1.2 Our place of work should have clear written policies and procedures of health and safety. As practitioners we should oversee all health and safety checks regularly. Indoor and outdoor equipment should be checked before and after use. The environment we are using shoul also be checked. Eg‚ is the glass or gardening tools lying around the garden‚ are their bricks or toys on the floor on which some one could trip. Some checks are required annually by law. Ie We should have a qualified electrician
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Building relationship: This is a vital role in the health and social care sector as with this first form of communication is important to build a relationship. It can be verbal or non verbal communication skills by making your first impression it needs to be good and professional by either a hand shake‚ good eye contact‚ smile and just being friendly and warm welcome. Maintaining relationship: In health and social care we maintain and good healthy and friendly relationship with the service user
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Unit 4222-301 Promote communication 1. Understand why effective communication is important in the work setting 2.1 People communicate to let other people know their needs and wishes. They also need to tell others if they are in pain and how they are feeling‚ and to put their anxieties at ease. It is important in my role that I communicate constantly with my client to understand how she is feeling daily and to let her other carers know her needs and if her needs change at any time. I also
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Unit 4222-324 – Support individuals with specific communication needs. Kate Wilson Outcome 1 – understand specific communication needs and factors affecting them. 1.1 – Explain the importance of meeting an individual’s communication needs? Individuals that have communication problems need help and support to enable them to express themselves in the way they want‚ it’s important that you find out the best way for the individual to communicate for example it may be through sign language or writing
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Unit 4222-335 Undertake physiological measurements 1.1 We should always check equipment which we are going to use if it is safe and working properly‚ we should wear PPE every time we are undertaking any task‚ ensure that we are trained to do the task‚ we should keep the working place safe and clean. When we are about to take measurement from an person we need to make sure that the person know exactly what we are going to do and asking permission for the task we are about to do. Recording the task
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Influenza infections are the leading cause of death. In 1918 Spanish flu killed so many people in the united state‚ and spread quickly like wild fire throughout the entire world. Many people died within the first few days after infection and others died of complications soon after. Nearly half of those who died were young‚ healthy adults. One of the most unusual aspects of the Spanish flu was its ability to kill young adults. The reasons for this remain uncertain. Even today there is no specific
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FACTORS THAT FUEL THE SPREAD OF HIV INFECTION AMONG THE YOUTH Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a blood-borne transmissible virus and globally this virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is causing devastation by destroying communities‚ families and taking away hope for the future. Malawi has not been spared of the catastrophe brought by HIV/AIDS and the prevalence rate amongst young people between the ages of 15 and 24 remains unacceptably very high. As per the 2008 National Census
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Unit 4222-301 Promote communication in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s setting 1.1 Communication happens a lot in health and social care settings: many different kinds of conversations occur‚ as well as a variety of meetings‚ activity and treatment sessions and consultations with medical and other practitioners that also involve communication. A closer look at these activities will show you that service users‚ practitioners and other adults interact and communicate with
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Answer in Unit 4222-249 Principles of supporting an individual to maintain personal hygiene (LD 206) Outcome 1 1. Explain why personal hygiene is important Personal hygiene is very important in life. It covers all aspect depends on culture or any way of life. It could be personal reason‚ social‚ psychological‚ or just the way of maintaining healthy lifestyle. For personal reason‚ it could boast self esteem‚ feeling good about self or as a way of making the self more attractive to others. In social
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UNIT 4222-205: Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care (HSC 024) Outcome 1: Know how to recognise signs of abuse 1. Define the following types of abuse: Physical abuse - Hitting‚ slapping‚ pushing‚ pinching‚ kicking and burning. Leaving people to sit in own urine and faeces and forcing them to eat or take medication. Sexual abuse - Unwanted advances‚ indecent exposure or harassment‚ rough washing or touching of the genital area‚ rape‚ being forced to watch or participate
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