Unit 1- communication Reflect on my one-to-one interaction During my one-to-one interaction I played the role of a nurse working in the A&E department of a hospital‚ my role was to find out the cause for my patients abdominal pains‚ to find out the cause of my patients pains I did a series of tests that would give me possible answers to her problem‚ in the end as a nurse it was my duty to inform the teenager that she is pregnant‚ but to do so in a calm and supportive manor. At the start
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Health and Safety. Introduction The quality of health and safety of the environment is greatly affected by the environment itself‚ never more so than in the health care setting‚ where patients and clients may be more vulnerable than in there own homes. Florence Nightangale suggested that patients in health care settings may be harmed just by being there. Health and Safety commission (1992) places a general duty on employers to ensure the health and safety of employees. Infection Control
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so that you can avoid any accidents that may cause anyone to hurt themselves. It also helps a lot when working with children in a setting‚ if you are planning an activity you can think about what risks might happen from the activity then you can assess on how to avoid those risks so they don’t happen. You can usually make your own mind up about what a risk is and then how to avoid it but you have to take into consideration what would be a risk to and adult compared to a child as a child will think
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employers and the workers play in establishing the contemporary occupational health and safety regime? health and safety movement In the 1960s workers in the United States sought state laws to compensate their disabilities due to poor working conditions that lead to Black lung disease. The workers were successful and this win was instrumental in passing the 1970s United States Occupational Health & Safety act‚ and subsequent policies in other countries including Canada. This paper will discuss the events
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CT301 Understand Health and Safety in Social Care Settings        3.3 Reasons may include: To comply with health and safety legislation‚ To preserve life‚ To minimise the consequences of injury and illness‚ To treat injuries and illnesses effectively. 4.1 Routes of infection may include: Blood circulation‚ Digestive‚ Respiratory‚ Body fluids. 4.2 Own health or hygiene might pose a risk by e.g.: Causing a serious infection‚ Causing illness‚ Causing
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Describe how legislation‚ policies and procedures promote the safety of individuals in a health or social care setting. In health and social care‚ there are many legislations‚ policies and procedures you have to abide by in order to maintain a lawfully and safe run setting. After watching the clip of Holby City‚ I noticed a few legislations‚ policies and procedures‚ being followed and being breached. Policies and procedures in a hospital are put in place in order to promote the health and safety
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Explain how principles of support are applied to ensure that the individuals are cared in health care settings The principle of support is beneficial in health care settings as it makes sure that the individuals are cared for properly and in a professional way. ‘Principle’ can be defined as a rule or belief governing one’s personal behaviour. In this case‚ principle of support is applied by supporting a client in a manner in which the client is able to guide themselves with assistance from care workers
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Community discussions were performed to make sure they had the say in how the policy which was made for them should be planned‚ designed and implemented making the health plan more ethical for the community. Developed partnership with Disability care Australia and designed ‘National Disability Insurance Scheme’ to make the policy accessible to the disabled in the community as well. Ethical clinical practices were ensured by fusion of western and traditional
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Canada’s health care policy was designed to give all residents equal right and access to health care professionals. Although health care is available to all Canadian citizens‚ it publicly funded‚ not free. The provinces have separate health care plans but they all share common characteristics which were decided in the Canada Health Act. The Canada Health Act of 1984 was an amalgamation of two previous acts with an addition to give all Canadians access to health services; however‚ recently Canada’s
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UNIT 2 EQUALITY‚ DIVERSITY AND RIGHTS IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE The definition of equality is a state of being equal. For example equal rights in status‚ rights and opportunities. Equality is based on the legal obligation to comply with anti-discrimination legislation. Equality is what protects people from being discriminated against because of their sex‚ race‚ disability‚ religion‚ age or beliefs. (www.otleycollege.ac.uk-17/09/12). The definition of diversity means to be varied or different
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