Breathlessness 1. Presenting condition (PC) = Increase SOB 2. History of presenting condition (HPC) = Gradual decline or sudden. Any changes or normal exercise tolerance. Sleep at night‚ does lying flat make it worse? What makes it better/worse? 3. Past Medical History (PMH) 4. Drug History 5. Social History – include smoking‚ family history ect. 6. Examination of patient O – onset L – Location D – Duration C – Character A – Aggrevating R – Relieving T - Treatment TAKING A HISTORY Started
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Improve Counselling Skills: Assignment 1 Reflective Practice Task Due Date: Word Count: 1500 words (guide only) For this assignment you need to keep a journal for the first few weeks of the module. The aim of the journal is to reflect on various aspects of professional practice‚ study challenges‚ or any other feature of counselling work or study. You do not hand in the journal. Using the information gathered during this process you will write the practice task reflecting on your professional
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RELEVANCE OF PASTORAL COUNSELLING IN AFRICAN CULTURE PART ONE Introduction Pastoral and spiritual work is rooted in a history and tradition that dates back to one of the oldest forms of care for individual in need. The different faith communities have always endeavored to take care of members and people in need. A study of the religious documents of major faith traditions also reveals a particular sensitivity to and focus on the poor‚ suffering and marginalized‚ as well as situations of social
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the BACP framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy. The Ethical Framework is designed to regulate the work of the counselling practitioner in order to safeguard the needs of the client and to ensure that they are being treated with respect and dignity. The welfare of the client forms the foundation of he code of practice – the client is protected through the principles outlined within it. The fundamental values of counselling and psychotherapy are as follows; • Respecting
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The Professional Context Of Counselling Introduction The remit was to answer different assessment criteria by actually defining counselling and identifying different forms of helping relationships and distinguishing how counselling is different from these helping relationships. It was necessary to identify different forms of communication used in helping relationships and then to ascertain the necessary communication skills used in helping relationships and how each of these skills might be
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Assignment 1 This assignment will firstly demonstrate the principal distinctions between psychotherapy and counselling. Secondly I will evaluate the key requirements to be an effective counsellor and thirdly evaluate the conditions in which it would be appropriate to see a counsellor or psychotherapists. 1.1 - Analyse the principal distinctions between psychotherapy and counselling. ’Counselling and psychotherapy are umbrella terms that cover a range of talking therapies. They are delivered by trained
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VALUES VERSUS ETHICS IN COUNSELLING HOMOSEXUAL DONE BY: SOUD TENGAH BA COUNSELLING MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY DATE: NOVEMBER 2010 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents Page Introduction 3 Definitions 3 Origin of Homosexuality 4 Stages of Homosexuality 7 Counselling Homosexual 8 Conclusion 11 Bibliography 13 2 INTRODUCTION Homosexuality is an issue that has often been challenging to counsellors mainly due to lack of in depth information on the
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use in a specific interaction with one of my patients drawing on the research available to support the clinical approach I use. I will look at the effectiveness of the skills I have used and what I now do differently as a result of completing the counselling course. Background Information The communication used was a twenty minute appointment which took place in a dietetic weight management clinic setting approximately two months ago. It was my first time seeing the patient after they saw another
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symptoms are not pathognomonic for infection and may also be observed in a wide variety of noninfectious inflammatory conditions. In addition‚ they may be absent in patients with serious infections‚ especially in elderly individuals. Because systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)‚ sepsis‚ septic shock‚ and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) represent a clinical continuum (see Overview)‚ the specific features exhibited in any given case depend on where the patient falls on that
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3: 2002-208. Mims‚ C.‚ Dockrell‚ H‚ M.‚ Goering‚ R‚ V.‚ Roitt‚ I.‚ Wakelin‚ D.‚ Zuckerman‚ M Morkerjee‚ R‚ P.‚ Sen‚ S.‚ Davies‚ N‚ A.‚ Hodges‚ S‚ J.‚ Williams‚ R.‚ Jalan‚ R. (2003). Tumor Necrosis Factor is an important mediator of portal and systemic haemodynamic derangements in alcoholic hepatitis. GUT. 2003; 52: 1182-1187. Montgomery‚ C.L. (1993) Healing through communication‚ the practice of caring. Sage Publications‚ London. Morse‚ J.M. (1991) ‘Negotiating commitment and involvement in the
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