Introduction This unit develops understanding of the values and principles that underpin the practice of all those who work in health and social care. Learners will consider theories and policies that underpin health and social care practice and explore formal and informal mechanisms required to promote good practice by individuals in the workforce‚ including strategies that can influence the performance of others. The aims of this assignment are to measure the outcome of students’ learning in
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procedures are to help people achieve weight loss. There are millions of people who have gotten these procedures done throughout the United States. However‚ the results are not always what you expect. Gastric bypass surgery is used to help treat obesity‚ type 2 diabetes‚ hypertension‚ sleep apnea‚ and a number of other illnesses. From my research I have found that 15% percent of patients suffer complications and 0.5 % has died within six months of surgery due to complications. Mortality is a danger of gastric
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Personal and Professional Health Care Communication Jessica Anderson HCS/350 March 11‚ 2012 Maria Smith Personal and Professional Health Care Communication Communication is the basic method that people use to exchange information and messages. The information is exchanged every day in our personal and work lives. We talk with our neighbors‚ our family members‚ friends‚ school instructors‚ bosses‚ colleagues‚ and clients. The communication can have many forms: verbal‚ non-verbal or written
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Q1) Please summarise the professional standards of care for dental care for professionals. There are nine principles which every dental professional has to follow: 1 Put patients’ interest first 2 Communicate effectively with patients 3 Obtain valid consent 4 Maintain and protect patients’ information 5 Have a clear and effective complaints procedure 6 Work with colleagues in a way that is in patients’ best interests 7 Maintain‚ develop and work within your professional knowledge and skills 8
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In this essay‚ my aim is to discuss how the death of a client can impact on health professionals – focusing mainly on nurses. I will also talk about why it is important for caregivers to work through the stages of the grieving process themselves. ‘Death is a natural progression from life. Most nurses will be exposed to the physical and emotional effects of this experience as they care for a dying patient. The nurse is taught how to provide support for the patient and family as they proceed through
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Level 3 BSc Midwifery Sciences The Role of the Health Professional in Public Health MID3086 Gail Anderson Analyse a healthcare initiative involving midwives that address the health needs of a vulnerable group. Teenage Pregnancy is defined as conceptions which include those that lead onto a live birth and terminations in the under 18 age group. Teenage pregnancy generally creates inequalities in health‚ and usually leads to poor long term outcomes for both
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b Running Head: OBAMACARE The Obama Care Policy American National Government POL 201 Jacqueline Arnold Instructor Kimminau January 8‚ 2013 OBAMACARE 1 In this short essay about the “Obama HealthCare Policy‚” I will discuss the problems of the policy. I plan to explain the history‚ and the meaning of this policy. In this essay I will be discussing the pros and cons of the Obama HealthCare Policy‚ as well as the issue’s with the Federalism
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within the health environment and will discuss the 3 elements of Nursing and Midwifery as part of the assignment by using the code of practice as a guide. The code of practice is the foundation of good nursing and midwifery practice and key tool in safeguarding the health and wellbeing of the public. The code states that a Registered Nurse‚ Midwifery and health professionals must protect and support the health of individual patients or clients besides also protect and support the health of the wider
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Community Heatth Vol. 28‚ No. 1‚ pp. 51-63 © 2005 Uppincott Williams & Wilkins‚ Inc. Health-Promoting Behaviors of Sheltered Homeless Women Meg Wilson‚ PhD‚ RN To expand the body of knowledge and provide further insight into the complex area of homelessness and health‚ health practices of sheltered homeless women were investigated using a crosssectional‚ descriptive‚ and non-experimental design using Pender ’s Health Promotion Model as the theoretical framework. The sample (w = 137) was weU educated
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Health care policies are rules and guideline to cover health related issues. Public health‚ preventative health and long term health such as an organ transplant are major factors in healthcare policy. According to healthcare law health policy is defined as “The aggregate of principles‚ stated or unstated that……….characterize the distribution of resources services and political influences that impact that health of the population.”(SHI@Singh‚ 2008 p.534). Healthcare law involves rules and regulations
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