domestic product on health care than any other county‚ and yet the American Journal of Public Health estimates that nearly 45‚000 Americas die each year due to lack of adequate healthcare. In fact‚ our healthcare system ranks 37th out of the 191 countries graded by the World Health Organization. Given these grim facts‚ I certainly agree that America needs to reform its healthcare system. However‚ I do not believe that the current healthcare reform enacted by the Obama administration is what this country
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factors that contribute in developing other conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases (Temple Health Jeans Hospital‚ 2012). Due to this‚ it is vital for the nurses to have enough understanding regarding obesity. Nurses play an important role as patient’s advocate and educator to facilitate patient with up to date information for patient to make a right decision regarding their own health. Obesity is a vast topic so in this essay I will particularly focus on adult bariatric surgery as a treatment
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fear. This reaction can’t be learned so he called this unconditioned response. This theory is what psychologists use to look at phobias‚ it shows that there is always something too set a behaviour off e.g. if something bad happened in your life and the most thing you remember is a poster on the wall or even a song you listened to that night‚ you could develop a phobia of that poster or song. The best way to help this is to find the cause and ask the patient to make a list of their worst fear about
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donz kay Lymphatic system: main function is to make immune cells which are the white blood cells and deliver them throughout the body. The lymphatic system also works with the circulatory system to deliver nutrients‚ oxygen‚ and hormones from the blood to the cells that make up the tissues of the body. Digestive system: function is to breakdown the food we eat into smaller particles and absorbing of nutrients into the blood stream‚ so that the body can use them for energy‚ Reproductive system:
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Introduction Organisations in the health and social care sector should ensure that the services users receive the care that they need. They should ensure that the health and social care givers provide better and quality service to the service users in order to improve their health and well being (Fullan‚ Hill and Carmel‚ 2006). This can be achieved through inter professional working. Inter professional working is defined as the process that involves members of different agencies or professionals
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ABUSE AND ITS MANIFESTION WITH THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SETTING. Abuse comes in all forms and here are examples of abuse. PHYSCIAL ABUSE: Includes hitting‚ slapping‚ scratching‚ pushing‚ kicking‚ and misuse of medication‚ restraint or inappropriate sanctions. The sign’s of this is marks on the body that can’t be explained also doing what’s done to them to fellow housemates. PSYCHOLOICAL ABUSE: Includes emotional abuse‚ threats of harm or abandonment‚ deprivation of contact‚ humiliation
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Assignment 055 Task A When looking after children you have a duty of care to them‚ this means it is your responsibility to keep the child safe and free from harm. The younger the child the greater the duty of care is‚you need to be vigilant and pay attention to keep children safe. Mentally risk assessing situations as they arise will help you see any potential dangers to the child and help you plan to avoid any risk. You also need to be aware of a child’s feelings and help them develop them
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uniqueness of all people or treat them with dignity or respect. The people I support may experience many different types‚ and levels‚ of discrimination and inequality. Someone may assume that an individual isn’t able to make their own decision as to what they would like to eat and so ask myself instead of the individual. A taxi driver may ask me where the service user lives instead of
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the concepts of health‚ disability‚ illness and behaviour and also investigate how health and social care services and systems support individuals with specific needs and look at different approaches and intervention strategies available to support individuals with specific needs‚ lastly will explain what challenging behaviour is and explain strategies available for those working with people with specific needs LO1.1 Health is defined as a state of complete physical‚ mental and social wellbeing and
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contradicted my research hypothesis “Teenage girls aged 15-19 years old are unaware of the signs and symptoms and consequences of anorexia nervosa.” Explanation of findings In my second question‚ I asked the participants to define anorexia in the best way that they could. Reflecting on the question‚ I myself was going by the effective definition given by The Mayo Clinic which states “Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that causes people to obsess about their weight and the food they eat. People with
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