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 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 requirement of my role as Support Worker for Options Of Independence. I must support my service users with administering medication‚ in order for me to administer medication safely under the Royal Pharmaceutical Society guidelines‚ Handling Of Medication in social care 2007‚ and under Dundee City Council guidelines‚ I must check that the medicines are correct by checking the medication pack and label on the box must be by the pharmacist or dispensing gp‚ and identify the service user correctly
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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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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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L- In clinical I practiced how to safely assist a patient that is laying down in bed into a wheelchair then back into bed. E- Following the skill being demonstrated as a large group‚ we separated into pairs to complete the task as a whole. I began the process by rotating Chelsea onto her side then sitting her up. Furthermore‚ I used the belt to assist Chelsea to stand. I found this to be the most difficult portion of the procedure because I was unsure where my feet should be placed. Chelsea gave
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my chosen profession- Mental Health Nursing‚ evident. The reflective account will include my own practical and learning experience of the specific event that took place during the ‘Broadening Perspective’ practice concentrating on the aspects of safeguarding /advocacy and risk management. As the main requirement of the assignment is to produce a reflective account‚ the reflective process will be used (Taylor; 2010) and the ‘Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle (1988) (Appendix 2) will be applied. The first stage
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patient with COPD: a reflective account Barnett M (2005) Caring for a patient with COPD: a reflective account. Nursing Standard. 19‚ 36‚ 41-46. Date of acceptance: October 15 2004. Summary Reflective practice has been a familiar topic in nursing journals and the term is regularly used in professional nursing practice. However‚ it was not until I used Johns’ (1994) model to analyse and explore my feelings and actions in daily practice that I fully understood the concept of reflective practice and discovered
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FIRE DRILL & EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURE 1. Introduction • Every department has to conduct a fire drill and emergency evacuation for their respective building. • Fire drill must be conducted at least once a year for all departments‚ and at least once every quarter for the cash centre • The fire drill has to be planned and conducted by the Security Department assisted by the other departments within the branch. • The Safety and Health Officer will organize and provide safety
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A REFLECTIVE ACCOUNT OF MY PERSONAL CULTURE AND EXPERIENCES THAT INFLUENCES THE SUPPORT GIVEN TO USERS OF SERVICES AND OTHERS IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS Nowadays‚ people are becoming more aware of their own beliefs‚ culture and values which are vital in health care settings. Being in a different country with diverse cultural and religious beliefs‚ I personally believe in the existence of God and Jesus as our saviour. Therefore‚ as much as possible I follow and put into practice the teachings
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