development of the specialist palliative care nurses in the community setting‚ and in particular how their role has evolved over the last 5 years. The writer aims for the first part of the assignment to provide the reader with a brief background into the development of palliative care and a history of how the traditional role of a palliative care nurse has expanded from a more generalist perspective to that of a position of specialism. The writer will highlight the essential skills and qualities deemed crucial
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Essential Communication in a Community Crisis Situation kitty litter HCS/320 October‚ 24‚ 2012 Weezie Hawkins Essential Communication in a Community Crisis Situation As director of the regional Emergency Management Office‚ I am responsible for addressing everyone including the public of any environmental disasters that have or may take place. Today I received an official report that contained information in reference to public water supplies of several towns in the area that have become
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Care Routine Table Of Contents Pages Introduction & Rational 1 Planning of the chosen care routine 2 How to wash your hands pictures 2 How to wash your hands with the children routine 3 Principles of good practice guidelines 4 Evaluation of routine & role of the candidate in routine 4 Reflection on personal learning from the action activity 4 Policy on equality and diversity 5 Why Do We Need a Policy on Diversity and Equality? 5 Introduction
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Aims of Antenatal Care: Introduction The World Health Organisation (2003) defines antenatal care as “care before birth”‚ and includes education‚ counselling‚ screening and treatment to monitor and to promote the well being of the mother and baby. According to Johnson and Taylor (2000) the aim of antenatal care is to assist women in remaining healthy‚ monitoring the progress of pregnancy in order to support normal fetal development and thus aid the health of the unborn. Antenatal care should also provide
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Kangaroo style care Kangaroo style care is a developmental care that is beneficial for all newborns most especially for those who are in the NICU. Kangaroo style care is also known as the skin to skin contact that involves direct contact between the newborn and the parent. Parents may hold their newborn baby very gently where they can listen to your hartbeat or to the sweet sound of your voice. Even in the NICU‚ you can still bond with your baby and get to know him more. Kangaroo style care is very easy
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What are the issues facing young people leaving care? How might these issues be successfully resolved? Children and young people enter the care system for numerous reasons‚ some of which include a parent’s inability to cope or because of problems in the family. Most of these children will return to their family after a brief stay‚ however‚ many will be expected to leave care and begin living independently between the age of 16 and 18 (Stein and Wade‚ 2000). Past research (for example Barnardo’s
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The World Health Organization (2003)[1] defines palliative care as: “An approach that improves the quality of life of individuals and their families facing the problem associated with life-threatening illness‚ through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems‚ physical‚ psychosocial and spiritual”. WHO (2003) further states that palliative care: • provides relief from pain and other distressing symptoms;
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analyse some of the assumptions of the life-span approach. It will also examine arguments against the lifespan approach as well as other theories of human development such as Freud’s psychoanalytic theory with the aim of showing that this approach is essential for understanding human development. One of the major assumptions of the life-span approach as suggested by Baites‚ (1987) is that development is a ‘life-long process’ by this he meant that developmental changes occur throughout a person’s life
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screaming‚ biting‚ resisting care‚ wandering‚ self-harm‚ nocturnal wakefulness‚ refusal to eat‚ frequent and unnecessary toilet requests‚ and intrusion (Adams‚ 2008). Acute care nurses are expected to deal with serious illnesses along with the behaviour issues of elderly people‚ which can be exacerbated by hospitalization. (Adams‚ 2008). This paper will examine the behaviours displayed by people with dementia in the acute setting‚ and strategies to provide appropriate care and manage these behaviours
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Risk and Quality Management Assessment: Hospice Care HCS/451 Hospice Care The only two things that are guaranteed in life are birth and death. It seems that every time I tell my husband that his drinking habits are going to be the death of him one day. He always responds by saying “We’ve all got to day someday in one way or another‚ so why not enjoy life while you have it”. But in some cases the choices that we make will often determine whether we live to see the age of 90 verses just the
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