Unit 4222-229 Undertake agreed pressure area care (HSC 2024) Outcome 1 Understand the anatomy and physiology of the skin in relation to pressure area care: 2) Identify pressure sites of the body: * Shoulders or shoulder blades * Elbows * Back of your ears * Knees‚ ankles‚ heals‚ toes * Spine * Base of spine/sacrum area 3) Identify factors which might put individual at risk of skin breakdown and pressure sores: Intrinsic risk factors: * Mobility problems * Poor
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Describe the anatomy and physiology of the skin in relation to skin breakdown and the development of pressure sores? 1. The skin protects the body and controls the temperature‚ the tough outer layer is called the epidermis and is germ proof and water proof and the inner layer the dermis is full of nerve endings‚ which sends messages to the brain about heat‚ cold and pain. Pressure sores develop because of long standing pressure onto a particular area of the body causing breakdown of the layer of
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Julia Colley - Level 3 Diploma Hea lth and Social Care Enable rights and choices of individuals with dementia whilst minimising risks 1.1 These are some of the legislation related to minimising the risk of harm for an individual with dementia. Key legislation are Human Rights Act 1998‚ Mental Health Act 2007‚ Disability Discrimination Act‚ Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006‚ Carers (equal opportunities ) Act 2004. Together these legislations form the fundamental rights and freedom
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II of the agreed bundle. It was agreed between the parties that Part II of the agreed bundle of documents would consist of documents in which formal proof was dispensed with but the contents of which were not admitted. The respondents’ solicitors wrote a letter to the appellant’s solicitors stating ‘ we suggest that the police report… be tendered though its maker dispensing with formal proof” Held: Appeal was allowed Gopal Sri Ram (Judge) Where a document is included in an agreed bundle without
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Describe an evaluate studies relating to attribution of causality In this essay I will be looking at four theories relating to attribution of causality. Jones (1977) defined attribution as ‘the process by which people use available information to make influences about the causes of particular behaviour’. Internal or ‘dispositional attribution’ (within the person e.g. personality) and external or ‘situational attribution’ (the environment) factors are often used when explaining a person’s behaviour
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Pressure Groups Pressure groups can influence political decisions in many ways. Pressure groups represent a particular issue/issues and tries to put pressure on the government to change laws concerning their specific interest. This can take place in several different ways but methods used by insider pressure groups are different to the ones used by outsider pressure groups. Outsider pressure groups keep their independence from the government. Because of this these pressure groups are not bound
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Describe how atmospheric circulation gives rise to the formation of high and low pressure area? The origins of the creation of areas of differing pressures can be seen to start with the sun. As the sun gives off radiation some is absorbed by the earth‚ however this absorption is centred on the equator and therefore creates a disparity between the heat of the equator and tropics and the rest of the globe. Between 450 North and 300 South there is a positive heat budget whereas outside these regions
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happens high in the sky. The ancient Greeks looked at clouds‚ rain‚ and wind and tried to understand how they are connected to one another. The weather was important in their simple way of living because it affected the farmers who cropped plants and their fishermen who sailed the waters. Today‚ our way of living and our environment are affected even worsted by things in the atmosphere. Aristotle is considered the father of meteorology. His book Meteorological‚ written around 340
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Caroline Barber S00155374 NSG 636 Critical Incident Pressure Injuries in the Perioperative Environment. Critical Incident Essay 30% Figure 1 from Walton-Greer‚ P. (2009). Prevention of Pressure Ulcers in the Surgical Patient. AORN Journal‚ 89(3)‚ 538-552. MARKING CRITERIA INTRODUCTION 0-2 Some key information missing in introduction & conclusion. 3-5 Detailed and focused introduction & conclusion. 6-8 Well developed introduction & conclusion. 9-10 Very well developed
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Being resilient can be very challenging in many ways. You might have to learn something more difficult because you’re in a difficult class‚ and you still want to earn positive grades in it. Or perhaps something more simple as in becoming more independent by learning how to do your own laundry. In the nine ways of resilience‚ I’m sure we have or at least will face a problem where these key ways are going to benefit us with knowledge. In the meantime‚ let me tell you about one of my first challenges
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