.............................3 Summaries of Journal Articles......................................................................3 Key Aspects: Medication Errors and their Causes.............................................. 4 Impact on Client Care.................................................................................5 Strategies to prevent Medication Errors ..........................................................6 Conclusion.....................................................
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psychological changes over time. The Office of National Statistics showed that the aging population and increased prevalence of long-term conditions have a significant impact on health and social care and may require £5 billion additional expenditure by 2018 (ONS 2015). Common conditions of older age receive less investment and lower-quality care than general medical conditions prevalent in mid-life (Steel et al.‚ 2008)As budgets continue to tighten across the NHS and local government‚ it’s vital that we make
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This assignment will reflect on a scenario concentrating on ageism and will focus on valuing diversity and anti-discriminative practice. It will discuss how they are important to the delivery of care. I shall also discuss how I have developed and improved my interpersonal skills with both patients and colleagues and overcome barriers created through prejudice and labelling. Also considered is how the Johari window (Luft & Ingham 1955) allows understanding of the self and how that has an important
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The main purpose of supervision is to improve quality of work so that staff can meet the outcomes that service users’ who use the services want to achieve. Personalisation of social care service means that staff will need support to respond to a new ways of working‚ develop new skills and adapt to different procedures. Supervision is a process of managing functions intended to promote the achievement of organisational goals and to enhance the personal and professional capabilities of staff (The University
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the role of educational inclusion‚ individual and general perspectives on inclusion and how the medical and social models have played a great part in the conception and in its application in regards to inclusion in the past and in recent times. Inclusion has different conception and used in certain terminology that relates to inclusion. It is used in different settings such as in social care and in the educational setting in the society today. In this report I will be focusing on the educational part
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The field of Child and Youth Care consists of many different sectors one is able to work in. As a Child and Youth Care Practitioner‚ one will discover that there are many professional issues that are attached to these sectors. The following paper will go into detail regarding the issues in a Residential and Care Treatment facility. As a Child and Youth Care Practitioner‚ it is important to have knowledge on why these children and youth are placed in this setting. According to (Butler‚ Little
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Mentorship for Health Social Care Practitioner’s Introduction: Mentoring students in clinical practice is an important aspect of nursing. Nurses or mentors consider their profession to be practice based and work hard to ensure that a larger part of learning and assessment takes place in the clinical area. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)‚ 2006 defines the term mentor as‚ the role of the nurse‚ midwife or health visitor who facilitates learning‚ supervises and assesses students in the practice
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to Duty of Care in Health and Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings 1. Undestand the implications of Duty of Care. 1.1 Define the term "duty of care’. Duty of care is an obligation that a person/healthcare worker acts towards others and public with watchfulness‚ attention and caution in a reasonable and civilized way. SU needs to know that his welfare‚ safety and interest are put in the centre of attention of any healthcare organisation. 1.2 Describe how duty of care affects own
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CU298P Principles of Safeguarding and Protection in Health and Social Care Credit: 3 Level: 2 GLH: 26 Aims This unit is aimed at those working in a wide range of settings. This unit introduces the important area of safeguarding individuals from abuse. It identifies different types of abuse and the signs and symptoms that might indicate abuse is occurring. It considers when individuals might be particularly vulnerable to abuse and what a learner must do if abuse is suspected or alleged.
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equality‚ inclusion and discrimination. Current legislation and Codes of Practice may include: • Equality Act • Human Rights Act • Essential Standards • GSCC Code of Practice b) The possible consequences for the individual in health and social care workers and others if the legislations and codes of practice are not followed are prosecution‚ being fined‚ the organisation you work for into disrepute‚ being held accountable for your actions and losing your job. c) A description of how
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