References: du Pré‚ A. (2005). Communicating about health: Current issues and perspectives (2nd ed.). Boston: McGraw Hill. Hicks‚ N. J. & Nicols‚ C. M. (2012). Health industry communication: New media‚ new methods‚ new message. Burlington‚ MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning. Cheesebro‚ T.‚ O’Connor‚ L.‚ & Rios‚ F. (2010). Communicating in the workplace
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domestic product on health care than any other county‚ and yet the American Journal of Public Health estimates that nearly 45‚000 Americas die each year due to lack of adequate healthcare. In fact‚ our healthcare system ranks 37th out of the 191 countries graded by the World Health Organization. Given these grim facts‚ I certainly agree that America needs to reform its healthcare system. However‚ I do not believe that the current healthcare reform enacted by the Obama administration is what this country
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Inclusion in health and social. Diversity‚ Equality and Inclusion. Diversity Diversity is the difference between individuals and groups. This can be the differences in culture‚ nationality‚ ethnic origin‚ religion‚ beliefs‚ sexual orientation‚ gender‚ age‚ social class or abilities. Equality Equality is the promotion of individual’s rights; it is giving the individual choice and opportunity. It is giving the individual respect and treating them fair. As a health and social care worker you
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factors that contribute in developing other conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases (Temple Health Jeans Hospital‚ 2012). Due to this‚ it is vital for the nurses to have enough understanding regarding obesity. Nurses play an important role as patient’s advocate and educator to facilitate patient with up to date information for patient to make a right decision regarding their own health. Obesity is a vast topic so in this essay I will particularly focus on adult bariatric surgery as a treatment
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approaches in health and social care 1.1 Person centred values are guides on how individuals are treated. These values are: * Dignity- supporting individuals to maintain emotional control and supporting individuals with sensitive situations. * Respect- recognising an individual’s sense of worth and importance to others. * Privacy- making sure individuals rights is maintained. * Individuality- recognising an individual as an individual. 1.2 It is important to work in a way that embeds
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The incident was not raised nor documented on the patients notes. The patient had an opportunity to raise the incident with nursing and medical team on the night and the following day‚ however she didn’t until her son came for a visit the following day. Irregularities of patient description of the complaint. The patient informed Matron Gillan Johnson that the nurse slapped her on her right thigh four times. The patient son spoke to Patient Advised Liason Service and said that he mother claimed
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fear. This reaction can’t be learned so he called this unconditioned response. This theory is what psychologists use to look at phobias‚ it shows that there is always something too set a behaviour off e.g. if something bad happened in your life and the most thing you remember is a poster on the wall or even a song you listened to that night‚ you could develop a phobia of that poster or song. The best way to help this is to find the cause and ask the patient to make a list of their worst fear about
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contradicted my research hypothesis “Teenage girls aged 15-19 years old are unaware of the signs and symptoms and consequences of anorexia nervosa.” Explanation of findings In my second question‚ I asked the participants to define anorexia in the best way that they could. Reflecting on the question‚ I myself was going by the effective definition given by The Mayo Clinic which states “Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that causes people to obsess about their weight and the food they eat. People with
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donz kay Lymphatic system: main function is to make immune cells which are the white blood cells and deliver them throughout the body. The lymphatic system also works with the circulatory system to deliver nutrients‚ oxygen‚ and hormones from the blood to the cells that make up the tissues of the body. Digestive system: function is to breakdown the food we eat into smaller particles and absorbing of nutrients into the blood stream‚ so that the body can use them for energy‚ Reproductive system:
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uniqueness of all people or treat them with dignity or respect. The people I support may experience many different types‚ and levels‚ of discrimination and inequality. Someone may assume that an individual isn’t able to make their own decision as to what they would like to eat and so ask myself instead of the individual. A taxi driver may ask me where the service user lives instead of
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