laa

Question 1

roles of a doctor

Answer 1

• keep notes as a legal record for other health professionals to use
• monitor and care for patients
• diagnose conditions
• educate patients about their health
• prescribe medication

Question 2

roles of a nurse

Answer 2

• supervise trainees/junior nurses
• give pre and post operation care
• give emotional support to patients and families
• conduct diagnostic tests

Question 3

roles of a midwife

Answer 3

• monitor mother and foetus
• provide medication during labour for example, instravenous transfusions
• give support during neonatal deaths, miscarriages, terminations etc
• provide aneatal and postnatal care

Question 4

roles of a healthcare assistant

Answer 4

• help patients move around
• give emotional support by conversing with them
• give personal care such as bathing dressing
• provide patients with meals and food

Question 5

coshh

Answer 5

control of substances hazardous to health

Question 6

5 steps of a risk assesment

Answer 6

1 - identify risk
2 - identify who will be harmed and how
3 - evaluate risk high medium or low 
4 - implement solution
5 - steps taken to limit risks? review the assesment

Question 7

cqc

Answer 7

care quality commison

Question 8

clinical waste eg bandages or plasters

Answer 8

in a yellow bag and burned under controlled settings

Question 9

needles and syringes

Answer 9

placed in the ‘sharp’ box and then burned in a controlled setting

Question 10

bodily fluids

Answer 10

disposed in the sink and disinfected thoroughly

Question 11

soiled linen

Answer 11

placed in a red bag and washed at the appropriate tempreture

Question 12

recyclable equipment

Answer 12

placed in a blue bag and sent to the central sterilisation service to be sterilised and reused

Question 13

medication handling policy

Answer 13

outlines all the rules surrounding medication for example, patient autonomy to take it, it not being given as a punishment, the correct dosage is being given to the correct person at the correct time.

Question 14

safeguarding policy

Answer 14

all children and vunerable adults and service users are protected from abuse, harm, neglect and maltreatment.

Question 15

dbs referral policy

Answer 15

part of recruitment to ensure in which criminal history is searched too see if employee has a criminal background. checks whether the service user has been dismissed from another organisation, with working with children/vunerable adults and are not allowed too anymore.

Question 16

death of a resident procedure

Answer 16

1 - recording date and time
2 - notification to gp
3 - notification to cqc
4 - identify who must write the legal record and carry out the correct procedures
5 - contact next of kin
6 - record any unusual circumstances in regards to the death
7 - identify the neccessity of counselling for staff who may be affected by the death
8 - identify who will be responsible for resolving financial affairs, property etc

Question 17

complaints policy

Answer 17

must outline how service users can put in a formal complaint and for itt o be dealt and investigated appropriately

Question 18

physiotherapy

Answer 18

for service users who have issues with mobility and movement, may have been in an accident, have a condition or frailty due to old age.

• encourages strength
• stops contracture (muscles shortening)
• encourages movement

Question 19

speech and lang therapy

Answer 19

help people who have trouble communicating

• stops dysphagia (swallowing difficulties)
• aids people in learning alternative methods of communication eg. sign language
• provide specialist equipment eg a computer that speaks for the patient

Question 20

occupational therapy

Answer 20

day-to-day activities that you may struggle to do

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Question 21

aural rehabilitation

Answer 21

deaf after an accident

help people adjust to their deafness
help people and families. cope
help people listen again with hearing aids or cochlear implants

Question 22

role of a social worker

Answer 22

• help people live independently
• support vunerable families
• help families looking to foster/adopt
• help orphaned children or children who need fostering

Question 23

youth worker

Answer 23

help education, personal and social development for 11-25 year olds

mentor yound people

run programmes on things like gangs, violence, drugs, substnce abuse etc

review impact of interventions