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    Contrary to popular social belief‚ it is NOT illegal to smoke tobacco products at any age. However‚ the SALE of tobacco products is highly regulated with legal legislation. Demographics Smokers by age "Each day‚ approximately 6‚000 young persons try their first cigarette and approximately 3‚000 become daily smokers." 12.8 percent middle school students reported using some form of tobacco (cigarettes‚ smokeless‚ cigars‚ pipes) in the past month. Current cigarette use among middle school students

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    and family as its all private and confidential. 1/2 Relationship in health and social care setting comes in three types policy making‚ adminidtrive and the hand on staff working relationship. 2/1 Enable you to know your job role and responsibility. If you have had no training you could ask your team leader or manager to show you are ask for full training‚ so you don’t put yourself or other at risk of injury. 2/2 there are care plans in place which I read for the needs of the client and commotion

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    A reflective account (II) During my role as health care assistant in the care home setting where I work I spent a considerable amount of time on a one to one basis as a key worker with a particular resident. For the purpose of this reflective account the resident shall be referred to as Mrs S. Mrs S had vascular dementia as her dementia progressed her challenging behaviours increased. Mrs S spent a great deal of her day walking around the care home. On good days this was not an issue. However

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    UNDERTAKE AGREED PRESSURE AREA CARE 1.1 Pressure sores also known as pressure ulcers are injuries to the skin and underlying tissue‚ they appear when an area is under too much pressure for long periods of time‚ due to this pressure the blood flow id disrupted‚ and the area doesnt get irrigated‚ therefore the nutrients and oxygen do not reach the skin cells‚ the skin then breaks and the pressure ulcers form. Epidermis - is waterproof has no blood supply(avascular)‚ the epidermis is constantly

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    In this section I will demonstrate: the implications of duty of care. understanding the support available for addressing dilemmas that may arise. the knowledge to respond to complaints. The implications of duty of care. A duty of care is a legal obligation imposed on an individual requiring that they adhere to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeable harm others. A definition from Wikipedia Examples how we do this in my setting.Within our

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    Kadian Igbinosun Unit 4 P1-Describe physical‚ intellectual‚ emotional and social development for each of the life stages of an individual In this assignment I am going to identify also describe the physical‚ intellectual and social development for each of the life stages of an individual. Conception A human life starts with conception. Women that are fertile usually produces one egg each month‚round about two weeks after a women has had her period. The egg cell usually

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    Fiona Sutherland carried out on 29/11/12 Fiona Sutherland interview/primary research:- Our service is commissioned by the Public Health Dept of the local Primary Care Trusts (City and County). We are the Leicester‚ Leicestershire and Rutland Chlamydia Screening Programme funded by two separate PCTs. These hold the funding for all manner of public health services‚ depending on evidence of need and national direction. The purpose of the NCSP is to reduce case of Chlamydia and transfer cases

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    9JQ M: 07534576932 E: stelladike@gmail.com PERSONAL SUMMARY A well-mannered‚ polite and hardworking care assistant who is able to work closely with other health care professionals in any pressurised environment. I have an awareness‚ understanding and commitment to the protection and safeguarding of clients under my care‚ and a long track record of not only maintaining service standards but also improving them. I have the hands on experience and technical expertise

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    Once slavery had been around in America for a couple of years the Africans influenced some of the European cuisine. During the early stages of slavery Africans wanted to escape to be free. Spain knew about that and since Spain did not like America they declared that any slave that managed to run away and reach St.Augustine would be free. Once most of the Africans heard about this they all tried to go to St.Augustine‚ while some succeeded many did not. For those that succeeded they managed to formulate

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    stream. Sexually transmitted diseases are the most common infect the genitals. HIV and AIDS virus‚ is carried in the bodily fluids and can be transmitted in the saliva‚ seminal fluid or the blood. Prevention methods including hand washing‚ the social care worker’s and others’ personal hygiene. The preventions methods of infection control are: * Hand hygiene is decontamination of the hands by either washing or the application of alcohol hand rub products. The importance of hand hygiene in the

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