PRINCIPLES OF SAFEGUARDING AND PROTECTION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE Within the care sector there are many individuals who rely and depend on the help and support of others such as nurses‚ social workers and support workers. When this level of trust and responsibility exists it is important that these individuals are able to feel safe and confident and not at risk to abuse. It is therefore our responsibility as carers to ensure there are safeguarding procedures in place to protect all individuals
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Engaging With Vulnerable People This essay will explore the concept of vulnerability‚ the type of people who can be vulnerable and its potential effects. It will then relate this specifically to the case of Miss Jaya an elderly Hindu lady who has no relatives and lives alone‚ and why she is perceived to be vulnerable. The essay will then go on to evaluate how a nurse can demonstrate professional values and empower the patient to help reduce their vulnerability‚ taking into account the Nursing
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The Disparities between Crack Cocaine and Powder Cocaine The Disparities between Crack and Powder Cocaine Coca is a leafed plant that grows in the eastern slopes of the Andes. Cocaine is the world’s most powerful stimulant made naturally. This plant has been used be Indians for at least 5000 years. Traditionally‚ the leaves of the coca plant have been chewed for social‚ mystical‚ medicinal and religious purposes. Columbia is the lead producer of cocaine they supply eighty percent of the world’s
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The word “Population Growth” has its origin from the latin words ‘Populus’ meaning people. According to ecological term; “population is group of people of the same species occupying a particular space”. Population is subdivided further into demes or local population which is group of interbreeding organism in demes; they share a common gene pool. Population density is defined as a number of individual per unit area or per unit volume of environment. When the size of the individual is uniform the
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INTRODUCTION For the purposes of this essay the Elderly Care Scenario has been selected. The aim of this essay is to discuss the concept of vulnerability and why the patient in the Elderly Care Scenario is vulnerable. With reference to the NMC Code‚ the second part of the essay will discuss how the scenario demonstrates/does not demonstrate professional values and how the staff could have empowered the patient and demonstrated respect and maintained his dignity. The third part then discusses the
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Safeguarding and Protection of Vulnerable Adults Understanding the Legislation‚ Regulations and Policies that underpin the protection of Vulnerable Adults 1.1 Analyse the differences between the concept of safeguarding and the concept of protection in relation to vulnerable adults Safeguarding was defined in the Children’s Act of 1989‚ and is most commonly applied to children and young people under the age of eighteen. Key aspects of legislation have recently been extended to include similar
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The issue discussed in this paper is Italy’s disparity in access to health care between northern and southern regions in Italy. There is a disparity between both regions which leads to a lower quality of care received in southern regions in Italy‚ thus leading to an impact in access to health care in southern regions in Italy. The purpose is to explain how access to health care has an impact on health in different regions in Italy‚ how this issue is compared to the United States (U.S.)‚ ethical
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same sex in June 2015. Although the LGBT Community has taken substantial steps towards equality‚ disparities still remain between the LGBT Community and non-marginalized groups in the United States. In regards to these disparities‚ there is still a huge gap between the health of heterosexual individuals and homosexual individuals. There are a number of different disparities
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Many different situations occur within the criminal justice system. The situations that will be discussed in this essay are Pseudospeciation‚ bigotry vs. racism‚ hegemony‚ social construction‚ and disparity vs. discrimination. There will be definition on these terms. After defining the all terms‚ I will apply these terms to the criminal justice system using examples to illustrate the understanding of the definitions. Pseudospeciation Pseudospeciation begins with the fact that cultural differences
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Racial Incarceration Disparities that Create Health Problems Name Course Institution Instructor’s name Date due Abstract Shocking disparities in population wellness and health in the United States of America have led to multidisciplinary study efforts to help build health equity. Identifying disparities‚ clarifying the etiological bases of disparities as well as adopting solutions to get rid of health disparities are part of the United States national health program. Ethnic and
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