COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES WITHIN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE AIM AND PURPOSE OF THE UNIT Whilst many complementary therapies are ancient they are a relatively new addition to conventional treatments for illness and disease in the west. As people take more personal responsibility for their health and well-being‚ the prevalence of complementary therapies has spread and it is increasingly likely that users of health and social care services will want to use them as a complement or alternative to conventional
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The role of a children’s nurse The Royal College of Nursing (2003‚ p.3)defines nursing as“the use of clinical judgment in the provision of care to enable people to improve‚ maintain‚ or recover health”. Nursing is a profession which is quite rewarding as it includes providing a range of care to patients and their families. There are four different pre-registration branches of nursing which allows them to work in different areaswith many different people. In this essay‚ it will primarily focus
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Developing effective communication introduction: In Health and social care professionals need excellent communication skills to develop helpful relationships and share information with people using services. They also should to be able to communicate good with people’s families or carers and their own colleagues and other professionals. In this report I’m going to explain effective communication and interpersonal interaction in health and social care. Type of communication: Body language is a
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Personal statement I have chosen to study early childhood studies‚ BA Hons because of the prospect of a very challenging‚ demanding‚ interesting and rewarding career it has been an interest of mine to work with children in a nursery for years. Having previously studied BTEC Health and social care with work placements in nurseries this has strengthened my ambition to study and in the future work in a career that would enable me to help and care for children. In work placements I completed in nurseries
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Activity No. 1 Direction: 1. Type the document below. 2. Save your file and name it “Activity1” COMPUTER TERMS 1. CU (Control Unit) – it is the central nervous system of the computer and it determines what data to send to the ALU for processing. It is also called a SUPERVISOR. 2. MAINFRAME – the largest‚ fastest‚ and most expensive computers. The mightiest of the mainframe are so called SUPERCOMPUTERS. 3. PROCESSING – includes arithmetic operation and it can perform the
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Professional Supervision in Social Work 1. Introduction 1.1. The 21st Century Review of Social Work‚ the various restructurings across Scottish Local Authorities and the range of different arrangements across voluntary and private providers has led to a debate about the meaning and role of Social Work supervision. 1.2. The term supervision is widely interpreted and often misunderstood in its traditional context of directly monitoring‚ observing or training. The focus in this paper is on
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This reflection will discuss personal diffidence and how it has influenced my academic studies‚ including my practice within placement settings. Gibbs reflective cycle (Gibbs‚ 1998) has been utilised as it illustrates a clear structure for the process of reflection. To conclude this reflection will draw together the themes which have emerged and highlight a clear action for future learning that will be used in order to enhance my future practice. Within my previous occupation as a health care assistant
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ACCOUNT OF A LEARNT SIMULATED SKILL BLOOD PRESSURE. The aim of this essay is to reflect and discuss my knowledge acquired in a simulated learning skill experience which forms part of my training as a student nurse in accordance with the Nurses and Midwifery Council (NMC 2010). (Marieb and Hoehn‚ 2010‚ p 703) defined Blood Pressure (BP) as ‘the force per unit area exerted on a vessel wall by the contained blood‚ and is expressed in millimetres of mercury (mm Hg)’. BP is still one of the essential
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Social Networks Adrian Moses Felan INF 103 Computer Literacy Dr. Mark Zecca 12/22/14 Social Networks Social Networks used to not have the same meaning as they do today. They have always been a social structure made up of individuals‚ made up of their interactions and personal relationships. From the sewing circles of yesteryear‚ to the fixation we have with our digital social life‚ social networks have taken on a new form in the 21st century‚ and have begun to impact our lives in many ways. Our
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Introduction Within this reflective essay I aim to discuss types of reliable evidence from practice used as a means of providing substantiation of my learning and development‚ I will explore and provide a range of evidence from my portfolio‚ verifying achievement of my 2 chosen NMC proficiencies within the care delivery domain at Bondy level 4 (appendix 1).I aim to support this with a discussion as to how my chosen evidence undoubtedly provides verification of these requirements‚ a vital component
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