Principles of Communication in Adult Social Care Settings
My day in life as a care assistant at Netherton green nursing home. 7.00 am
The handover report.
I arrive at work at quarter seven to every shift. I do this has it gives me another time to get changed into my uniform. When the nurses and all of the carers are on duty, we all gather in the office for the handover report from the night nurse. A handover report must be given to the carers and nurses at the start of every shift from the nurse change, because there may have been some changes. For example changes can be:- * A patient may have been transferred to hospital during the previous shift * There might be change in a patient health condition * A patients mobility might have been changed * We may have had a new admission
Before the handover starts the nurse in change will hand out the paperwork which is the handover report. This is a useful resource because it will indicate all the important information which we need to know on the hand over report. Here is example of a layout of a handover report:- This column will show the patients full name. | This column will show what date the patient was admitted to the unit. | This column will indicate the patient’s date of birth. | This column will provide the carers with important information what we need to know about the service user. The important information should tell us if the service users suffers with the feeling :- * Diabetic. * Have a high risk of falling. * If they have special diet requirement for example the patient may be soft diet or may have thickener in their fluids, | This column will indicate the mobility transfer for the patient. It will also show the plan for discharge for each service users. |
If the pagers start buzzing during the handover report, one of the carers should go to the room where the pager is indicating to go to. For example on this particular day I’m writing about the patient had pressed the buzzer because they needed assistance. I went to room 3
The handover report.
I arrive at work at quarter seven to every shift. I do this has it gives me another time to get changed into my uniform. When the nurses and all of the carers are on duty, we all gather in the office for the handover report from the night nurse. A handover report must be given to the carers and nurses at the start of every shift from the nurse change, because there may have been some changes. For example changes can be:- * A patient may have been transferred to hospital during the previous shift * There might be change in a patient health condition * A patients mobility might have been changed * We may have had a new admission
Before the handover starts the nurse in change will hand out the paperwork which is the handover report. This is a useful resource because it will indicate all the important information which we need to know on the hand over report. Here is example of a layout of a handover report:- This column will show the patients full name. | This column will show what date the patient was admitted to the unit. | This column will indicate the patient’s date of birth. | This column will provide the carers with important information what we need to know about the service user. The important information should tell us if the service users suffers with the feeling :- * Diabetic. * Have a high risk of falling. * If they have special diet requirement for example the patient may be soft diet or may have thickener in their fluids, | This column will indicate the mobility transfer for the patient. It will also show the plan for discharge for each service users. |
If the pagers start buzzing during the handover report, one of the carers should go to the room where the pager is indicating to go to. For example on this particular day I’m writing about the patient had pressed the buzzer because they needed assistance. I went to room 3