7.1; Identify hazardous substances that may be found in the social care setting: Some hazardous substances as well as materials that could be found in a social care organisation may include any cleaning materials, e.g. disinfectant that can easily cause burns or poisoning, clinical and bodily waste, medicines or drugs. injury to the skin as most useful disinfectant is an irritant, all found in the COSHH cupboard for use of the cleaners. The clinical e.g. used injections and bodily waste e.g. period pads must be in the clinical waste bins. It’s also important that the clinical waste bins are cleaned twice a day. All the medicines can be found locked in the medication cupboard, The key must be kept safe and locked away l in a different room
P3 – Describe the investigations that are carried out to enable the diagnosis of these physiological disorders
D1: I have decided to look at a 6 year old going through bereavement. Bereavement means to lose an individual very close to you. When children go through bereavement they are most likely to feel sad and upset about the person’s death. Children at a young age may not understand when a family member dies. Children may not understand bereavement. For example a 6 year old’s father been in a car crash and has died from that incident. Death is unpredictable and children can’t be prepared for a death of a family member as no one knows when someone is going to die or not. Unfortunately every child can experience bereavement even when a pet dies. It is important that we are aware that effects on the child so we can support them in the aftermath.
P2: Assess own knowledge, skills, practice, values, beliefs and career aspirations at the start of the programme.
In this task, P1, P2 AND M1 I am going to explain the role of successful communication and interpersonal interaction in Health and Social Care and discuss the hypotheses of communication and afterward, I will likewise assess the role of effective communication and interpersonal collaboration in Health and Social Care with reference to theories of communication.
Within the care system there are two different routes in to care and these are voluntary care and compulsory care. Voluntary care is when the parent agrees for their child to be placed in to the care system and this care section is under section 76 of the social services and wellbeing act of 2014. Then there is compulsory care and this is when the imposition of a care order is put in place by the authorities. This is under section 31 of the social services and wellbeing act of 2014.
P1: Using a table, describe the physical, intellectual, emotional and social development for each of the life stages of an individual.
This report has been written to explore what the context of healthy communities is. The defined community will be introduced and a geographical map included. Gathered information of the specified community will be evaluated, data’s and statistics will be presented in tables. The focus will be on the health and social care needs of that community. Viewpoints of the residents of the chosen community will be summarized and discussed. Recommendation about observed issues will be implemented. Furthermore, theories and sociological aspects of diverse authors regarding notion communities will be included as they can support the findings.
Additionally, personal organisation is a strong skill in which I possess. This is because I am able to organise myself effectively to ensure that al deadlines, dates and times were met appropriately and that I am always on time and not late. I would need to be organised for a health care job as I would have to be on time for work changeovers to ensure that I had up to date knowledge on how patients are doing.
The employees would be damaged because they this would make their compensatory time of no value. Sickness is no fault of the employee as these things happen. If the only time the employee has is compensatory time and it is used when the employee doesn’t benefit. This is like punishing the employee for being sick.
Safety is focused on reducing the chance of harm to staff and patients. The 2016 National Patient Safety Goals for Hospitals includes criteria such as using two forms of identification when caring for a patient to ensure the right patient is being treated, proper hand washing techniques to prevent nosocomial infections and reporting critical information promptly (Joint Commission, 2015). It is important that nurses follow standards and protocols intending to patients to decrease adverse
Nearly 80 percent of seniors take 3-5 medications per day. According to a CDC survey of assisted living facilities, over 90 percent of assisted living residents at 75 percent of the facilities surveyed receive at least some medication management assistance. This is critical when you consider that 85 percent of assisted living residents require at least a moderate level of assistance with the management of their medications.
The first goal of treatment for delirium is to address any underlying causes or triggers — by stopping use of a particular medication, for example, or treating an infection. Treatment then focuses on creating the best environment for healing the body and calming the brain.
Socialized Medicine two words that strikes fear in a large percent of Americans and an even larger percent of insurance companies. Socialized Medicine is defined as “a health care system in which the government owns and operates health care facilities and employs the health care professionals, thus also paying for all health care services.” The United Kingdom is one of the several countries in the western world that uses a socialized system to provide health care to its citizens. The NHS or National Health Service was “established July 5, 1948,” following World War II. During that time period, there was a massive increase in patients suffering illnesses, injury and in desperate need of different types of health services. The NHS sought to change the outlook of health care. “Health care was a right,
Someone shoves you on the playground. The next day, this person shoves you again. What healthful behaviors would you practice to protect yourself from abuse?
Community Health was taught in 5 year period in different modules. The course was divided into 8 components with a total of 14 credits These modules include; Biostatistics and Demography, Environmental Sanitation, Epidemiology, Control of Communicable Diseases, Maternal and Child Health, Research Methods, Occupational Health, and Health Services Management. Under Research Methods, students were introduced to Qualitative and Quantitative research. Also, some Modules were delivered in tutorials lead by students under the supervision of a tutor. The course led into a leadership and community Placement programme that culminated into a capstone project. The students were required to spend six months in the community addressing a health problem.