form of dementia and the signs and symptoms. Dementia Dementia is the name for a group of symptoms which arise from different disease that affect the brain. The brain is made up of millions of brain cells which send messages to each other. These messages tell the individual everything they need to know to cope with everyday life‚ such as how to move‚ what they are seeing‚ how to speak. They also store memories and control emotions - such as laughing and crying. In someone with dementia‚ some of
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Based on Gibbs reflective cycle The second part of my assignment was to conduct a literature search‚ and describe how I went about it. Week 3 of my first module Study Skills And Lifelong Learning‚ comprised of a session on literature searching. We were shown the university database Discovery‚ and Heather our course leader proceeded to explain‚ step by step how we can access this‚ on campus or from any location off campus. Discovery is a facility that allows you to search for books and journals
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Reflective Account for Assignment 001 Teaching can be challenging and rewarding if you enjoy what you are doing‚ if you don’t enjoy what you teach then it can become boring‚ it soon rubs off on your learners and gives the impression of “If the tutor isn’t interested‚ then why should I be?” It can also be boring‚ but this is where the challenge begins to make it fun so that the learner understands what is being taught without loosing interest quickly. It is your responsibility as a teacher/tutor
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Reflective account’s for health and social care level 3 Health and Social care (adults). Health and safety. On this training course I have learnt about the health and safety risks of my work place. (Health and safety manager) taught me the difference between a hazard and a risk also the steps 1-5 on how to identify both then handle them. I learnt how to identify whether it’s a high or low risk and the actions that are required. In this training I got taught and showed how to appropriately use
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wanted to raise a friend’s baby‚ currently in foster care. During an announced home visit it was apparent that the home conditions were extremely dirty and unhygienic‚ however‚ although this raised concern it did not mean the family’s own four children were at risk. However‚ after checking whether the family were known to other Local Authorities and speaking with the children’s current and previous school‚ I found out the family had repeated Social Care involvement‚ predominately in respect of two of
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MAR that she could have in IV. Since she was already throwing up and was visibly upset I asked her if she would like this route because it would be faster acting and I didn’t want her throwing up the oral tablet. She agreed and I found her primary care provider to assist in this. At first she just said yes‚ go ahead but then I had to explain to her that it wasn’t yet in my scope to administer IV direct medication. Once she understood this I observed her administer the gravol‚ asking her questions
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aged 22 who suffers from a borderline personality disorder‚ and is a recovering self-harmer and anorexic. AC experienced a traumatic childhood due to abuse within the family unit which therefore led to AC being removed from the care of her family and placed into foster care. AC appeared to find it difficult to adjust; this was shown through her self-damaging behaviors. Due this AC was placed into various institutions to try and overcome these behaviors. The first stage of Erickson’s life span
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An event occurred that did not exemplify best practice as a nursing student‚ and soon to be registered nurse was when I was administering medication last week on a respiratory floor. I had given my patient the medication‚ and realized there was no water at the bedside. I quickly went to get my patient water for her to swallow the capsules more easily from the bathroom. When I arrived back‚ she stated that she had already taken them. I had informed my preceptor and she advised me to look on her bed
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neglect‚ patients being sexually abuse‚ etc.… but I have hardly ever heard about staff mistreatment from patients‚ patient’s family members‚ and other staff. In my first semester of nursing‚ I was taught to treat patients with courtesy‚ respect‚ and care and most importantly‚ their safety. But we were only taught once on ways to protect ourselves from patient abuse. This incident has taught me that as a nurse I must protect my patients but I must primary consider protecting myself. Elaborate:
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My time in Evangel Student Care Centre ( Canberra ) has been an extraordinary taste of a unique experience for myself. My job scope is the role of a teacher/mentor for the children in the care centre. During the first day after making first contact with Ms Xiao‚ I gained knowledge of the basic routine of the centre and the general job scope of my volunteer work. I was then instructed to perform a counselling task for one of the children isolated in the counselling room due to his rebellious nature
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