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A1- Roles in H+SC Flashcards

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Health and social care workers

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  • doctors
  • nurses
  • midwives
  • healthcare assistant
  • social worker
  • occupational therapist
  • youth workers
  • care managers
  • care assistant
  • support worker
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Role

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someone’s position or function in a situation/society

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Responsibility

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the state/fact of being accountable for something

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Doctors

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First point of contact
- caring for illness
- diagnose illness
- give medication and treatment
- provide health care education

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Different types of Doctors

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Cardiologist = Heart
Psychiatrist = Mental health
Oncologist = Cancer
Paediatrician = Children
Geriatrician = Older people

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Different types of Nurses

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Nurse Practitioner = teaches others
Adult Nurse = any age, physical illness
Mental Health Nurse = build relationships
Paediatric Nurse = children’s health needs
Learning Disability Nurse = prolong life
District Nurse = assess needs
Neonatal Nurse = treat premature
GP Nurse = minor treatment
School Nurse = young people

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Nurse practioner

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  • expert consultancy
  • develop care provision
  • train other staff
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Adult nurse

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  • all ages + long/short physical illness
  • improve quality of life
  • build trust
  • work in: hospitals, GP surgery, nursing homes
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Mental Health Nurse

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  • build relationships (user + family)
  • identify high risk patients
  • work in: hospitals, outpatient, ward
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Paediatric Nurse

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  • support family
  • children with specific needs
  • minimise impact in later life
  • work in: hospitals, day care, home, clinic
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Learning Disability Nurse

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  • prolong life, ensure fulfilled
  • maintain physical + mental health
  • promote independence, minus barriers
  • work with all ages
  • work in: wards, homes, workplace, prison
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District Nurse

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  • assess needs, monitor QOL
  • any age (mostly old)
  • visit daily, support role
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Neonatal Nurse

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  • treat premature
  • support parents
  • record observations
  • document care
  • medication
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Health Visitor

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  • nurses/ midwives promoting health
  • assess needs
  • age 0-5 deprived
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General Practice Nurse

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  • work in GP surgeries
  • always have supervision
  • administer minor treatment
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School Nurse

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  • improve well being of young people
  • school, home, community
  • health assessments
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Midwives

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midwives support women through all stages of their pregnancy

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Antenatal Care

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care to mother and baby BEFORE birth

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Postnatal Care

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care to mother and baby AFTER birth

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Roles of a Midwife

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  • identify high risk pregnancies
  • delivering babies anywhere
  • monitor + support mom in labour
  • teach new mom to feed
  • help families prepare
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Situations + Complications

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Situation
- homelessness
- teenage pregnancy
- disabilities

Complication
- still birth
- miscarriage
- termination
- neonatal death

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Healthcare assistant

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work alongside qualified nurses in GP practices, hospitals and community
- take/record temp + HR
- weigh patients
- take patients to the toilet
- make beds
- wash + dress patient
- serve meals

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Social Worker

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Provide support for people of all ages through difficult times, help vulnerable people be independent
- children
- disabilities
- Mental Health
- Elderly

  • part of a multidisciplinary team
  • make decision, document, assess
  • 24 hour cover
  • appear at court
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Occupational Therapists

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work with all ages who are having difficulty carrying out daily life routine
- make plans to overcome barriers
- patient usually has a disability or illness

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Youth worker

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Help young people age 11-25 reach their full potential
- work in: youth centres, school, college
- they deliver programmes on smoking, drugs, alcohol etc

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Care assistant

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provide help to those struggling with daily activities
- carries out plan made by occupational therapist
- washing, dressing, toilet, feeding
- pay bills, write letters
- house chores
- ensuring needs are met, monitored
- support care and planning

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Care manager

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manage provision of residential care for:
- adults with learning difficulty
- older people in care homes
- people receiving hospice care

Run the residential care
- find suitable staff, budget, meet standards
- manage + supervise care assistants

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Support workers

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Implement plan made by social workers
- work under supervision of professionals
- can provide parenting + financial skills

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