Diversity Is a term used to differentiate groups and people from one another. It means respect for and appreciation of differences in ethnicity‚ gender‚ age‚ national origin‚ disability‚ sexual orientation‚ education‚ and religion. What is diversity? Everyone is a unique person. Even though people have things in common with each other they are also different in all sorts of ways. Differences include visible and non-visible factors‚ for example‚ personal characteristics such as background‚ culture
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CU254 Causes and Spread of Infection 1. Understand the causes of infection. 1.1 Identify the differences between bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites. Bacteria – a single cell micro-organism that gets its nutrition from its surroundings and can only be seen under a microscope. Viruses - are disease producing agents far smaller than bacteria. They are enclosed in a protein coating which makes them more difficult to destroy. Fungi – are included in the plant kingdom but are quite different
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of higher cognitive functions. These include impairment of thinking‚ memory and orientation‚ learning ability‚ language judgement. The resulting disability depends on the interaction between the underlying disease process‚ the individual and the social and built environment. 1.2 Describe the key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia. The key functions of the brain that are affected are: • Parietal Lobe – For behaviour‚ special awareness and recognition. • Frontal Lobe – For
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5.1. The different reasons people communicate are: - To share; opinions‚ information‚ thoughts‚ knowledge‚ feelings‚ emotions‚ needs and wants. - To socialise‚ build and maintain relationships to satisfy our constant need to relate to others and have them relate to us. - To request or demand something. - To learn‚ teach and educate. - To persuade‚ argue and inform. - To compliment. - To experience. - To soothe others. - To gain attention. - To conduct business - For pleasure (film‚
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The field of Social work is broad in terms of service delivery. Social workers can work in several institutions like Hospitals‚ Schools‚ Communities‚ Day care centers‚ with families‚ in government established re-habilitation centers etc. My focus in this write-up is to highlight the theoretical perspectives of social work practice in the hospital. A social worker who specializes in this aspect of social work can work in other health care settings. In the hospitals‚ social workers can work in several
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The types of incidents and emergencies which are arising in section A‚ • Accidents in this section we can see that the accident has happened because a s they quoted ‘some this explains that one of the staff member was abusing one of the elderly person. • Fire is also accrued in section A in the accidents ‘The flooding has caused electrical and a fire has started the lower floor kitchen of the home and is a spreading quickly’ this shows that fire started in the resident’s floor. • Major disaster
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Health and safety in health and social care 1.1 ‘The legislation relating to general health and safety in social care work settings: The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 Reporting of Injury‚ Disease and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HASAWA) Food Safety Act 1990 Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) 2002 Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (PPE) 1992 Manual Handling Operations Regulations
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CU254 1.1‚ 1.2. Bacteria Bacteria are single-cell organisms‚ they are living things that belong to a group of their own‚ and therefore they are not classed as animals or plants. They are usually only a few mm in length‚ can be spherical‚ rod or spiral shaped‚ contain a cell wall and normally exist together in millions. Bacteria can only reproduce asexually and does not contain a nucleus. Bacteria can be beneficial‚ but it can also be pathogenic (cause disease in humans). Examples of diseases
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increased risk of complications and the need for extra equipment and staff. http://news.aol.co.uk/bigstorynews/fat-pregnant-women-burden-on-nhs/article/20070307070509990004 (17/04/08). The study found out that obese pregnant mothers need more one to one care‚ which can have an impact on waiting tomes for the patients. This also means that the NHS will have to spend a lot of money for these services. I chose this topic because my younger sister she overweight. By comparing the information
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caregiver problems‚ they are population level and public health concerns. Philosophical imperative to protect children The Nursing profession has a strong historical foundation in social justice. Social justice is a concept that has been analyzed‚ argued and debated about for decades in the nursing literature‚ but there seems to be relative agreement that nursing has demonstrated a commitment to addressing the social determinants of health‚ to advocating for the underserved and the vulnerable
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