title: Safeguarding vulnerable adults.
abstract: Nurses have a professional duty to safeguard vulnerable adults from abuse under the provisions of the Nursing and Midwifery Council's (NMC) revised Code (2015). With adult abuse continuing to increase, all members of the nursing team are well placed to identify and take action to safeguard the vulnerable. This article sets out how the Care Act 2014 seeks to improve the safeguarding of vulnerable adults and the role of nurses in that process.
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer in Health Law, College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Griffith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024802:Nurse's Role; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006113:United Kingdom; D035862:Vulnerable Populations / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
keywords: Abuse; Human rights; Safeguarding; Vulnerable adults