Caring for others has always been a deep passion of mine. As part of my course I have recently attended placement at a local residential home‚ where I would talk to and assist in caring for the service users. It was at this placement that I discovered the importance at providing support to people who may be feeling confused or distressed‚ particularly individuals with dementia. As a nurse this is an important skill to have. Initiative is another of these skills‚ in which I developed during my
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I will start by carrying out a full and detailed medical history so as to establish safe practice. As long as this is clear I will then move on to checking the hand to make sure there is no swelling‚ discolouration‚ abrasions or thickening of the skin. I will also check the health of the nails and whether any areas of the hand itself are painful to touch. I shall make sure the recipient is comfortable and if all is well I shall proceed‚ starting with the right hand I will work each area for 30 seconds
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Description I was asked by a nursing assistant to assist a resident to eat. Her food consisted of pureed fruit and thickened cordial. The elderly resident was unable to communicate and appeared to be unaware of her surroundings and she also fell asleep several times. I was unsure of how much food to offer in each spoonful and may have given her too much as she occasionally coughed. When assisting her to eat I was instructed to sit her up but did not sit her far enough forward as I found out later
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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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I work in a mix residential home for the elderly‚ some of the clients ‚Dementia range from mild to severe. The clients are raised in a very different way to how I was raised and it is important that I must remember this and respect their this as we all have personal beliefs and preferences based on our background and upbringing. I have been brought as a Muslim where religious education was compulsory‚ however we still studied various other religions and were taught to respect all people and there
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As a childminder I work towards EYFS and meet Every Child Matters in everything I do. I would like children in my care achieve as much as they can so I start the learning and development process from torough talk to parents before child starts attending to my setting to find out child’s likes‚ dislikes‚ abilities‚ achievements. Then I do observe‚ asses particular child and plan activities following his interest‚ abilities‚ individual achievements‚ background. The important part of my observation
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Children needs Needs are vital and necessary part of life. Some of the needs are physical needs‚ intellectual needs‚ emotional and social needs. Physical needs Children’s physical needs are hygiene‚ food‚ exercise‚ warmth‚ safety and security. Greenside Nursery ensures that all this takes place. For example‚ the nursey has CCTV and locks on doors to ensure the children are safe. This means that children will be monitored wherever they are. Everybody needs would be exercise as it is essentials
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For this activity our group was Sarah‚ Eliza‚ Nikki and myself and we had to create a literacy pack for the Disability unit. Our pack consisted of four compulsory items and eleven activities of our choice. We all assigned everyone with roughly 4 to 5 tasks but some of them were shared to get them done quicker. We were roughly finishing two to three pieces a week and there was on week that we finished about five items. I feel that our group worked really hard and really well together. Throughout this
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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
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Throughout my nursing career‚ I have experienced several effective educational activities as a learner. My most recent learning experience as a learner was how to operate and administer insulin via External Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion Pump (ECSIP). Several patients are hospitalized with Self Administered ECSIPs. The primary nurse for that patient is expected to understand how to operate and care for this particular pump. I was very unfamiliar with this device because I was not exposed to it during
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