Introduction My placement with the Nursing home and Residential care home was to help me understand the concept of growing old in this country and what different family values have when it came to caring for their elderly‚ in comparing with what happens in southern Africa. My home fulfils my needs and holds some of our family memories and reflects my priorities and taste. The placement gave an insight into the necessities of the existence of care homes‚ as to balance a full life cycle of some aged people
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attended group therapy as well as individual sessions. Despite my social anxiety‚ I managed to attend 2 sessions. Fast forward to January; had been accessing regular leave and even stayed at home for 2 weeks at Christmas. 2 days after I arrived back‚ I was ‘assaulted’ (in proper terms) by another patient. It’s now March‚ and I’m officially done with tier 4 care and moving onto generalised CAMHS (Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service). Some things to know if you or a friend are faced with
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you are doing (eg domiciliary‚ residential care‚ hospital settings) and the individuals you are working with. Values underpinning the whole of the Unit The values underpinning this unit have been derived from the key purpose statement1‚ the statement of expectations from carers and people receiving services‚ relevant service standards and codes of practice for health and social care in the four UK countries. They can be found in the principles of care unit HSC24. To achieve this Unit you must
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I was able to manage my assignments effectively. I prioritized each patient that I should be taking care by their needs. I always started by listening to shift report and looked for a patient that has impairment with Airway‚ breathing and circulation. I took care of those patients who are unstable right away. For example‚ I took all my patients vital signs and reported the valued to the nurse. I informed her that one of my patient blood pressure was elevated and we gave him blood pressure medications
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I have been working at Birthcare in Parnel for this clinical project. I wanted to immerse myself into a primary setting where I could focus on primary care and breastfeeding. My first impressions of birthcare were that it is more of a hospital than I had anticipated with women arriving with babies on blood sugars‚ AC T&R’s and other ‘cares’ that I had thought would not occur in a primary setting. I had this preconception because I am use to working at Waitakere hospital where we often transfer women
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neglect‚ patients being sexually abuse‚ etc.… but I have hardly ever heard about staff mistreatment from patients‚ patient’s family members‚ and other staff. In my first semester of nursing‚ I was taught to treat patients with courtesy‚ respect‚ and care and most importantly‚ their safety. But we were only taught once on ways to protect ourselves from patient abuse. This incident has taught me that as a nurse I must protect my patients but I must primary consider protecting myself. Elaborate:
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competent in the provision of emergency cares and function as the main front liner care provider that includes provision of emergency treatment‚ stabilization‚ definitive care and function as an important component of the Trauma Team (Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH)‚ 2005). ED function as a core business at government hospitals‚ it plays a crucial role in the emergency treatment of patients. In addition the department also plays a role in pre hospital care‚ call center and training services to all
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Unit 40: Dementia Care P1: Describe types of dementia and common signs and symptoms. What is dementia? Dementia is a common condition that affects about 800‚000 people in the UK. Your risk of developing dementia increases as you get older‚ and the condition usually occurs in people over the age of 65. Dementia is a syndrome associated with an ongoing decline of the brain and its abilities. This includes problems with: memory loss thinking speed mental agility language understanding
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INTRODUCTION For this assignment I will be writing a reflective account which will identify a significant episode of care in which I had been involved with‚ by identifying the pathophysiology and the disease process for the chosen patient; this will be presented by giving a brief outline of the psychosocial influences of the illness for the patient and others who may have been involved with the care. I will also reflect upon this episode by using a reflective model and examining the nursing process‚ using
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REFLECTIVE ACCOUNT. Unit 1- 1.1‚ 1.2-This is a reflective account of the things I have done‚ experience and knowledge I have gained throughout the assessor ’s course mainly during the process of assessment. First‚ I would like to describe the definition of assessment‚ its key concepts‚ stages to show the knowledge and understanding I have gained throughout the course. An assessment is a pre-agreed formal session with the learner. Assessment is judging performance against an agreed standard and
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