OUTCOME 4 – Understand the use of materials‚ equipment and resources that are available when undertaking pressure are care. Identify a range of aids or equipment used to relieve pressure. Pressure relieving aids include‚ propad mattress/cushion or an airflow mattress/cushion can be used for individuals to sleep or sit on if they are not very mobile. For an individual with good mobility it is important that they move around often to help relieve pressure. For something with poor mobility
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people‚ will be without health care insurance because coverage will be too expensive (CQ Health beat News‚ 2005). The United States spends more money on health care than other industrialized nations but is the only one that doesn’t ensure health care coverage for all citizens. Every year‚ approximately 18‚000 unnecessary deaths occur because of health insurance lacking in the United States‚ (Institute of Medicine [IOM]‚ 2002). Proponents of universal health care coverage say this problem is fixable
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foster care. Placement in the foster care system affects children in a unique‚ individual fashion. The affects of child-care by non-parental custodians‚ though subjective in nature‚ have common parameters that must be addressed and examined. Understanding foster care placement is crucial in order to fully evaluate both its advantages and disadvantages. WHAT IS FOSTER CARE? According to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System‚ "Foster care means 24-hour substitute care for
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Care labelling Care labels are care instructions on garments. Symbols are written on care labels‚ attached to clothing to indicate how a particular item should best be cleaned. Textile and apparel labels can help you consider alternative choices and make better buying decisions if you take time to read them. Permanent Care Labels (PCL) use symbols to explain how to care for wearing apparel and home sewing fabrics‚ so consumers need to learn the basic symbols. Introduction | | Caring for
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Prenatal care is medical care for pregnant woman and is important for a healthy pregnancy. Its key components include regular checkups and prenatal testing‚ eating healthfully‚ exercising‚ and beginning as soon as one knows she is pregnant. During her pregnancy‚ a woman should see her doctor about once each month for the first six months of pregnancy‚ then every two weeks for the seventh and eighth month of pregnancy‚ and then every week until her baby is born. However‚ if a woman is over 35
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of Lawn cares operations management process and address whether Lawn Cares introduction to an application service would be beneficial or detrimental to the company as a whole. The evaluation of the effects an application service would have on Lawn cares strategic mission‚ strategy‚ competitive priorities‚ value chain and its customer sustainability has indicated that the introduction of an application service would‚ although cause an initial financial loss‚ ultimately benefit Lawn cares revenue and
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UNIT 6: UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF THE SOCIAL CARE WORKER Unit 6: Unit code: QCF Level 2: Credit value: Understand the role of the social care worker A/602/3113 BTEC Specialist 1 Guided learning hours: 9 Unit aim This unit is aimed at those who are interested in‚ or new to working in social care settings. It provides the knowledge required to understand the nature of working relationships‚ working in ways that are agreed with the employer‚ and working in partnership with others. Unit
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Palliative Care and Hospice Care: The Principles and Goals They Set The principles of palliative care and hospice care have similar goals that may often come together in an effort of providing the best care for a patient. Palliative care is holistic care of an individual with a chronic life debilitating condition whereas hospice care is for those with a terminal condition who have been diagnosed with 6 months or less to live. Palliative care usually will begin prior to the hospice care and continues
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previous ones. The main reason for this was the fact that I was the required to actively take part in the assessment‚ planning‚ implementation and evaluation of a patients care within the service. Doing this came with responsibility that I had not had in previous placements. My preceptor had explained to me the process involved in care planning for a patient on the unit‚ the doctor will do the majority of the assessment‚ the nurse carries out the risk assessment and completes Roper Logan and Tierney
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al .2009). Vowden‚K.‚Vowden‚P.and Posnett‚J.(2009). The resource cost of wound care in Bradford & Airdale PCT in the UK. Journal of wound Care 18(3):93-102. 2) Beldon (2010) highlights the lack of knowledge‚ individualised wound assessment and the construction and maintenance of effective management plans by nurses is seriously deficient. Beldon‚ P. (2010). Is wound management training in primary care good enough? British Journal of Community Nursing 15(9‚Suppl):S28. 3) A wound
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