NMC-CBT Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and Children Flashcards
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Which of the following BEST describes the concept of 'significant harm' under the Children Act 1989?
Answer: Harm that is more than minor or trivial and which justifies compulsory intervention to protect the child
Significant harm is the threshold that justifies compulsory intervention in family life; it encompasses ill-treatment or impairment of health/development beyond minor or trivial levels.
A female patient discloses she has undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). If she has a daughter under 18, what is the nurse's MANDATORY duty in England?
Answer: Report to the FGM Mandatory Reporting Duty pathway via social care or the police
The FGM mandatory reporting duty (under the Serious Crime Act 2015) requires regulated health professionals in England to report to police if they identify FGM in under-18s.
What is a 'Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard' (DoLS) designed to protect?
Answer: The rights of care home or hospital patients who lack capacity and are deprived of their liberty in their best interests
DoLS (under the Mental Capacity Act 2005) provides a legal framework to authorise and safeguard deprivations of liberty for adults lacking capacity in hospitals and care homes.
A nurse discovers a 14-year-old is being recruited to carry drugs for an organised crime group. Which safeguarding term BEST applies?
Answer: Child criminal exploitation (CCE) / county lines
Recruiting children to carry drugs is a classic feature of county lines, which is categorised as child criminal exploitation (CCE).
Which of the following is an example of 'institutional abuse'?
Answer: Routinely restraining residents to keep them quiet due to staffing shortages
Using restraint routinely to manage residents due to understaffing constitutes institutional abuse, where poor culture or practice causes harm to multiple individuals.
When a child is placed on a Child Protection Plan, how frequently should the child protection conference be reviewed?
Answer: Every 3 months for the first review, then at least every 6 months
Working Together to Safeguard Children requires the first review conference within 3 months, with subsequent reviews at least every 6 months.
A nurse caring for a vulnerable adult with a learning disability observes unexplained genital bruising. What type of abuse should be suspected?
Answer: Sexual abuse
Unexplained genital injuries in a vulnerable adult are a potential indicator of sexual abuse and must be reported to the safeguarding team immediately.