Learning Aim A Flashcards
What do GPs provide?
ongoing care for the community, including: simple procedures
providing preventative care and health education for service users
Preventative care
care and education aiming to ensure people remain healthy and are aware of factors that can lead to illness and poor health.
Providing screening and vaccination programmes
Who may GPs work along with
Nurses
Health visitors
Councellores
The responsibilities of doctors in treating illness are to:
Diagnose
Discuss treatment
Prescribe appropriate treatment or medication
Monitor the impact of treatment
What does preventative care provide
Vaccination programmes
health education on advice about drugs and healthy eating
Nurse practitioner
Provides expert consultancy service to patients and their carers.
contribute to management and development of the care provision.
Undertake research and contribute to the eduction and training of other members of stadd
Name as many different nurse professions
Adult nurse
Mental health nurse
Children nurse
Learning disability nurse
District nurse
Neonatal nurse
Health visitor
Practice nurse
School nurse
Adult nurse
Works with adults with physical health conditions.
Hospital or armed forces base.
Works with people in their own homes
Plan individual care, carry out healthcare procedures and treatments and evaluate their effectiveness.
Promote good health.
Mental health nurse
Based in psychiatric units, daycare settings, prisons and residential homes.
Most people with mental health problems are cared in the community
Children’s nurse
Work with children with a wide range of conditions.
Works closely with the child’s parents or carers.
Ensure care provided meets their social, cultural and family needs, as well as addressing their health issues.
Work in hospitals and in child home
Learning disability nurse
Work with those with learning disabilities living in the community rather than in hospitals.
Aim to work with carer and individual to maintain the person’s physical and mental health, provide specialist healthcare and support them to live as fulfilling and independent a life as possible
District nurse
Work with all ages in their home or residential home.
Work with family members and other carers.
Assess patients’ needs and the care and support need of their informal carers.
Care for older people with disabilities and people recently discharged from hospital
Neonatal nurse
Work with newborns and babies born prematurely.
Work in specialist hospital settings and in the community.
Works closely with baby’s parents and actively encourages them to take a practical role in their child’s care
Health visitors
Help families in the early years of their child’s life from 0-5.
Support on health issues and minor illnesses and advice on feeding and weaning.
Routine checks on child development and support parents at meeting this.
Work done at clinics, home, GP practices and at nurseries
Practice nurse
Work in GP practices.
Responsibilities vary according to the GP’s practice, and normally include: blood samples, vaccinations and carrying out child immunisation programmes.
Provide health screening and family planning advice.
School nurse
Employed by NHS and may also be employed directly by a school.
Services they provide, include developmental checks, immunisation programmes and health education
Midwives
Support women through all stages of pregnancy, providing antenatal and postnatal care.
Help families prepare and deliver babies in the maternity department/ their home
They may be based in hospital maternity units, community in local clinics, women’s homes and children’s centres
What is the difference between antenatal care and postnatal care?
antenatal care is provided to the mother and baby BEFORE the birth of the baby while postnatal care is AFTER
Healthcare assistants
work under the guidance and the support of qualified professionals, such as qualified nurses or midwives
Duties of healthcare assistants
Making beds
Washing and dressing patients
Taking and recording a patient’s temperature and pulse
Taking patients to the toilet
Social workers
Provide help and support to all ages through difficult times in their lives. Ensuring that those vulnerable are safeguarded and help people live independently
Who may social workers work with
Elderly
Children
Those with disabilities and mental health issues
What do social workers do when working with children and their family
They ensure that the child is safe and protected from abuse.
If this is found the social worker will remove the child from this environment.
They help those leaving foster care and those in trouble with the law
What do social workers do when working with children and their family?
They ensure that the child is safe and protected from abuse.
If this is found the social worker will remove the child from this environment.
They help those leaving foster care and those in trouble with the law
Occupational therapist
help those of all ages who struggle to do practical routines of daily life.
They will agree on specific activities with the individual to ensure independent living
Youth workers
Work with those aged 11-25
help them reach their full potential and to become responsible members of society
Care assistants
Provide practical help and support for people who have difficulties with daily activities.
What are care assistants’ duties
healping with personal daily care
General household tasks
Paying bills and writing letters
Care managers
Have leadership roles within residential care settings.
They are responsible for the routine running of residential care settings from the staff, budget and the quality of care is met.
They will also manage and supervise the duties of the care assistants working in their setting
Support workers
