Basil 1 Flashcards

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What does the acronym TNM stand for?

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T - Tumor
N - Nodes (lymph)
M - metastasis

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What does NICE stand for?

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National institute clinical excellence

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Why are nice guidelines important?

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standardised care
Evidence based practice
Aids clinical decision making
Reference tool for healthcare professionals and patients

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4
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What are the principles of healthy conversations?

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  • Active listening
  • Empathy
  • Signposting
  • Motivation
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How to engage with conversation?

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+ Encourage open-ended questions – encouraging detailed responses
+ Reflective listening – confirm understanding and show empathy
+ Goal setting – help patients to set achievable health goals

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What is involved in effective signposting?

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  • Accurate
  • Current
  • Contact details
  • relevant info
  • Accessible (eg online vs paper)
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what are the 5 steps to wellbeing?

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  1. social connectivity
  2. Physical activity
  3. Reflection
  4. Learning
  5. Giving
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What is the definition of Safeguarding?

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Protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of individuals, particularly vulnerable adults and children, to ensure they live free from harm, abuse and neglect

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What are 3 of the principles of safeguarding?

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prevention, protection and empowerment

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what are the 7 golden rules of Safeguarding?

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  1. Remember that GDPR and human rights laws are NOT barriers to information share
  2. Be open about why, what, how and with whom information will shared with
  3. Seek information from the safeguarding leads
  4. Consent
  5. Safety and well-being
  6. Ensure info is recorded accurately
  7. record who the info is shared with
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What imaging is needed for this clinical presentation?
80-year-old woman with known lung cancer has presented with new onset back and neck pain with associated numbness in both legs:
CT Staging scan, CT Trauma series, MRI Lumbar Spine, MRI Whole Spine, X-ray Lumbar Spine

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MRI whole spine

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Under which government legislation are we obliged to act if we suspect safeguarding issues?

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Huma rights act

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What are the 5 core elements of wellbeing according to the “Make Every Contact Count”?

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Look up

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