Case study 1 Case study-outbreak of MRSA in a neonatal hospital unit 4P: explain possible priorities and responses when dealing with two particular incidents or emergencies in a health and social care setting. 3M: explain why it is important to maintain respect and dignity when responding to incidents and emergencies. 2D: Justify the need to review policies and procedures following critical incidents. Neonatal: Neonatal means new-born it’s a specialised unit for premature babies who
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1- Understand legislation‚ policies and procedures relevant to administration of medication. Legislation: Health and Social Care Act; the Medicines Act and The Misuse of Drugs Act. Guidelines could include the Nursing Midwifery Guidelines for the management of medicine administration - registered nurses have to abide by this set of guidelines and for paid carers‚ the General Social Care Council’s Code of Conduct will have something which could relate to medication. Policy - for example - consider
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Programme Unit Title: Working in Partnership in Health and Social Care Student Name Edexcel BTEC Levels 4 and 5 Higher Nationals in Health and Social Care Unit Code: 5 Date Issued: Aug 2013 Assignment Evaluation Sheet – Working in Partnership in Health and Social Care St Patrick Student ID No.: Edexcel Registration No.: Date of submission 17:00 on 26th Oct 2013 Lecturer Name: Chris Tapp Internal Verifier Name: Shirley Yearsley ACHIEVING A PASS ALL assessment criteria must
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increased risk of complications and the need for extra equipment and staff. http://news.aol.co.uk/bigstorynews/fat-pregnant-women-burden-on-nhs/article/20070307070509990004 (17/04/08). The study found out that obese pregnant mothers need more one to one care‚ which can have an impact on waiting tomes for the patients. This also means that the NHS will have to spend a lot of money for these services. I chose this topic because my younger sister she overweight. By comparing the information
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Health and Social Care level 3 unit 44 P1. EXPLAIN THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF A HEALTH OR SOCIAL CARE ORGANISATION. The aim of the organization (red hut day nursery) was to carry out high standards of care from children age from 3 months to 5 yrs old. Whilst following the curriculum guidelines of early years foundation. The role of the organization was to care for children within their responsibilities whilst the Childs parents or carer has left them in the organization care. Policies
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Welcome to your new role in Social Care. It is one in which you will make a difference to the lives of the people you work with. You will be looking after vulnerable people‚ who may need help physically and/or emotionally. To help you do this there is a set of values and principles that you must adhere to. The principles and values – Individuality Everyone is different the way we live‚ the way we have our tea or coffee‚ when we choose to eat or drink. What we would like to be called. Check
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Importance of communication in health and social care By: Charles Marco Tambis Topic: Page Importance of communication 1 Formal and informal communication 1 Verbal communicational 2 Non-verbal communication 2 Augmentative and alternate communication (AAC) 3 Two types of Augmentative and alternate communication (AAC) 3-4 Reading 4 Barriers 4-5 Conclusion 5 Importance of communication in Health and Social Care Communication is two or more people conveying to understand
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educational inclusion‚ individual and general perspectives on inclusion and how the medical and social models have played a great part in the conception and in its application in regards to inclusion in the past and in recent times. Inclusion has different conception and used in certain terminology that relates to inclusion. It is used in different settings such as in social care and in the educational setting in the society today. In this report I will be focusing on the educational part. The Encarta
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that does not ‘need to know’. In the care setting‚ providing confidentiality requires confirmation that personal and private information belonging to service users cannot be accessed by others. Any information given by a service user should not be disclosed without the service user’s permission. Personal/private information a care setting will regularly come across can include: * Information being discussed orally‚ for example in a nursery care setting a care worker discussing/debating with a
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Health and Social Care Essay ‘The uses of verbal and non-verbal communication in care settings’ Communication skills are defined as; verbal and non-verbal words‚ phrases‚ voice tones‚ facial expressions‚ gestures and body language that you use to interact with another person. Effective communication is essential in all care settings as part of building and maintaining good patient-colleague relationships. These skills help both patient and colleague to learn about each other and understand
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