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Module 2 Role Of The Worker Feb 17th Flashcards

1
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What does RHP stand for?

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Regulated health professionals act

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What is the PSW’s role?

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– housekeeping
– assisting in exercise
– laundry
– medication
– ROM (range of motion)
– Assisting in PHYSIO
– menu/ meal prep
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Who assists in the health care team?

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– Nurse RN RPN
– Doctor
– Physio
– PSW
– Dietitian
– OT (occupational therapist)
–SW (social worker)
– Spiritual leaders
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4
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Define delegation

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Delegation: Given a task that is regulated

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Who would a PSW be delegated by?

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RN / RPN

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What are ‘Delighted acts’ do they apply the same to everyone?

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– It must be an activity of daily living
– Client specific (doesn’t apply for everyone)
– Nurse must train if they don’t know how to preform a delighted act

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5 rights of delegation

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1) Right task
2) Right circumstance (Are you doing it for the right reasons)
3) Right person
4) Right direction

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What do you do when you first meet a client (6)

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  • introduce yourself
  • have a positive attitude
  • punctuality
  • professional appearance
  • discretion about personal matters
  • acceptable speech and language
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What does the privacy legislation do for a client?

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Establishes rules for use and discloser of personal health information

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What does PHIPA stand for?

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Privacy Health Information Protection Act

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Name 7 people in the Health care team.

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Respiratory Therapy, Social Worker, RN, RPN,, Psychologist, Activity Director, Dentist.

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What is accountability?

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Accepting responsibility, & to explain your actions interactions, or omissions intentions and decisions

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Can accountability be shared

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No only one person can be held accountable

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What is the privacy legislation?

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Pledge to respect guard personal and private information about the client family or agency

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Define autonomy.

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Freedom and choice to make desisions that affect someone’s life

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16
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What would a PSW do to protect a clients Privacy

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  • close doors/curtains before procedures

- conversations are private only health care people should know

17
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What is confidentiality?

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Respecting, guarding and using discretion with a person and private information

18
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What is holistic care?

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Providing a whole persons physical emotional social spiritual and cognitive needs

19
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How to use efficient Time management skills

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Providing competent compassionate care

  • daily planning
  • scheduling
20
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Righting a report

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  • punctuality
  • write what client says happened, or what you seen heard
  • be clear
21
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What is stress?

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Emotional/physical response to an event that can take over the whole person chronic stress can lead to burnout.

22
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What is meant by being a burn out?

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Physical, emotional and mental exhaustion

23
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Stressors

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Kids
Money
Aging
Having a baby at the wrong age
Death
Spouse
Buying a home
Transportation
A job
Getting sick
24
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What does LTC stand for?

A

Long term care act

25
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What is a Care plan

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Document that details the care & services a client should recieve

26
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Define Non-maleficene give an example of it happening in the work place

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Principal of doing no harm

Not serving cake to a client and advises that he’s going to consult his manager before the client eats the cake

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Define Beneficence give an example of it happening

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Doing or promoting good

Reported to the supervisor what happened

28
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4 places a PSW could work

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Hospital, assisted living, long term care, and group homes

29
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What would a PSW do in a Hospice/palliative care system

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Comfort them, ADL’s comfort family giving resources

30
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What is negligence

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Failing to act in a careful competent manor
An intentional wrong
Not performing a task properly
Performing a task your not trained to do
Making a mistake due to carelessness
31
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Assault is?

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Attempting to touch a clients body without consent

32
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What is battery?

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The actual touching of someone’s body without consent

33
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What is false imprisionment?

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Unlawful restraint or restrictions on a clients movement

34
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Invasion of privacy - give an example

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Opening their mail without consent

35
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6 legal rights

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Human rights legislation
OHS
Employment standards
Labour relations
WSIB 
LTC act
36
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What is an ethical dilemma

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Conflict between opposing moral choices and choosing one would go against the other

37
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4 principal health care ethics

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Autonomy
Justice
Benefice
Non maleficene

38
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What should you do if you are making an ethical decision for the client?

A

Collect as much information as possible consider 4 principals of health care ethics. Consider all options to resolve the dilemma

39
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What are ethics

A

The principals or values that guide you to decide what is right from wrong and what is good or bad

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