common among health care staff. Areas that are frequently neglected are the finger tips‚ palms of the hand and thumbs. Having a correct hand washing technique in place is important as it cuts down the risk of the spread of harmful micro- organisms. Using liquid soap and water removes most of the transient organisms and is adequate for most purposes. Using an alcohol rub is useful‚ when there are no washing facilities available. However using this technique is only adequate when hands are not visibly
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Duty of care is defined as a moral or legal obligation to ensure the safety or well-being of others. This is important because failure to act or help individuals can lead to harm‚ and not ensuring safety of individuals can lead them into far worse circumstances as they do not have the support and protection form service providers. Legal obligation to protect wellbeing and prevent harm: Obligation of care is characterized basically as lawful commitment to dependably act to the greatest advantage
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Nightingale. Issues include psychological and social impacts of eating alone‚ ensuring adequate nutritional intake and adequate mouth care. Through the nursing process the patient’s perspective of health is identified in order maximize the patient’s health. The nursing process is an organised‚ systematic and cyclical method of giving goal oriented‚ humanistic care to patients that’s both effective and efficient (Alfaro-LeFevre‚ R. 1994)‚ it is often supported by nursing models such as Roper‚ Logan
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CARE OF THE OLDER PERSON; INTRODUCTIOON; My name is Carmel‚ I am presently doing a FETAC LEVEL 5‚ in health skills through the V.E.C. one of the modules is care of the older person‚ I decided to do this course because I would like to work with elderly people in my community‚ I have previously worked as a home help and a carer‚ I feel there is a great need to learn and up date new skills in this area as there is more elderly people living alone and some been cared for by family members in the
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implementing duty of care in health and social care Ai‚ What does the term “duty of care” mean? The term “duty of care” means to safeguard anybody from harm and to make sure they are not disadvantaged or treated unfairly whilst they are in my care‚ to always act in the best interests of individual’s and others such as my co-workers‚ my employer as well as myself. This is a legal obligation. Aii‚ How the duty of care affects the work of a social care worker Duty of care affects the way
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‘’Duty of care’’ Letter to a friend. What is meant by the duty of care? How the duty of care affects the work you do as a care worker? Hi friend‚ So you want to work in social care? Well here are a few things you should know‚ Such as the term ‘’Duty of care’’ this means having the duty or responsibility of being a care taker for another person‚ someone too young or too old‚ too ill or unfit mentally or physically to take care of themselves and requires another person to assist them. This
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Appendix 2 Operating Department Practioner Care Plan Surgical Procedure: - Bilateral Myringotomy Patient Name: - James Smith Patient Age: - 5yrs old Definition of Surgical Procedure: - An operation performed to the ears to insert grommets. Medical Diagnosis: - Bilateral Grommets Activity of Daily Living Maintaining a Safe Environment Diagnosis of Collaborative Problems - Safety in Theatre Environment compromising equipment and patient – Manual Handling risks of patient
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Principles for Implementing Duty of Care in Health‚ Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings Outcome 1 Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice 1 All children‚ especially babies and young children are vulnerable as they have not as yet developed their physical and cognitive ability to care for themselves‚ so they need adults to care and protect them. All children practitioners have a duty of care towards children‚ it is human nature to care for one another‚ children
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and ordering him not to say a word when they meet the boss at the new ranch. He reminds Lennie of past misadventures‚ specifically an episode in the town of Weed in which Lennie assaulted a woman in a red dress because he thought her dress was pretty and wanted to feel it. The woman accused Lennie of attempting to rape her and George and Lennie had to run for their lives out of town. While recounting this incident‚ George complains that if he didn’t have to take care of Lennie he could live a normal
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My Healthy and Safe Home Setting As a Registered Childminder‚ I have a responsibility to ensure the health and safety of all children placed in my care. There are many different factors to consider when maintaining a safe and healthy home‚ and I have identified the following as the key components: Environment- Home and Garden Equipment and Resources Fire Safety Storage and Handling of chemicals‚ medicines and first aid items COSHH General Hygiene Personal Hygiene Animal Safety and Hygiene
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