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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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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Task 1 P3 My health education campaign is about eating 5 a day (fruit and vegetables) I want to promote this and get people from different social class to start eating healthy cheaper. Before doing my health campaign I had to find the appropriate approach that I was going to use‚ the target group and the resources that were available for me. When I was designing my health education campaign I made sure that I followed certain principles. I carried out a small scale health education campaign and
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From: Secretary of Health‚ Mexico Maternal Health‚ Gestational Diabetes Introduction: Diabetes has become the number one killer in Mexico in the last decade and a half; 14% of all deaths in our country can be attributed to this disorder. Gestational diabetes can be linked to up to one third of those deaths. Gestational diabetes especially impacts those in low-income or rural areas‚ who lack the access to basic technology like glucometers necessary to diagnose altered blood glucose levels. Older
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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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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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NVQ-3 In Health and Social Care By Reflective Account Mandatory Unit (Unit HSC33 A & B) Reflect on and develop your practice Sometime I also come across patients with challenging behaviour. Once I had a patient admitted on my ward named Mr F with challenging behaviour and communication was a problem. Understanding his request I found it very difficult‚ because the communication skills were very limited by the patient. One occasion
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January 15‚ 2013 ACP Review 1. Name the sides of the health triangle Social‚ physical‚ and mental/emotional 2. What are risk behaviors? Actions that can potentially threaten your health or the health of others 3. What are the steps of the decision making process? Step 1: State the situation Step 2: List the options Step 3: Weigh the possible outcomes Step 4: Consider the value Step 5: Make a decision and act on it Step 6: Evaluate the decision 4. What are the steps to achieving
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Reflective account about our group Although I had previous experience about group work‚ but this time I was unhappy when I was told that we were suppose to work in-groups. I didn’t know any one in the class therefore‚ I was not convinced at the beginning the students that I was going to work with. We were group of four and were suppose to design an effective interview and selection process. Each one of us had an effective role in this group work. We slowly started to work out what aspect we
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Reflective Account of Increasing a Persons Observations on an Acute Mental Health Ward This essay will discus a decision that was made on a local male acute ward. Using this example‚ an analysis of the decision making process has been made and a reflective model has been used in order to generate personal knowledge that will inform further practice (Rolfe‚ 2011a). A pseudonym of Tim has been used for the discussed patient to maintain confidentiality in accordance with the NMC code of conduct (2010a)
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