1- Understand legislation‚ policies and procedures relevant to administration of medication. Legislation: Health and Social Care Act; the Medicines Act and The Misuse of Drugs Act. Guidelines could include the Nursing Midwifery Guidelines for the management of medicine administration - registered nurses have to abide by this set of guidelines and for paid carers‚ the General Social Care Council’s Code of Conduct will have something which could relate to medication. Policy - for example - consider
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Health and social care guide to communication Communication is an interactive two way process of giving and receiving a message‚ such as exchanging ideas or information it can be a mixture of verbal and non-verbal and formal and informal methods. Communication is important to master to become an effective health and social care professional because you need to be able to listen to people to understand their needs because if you don’t listen to them properly wrong information can be taken also
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‘Culture’ is a term that is defined by characteristics such as ideas‚ customs‚ values‚ race‚ ethnicity‚ beliefs and social behaviour of a particular group of people or society (Crisp and Perry 2013). Dreamchslin‚ Gilbert and Malone (2013) define cultural competence as the ability to acquire and respond to specific behaviours by delivering care effectively that meets the social‚ cultural and linguistic needs of people‚ therefore‚ promoting equality and equity in healthcare. Also‚ Garneau and Pepin
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HND Diploma In Health and Social Care Social Policy Submitted to Christine Pratt Submitted by Submission Date Table of content Introduction 03 Task 1 - historical and contemporary landmarks in social welfare provision 04 1.1 historical and contemporary landmarks in social policy 04 1.2 factors influencing the development of policy & legislations 07 Task 2 - origins of social policies 08 2.1 Process in key Health and Social Policy legalization
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Effective communication in health and social care Different forms of communication are effective in a health centre. These different forms are used in different situations and are most effective for what they are used for. One to one communication- a form of one to one communication could be a GP giving test results back to a patient. This is effective because it ensures the patient is getting the correct information straight from the GP. It is private in a one to one environment so there are fewer
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Accountability This essay is about accountability in health and social care setting. Accountability requires the individual practitioner to take responsibility for their actions and the outcomes. The essay looks at the different areas of accountability such as‚ principles of care‚ delegation; four ethical principles. In this essay record keeping will be discussed. (RCN ‚2008) defines accountability as taking responsibility for the actions done by a health care worker or omissions in their daily work and
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Unit 1 assignment Understanding employment rights 1. The information that should be shown on your pay slip is: Your wages before deductions (gross wages) Either a total amount or an itemized breakdown of any fixed deductions. Any variable deductions broken down (tax) Your wages after deductions (net wages) National insurance amount Pay rate Additional payments (overtime) Tax codes National insurance number Employees name Employers name 2. If any of your personal information changes
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Issue in Health and Social Care Contents Introduction Social media has played and has been playing a crucial role in the development of health and social care in United Kingdom (UK). Since the emerge of the health and social care sector‚ social media has been performing a tremendous role as the health and social care is becoming an industry and without this industry social and economic development of UK would not be possible. This report covers the role of media for the development of health and social
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Principles and values in health and social care Care plan This procedure processed that has been put out in place to help the service users meet his or her needs and successful care plan will follow these steps 1. Assessing needs - this is done through observations by care workers and professionals‚ discussions with service users family 2. and friends‚ reference to medical notes and earlier history‚ and through conversations
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Health and social care is a massive part of our daily lives; 1) it impacts on our children 2) it impacts on our well being 3) it impacts our capabilities as a person by limiting the skill set we have for daily life Page 1 of 2 7.1 STRUCTURE AND PROVISION OF SERVICES The four sectors of health and social services are the public (statutory) sector‚ the private sector‚ the voluntary sector and informal care. Sometimes‚ the private and voluntary sectors are called the independent sector.
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