As a requirement of my role as Support Worker for Options Of Independence. I must support my service users with administering medication‚ in order for me to administer medication safely under the Royal Pharmaceutical Society guidelines‚ Handling Of Medication in social care 2007‚ and under Dundee City Council guidelines‚ I must check that the medicines are correct by checking the medication pack and label on the box must be by the pharmacist or dispensing gp‚ and identify the service user correctly
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Case Study 1: Kate needs to find a suitable care for her daughter Olivia. Kate’s day care centre does not operate extended hours. An alternative arrangement for Olivia would be to hire a Nanny. A Nanny can be employed by the family and can work on either a live-in or live-out basis to take care of Olivia. The advantages of hiring a Nanny are that the child will be getting a one-on one care and the care will be focused on her rather than a large amount of children. Another advantage of having a
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Introduction My placement with the Nursing home and Residential care home was to help me understand the concept of growing old in this country and what different family values have when it came to caring for their elderly‚ in comparing with what happens in southern Africa. My home fulfils my needs and holds some of our family memories and reflects my priorities and taste. The placement gave an insight into the necessities of the existence of care homes‚ as to balance a full life cycle of some
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Throughout my nursing career‚ I have experienced several effective educational activities as a learner. My most recent learning experience as a learner was how to operate and administer insulin via External Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion Pump (ECSIP). Several patients are hospitalized with Self Administered ECSIPs. The primary nurse for that patient is expected to understand how to operate and care for this particular pump. I was very unfamiliar with this device because I was not exposed to it during
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L- In clinical I practiced how to safely assist a patient that is laying down in bed into a wheelchair then back into bed. E- Following the skill being demonstrated as a large group‚ we separated into pairs to complete the task as a whole. I began the process by rotating Chelsea onto her side then sitting her up. Furthermore‚ I used the belt to assist Chelsea to stand. I found this to be the most difficult portion of the procedure because I was unsure where my feet should be placed. Chelsea gave
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my chosen profession- Mental Health Nursing‚ evident. The reflective account will include my own practical and learning experience of the specific event that took place during the ‘Broadening Perspective’ practice concentrating on the aspects of safeguarding /advocacy and risk management. As the main requirement of the assignment is to produce a reflective account‚ the reflective process will be used (Taylor; 2010) and the ‘Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle (1988) (Appendix 2) will be applied. The first stage
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understand what their customers want. Pastry Couture understands that its customers want value for money but do not want to compromise on quality. Some of the potential competitors of the company are the following: 1. The French baker 2. Red ribbon 3. Country style 4. Goldilocks bakeshop 5. Cakes R Us 6. Cupcakes by Sonja 7. Megamelt Bakeshop 8. Salazar Bakery 9. Muhlach Ensaymada C. Market Segmentation Market segmentation refers to the process of dividing prospective buyers into groups that have common
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1.1 Outline current legislations‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures with own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. Some of the main Legislations‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people put in place are - Children Act 1989 - Parents and professionals must work to ensure the safety of the child. Local Authority has ‘a duty to investigate when there is a reasonable cause to suspect that a child suspect that
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NVQ-3 In Health and Social Care By Reflective Account Mandatory Unit (Unit HSC33 A & B) Reflect on and develop your practice Sometime I also come across patients with challenging behaviour. Once I had a patient admitted on my ward named Mr F with challenging behaviour and communication was a problem. Understanding his request I found it very difficult‚ because the communication skills were very limited by the patient. One occasion
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Reflective account 6 Description Throughout this reflective account i will refer to the individual I was working with as Gloria. I have not used her real name throughout this piece to protect her identity and to ensure that I am maintaining confidentiality. “You must respect people’s rights to confidentiality” (NMC 2013) Gloria is a 74 year old lady who lives at the residential care home at which I am currently on placement Gloria is under the Adults with Incapacity Scotland Act 2000 due to a diagnosis
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