere -assess midwives who wish to return to work after being out of the workforce -assess midwives who need to show that they are competent to practice the correct order of elements of consent is - ANS Competence Voluntariness Disclosure of information Understanding of information Decision Authorisation the purpose of a regulatory scheme is to - ANS protect the public two key elements that underpin most models of midwifery care - ANS communication & collaboration describe informed consent as set out in the Code of Conduct for Midwives - ANS informed consent is a woman's voluntary agreement to healthcare, which is made with knowledge and understanding of the potential benefits and risks involved what is the definition of professional misconduct for midwives - ANS 'conduct of a health practitioner that is substantially below the expected standard and which, whether connected to practice or not, is inconsistent with being a for and proper person to be registered in the profession'