LEVEL 2 CERIFICATE IN PREPARING TO WORKING IN ADULT SOCIAL CARE ASSESSMENT 4 SAFE WORKING PRACTICES IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS QUESTION 1 LIST FIVE KEY PIECES OF LEGISLATION WHICH RELATE TO GENERAL HEALTH AND SAFETY IN A SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS. 1. Health and Safety at work Act 1974 (HASAWA) ‚ it ensures that the employer‚ the employee have responsibilities to ensure that a good level of safety is attained in the workplace‚ and there should be a copy of this act on the
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In a social care setting‚ N.V.C is particularly important in establishing and maintaining Social Care Worker (S.C.W)-service user relationships and influencing the service user to comply with the service regime. N.V.C affects the S.C.W‚ the service user and the relationship in the S.C.W-service user dyad. Such communication can affect several important health related outcomes‚ such as the service user’s adherence to regimes‚ recovery
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can be used to protect and to speed up the healing of pressure sores. Topical preparations such as cream and ointments can speed up healing process and prevent further tissue damage. Antibiotics and antiseptic creams might be used to prevent infection and bacteria spreading. Certain dietary supplements such as protein‚ zinc‚ vitamin c can be helpful. If clients diet lacks vitamins and minerals skin may be more likely to develop pressure sores. Debridement ‚maggot therapy‚surgery has been
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to prevent nosocomial infections. In Illinois‚ Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)‚ is charged with providing advice and guidance to the Secretary‚ Department of Health and Human Services; the Director‚ CDC and the Director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)‚ regarding the practice of hospital infection control and strategies for surveillance‚ prevention‚ and control of healthcare-associated infections. Antimicrobial resistance
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Communication in health and Social Care Name: Deshan Weerasinghe Student ID: D0113P16004 Table of Content Content Page Introduction 2 1.1 Apply relevant theories of communication to health and social care contexts 3 1.2 Use communication skills in health and social care context 4 1.3 Review methods of dealing with inappropriate interpersonal communication between individuals in health and social care settings 5 1
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The role of the health and social care worker HSC025 ALL OUTCOMES IN RED ARE OBSERVATIONS TO BE CARRIED OUT BY YOUR ASSESSOR. THE INFORMATION GIVEN INDICATES THE TYPES OF THINGS YOUR ASSESSOR WILL BE LOOKING FOR Understand working relationships in health and social care OUTCOME 1 1. Explain how a working relationship is different from a personal relationship A working relationship is where you are placed with other people and work as part of a team where each individual is working
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Unit 2 – introduction to personal development in Health‚ Social care or Children’s and Young people’s settings. 1.1 Key Responsibilities: * To support individuals in their home and in the community. * To support service users to ensure that their physical‚ social‚ emotional and intellectual needs are met. * To support the personal development of each service user‚ ensuring that they are treated as an individual with their own unique support needs. * To ensure that the dignity and
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1998 The information heel in a health and social care sector can ruin lives of individuals so it is important that all data is confidential information is protected. All organisations holding personal data has to abide by this act. This act also helps the health care professionals by guiding them on how to keep information private and what type of information is allowed to be passed on to other professionals so that the service users’ needs can be met and their health is not at risk. It is also vital
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the analysis of conflict. Role Conflict and Ambiguity: Closely related to the concept of norms (the “ought” of behavior)‚ role is defined as a position that has exceptions evolving from established norms. People living in contemporary society assume a succession of roles throughout life. A typical sequence of social roles would be that of child‚ son r daughter‚ teenager‚ college student‚ boyfriend or girlfriend‚ spouse‚ parents‚ and grandparents. Each of these roles has recognized expectations
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Surgical Site Infection Prevention Lisa M. Ehret Walden University NURS 4001‚ Section 5‚ Research and Scholarship for Evidence-based Practice October 19‚ 2014 Surgical Site Infection Prevention Surgical site infections (SSI) are infections acquired after a patient undergoes an invasive surgical procedure. A surgical site infection is considered a hospital acquired infection‚ and in the United States is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality from hospital acquired infections (Korol‚
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