PIES Flashcards
Assess how a child in nursery’s physical needs can be met
- Nutrition- set break and lunch times. Pupils are provided with a range of healthy snacks that are easily eaten and offer balanced nutrition. They should also be encouraged to try new food.
- Hygiene- routines on toileting/ hand washing. Lowered sinks and toilets to foster independence. Trained staff to assist with toileting accidents and spare clothes kept in school.
- Provision of outdoor play equipment to develop coordination skills, balance and strength.
Assess how a child’s emotional needs can be met in a nursery setting
Emotional- Sense of belonging. Staff should welcome children when they arrive for the day, using their preferred name and asking them how they are. Encouragement to use their name peg.
Safety. CCTV and key code entry systems to ensure children cannot roam from designated areas.
Feeling valued by staff. Staff should listen to children’s feelings and emotions. Staff are trained to encourage exploration of feelings, emotions and communication. Eg using artwork to display happy sad and angry faces.
Assess how a child in nursery’s intellectual needs can be met
- Staff can over a range of activities to help foster learning in an early years setting eg physical play such as sand pit and water tray
- Provisional children’s books and posters in a range of languages, reflecting the diversity of cultural backrounds in the class
- Key workers invited in to speak to the children and educate them on the world. Eg fire service and nurses.
Assess how a child in nursery’s social needs can be met
- Social interaction. Staff introduce pupils to others in the class and plan seating arrangements to extend friend groups.
- Use or ‘circle time’ so pupils can learn to speak in turn and listen to others in the group. Teaching them communication skills.
- Discussions on bullying to insure child safety
Assess the physical needs of an adult in hospital
- Personal hygiene- Temporary Assistance with showering/ bathing eg for a new mother who has just had a Caesarean section.
- Nutrition/ feeding- if the person is in a coma, they must be fed via feeding tube to supply them with all necessary nutrients.
- Exercise- Patients who are in hospital for long period of time need exercise eg walks around the hospital grounds.
- Medication- Keeping record of what medication is prescribed, the dosage, when it is administered.
Assess the intellectual needs of an adult in hospital
Stimulation- Provision of a range of activities such as TV, books and magazines for an adult in hospital.
Knowledge- Provision of leaflets to aid patient understanding of conditions, prognosis. Leaflets available in multiple languages and in Brail. Provision of laptops. Opportunities to access online courses
TV stimulation- TV per ward. Access to a range of channels, access to remote control to change channels, rota for priority access to remote.
Assess the emotional needs of an adult in hospital
- Sense of autonomy- Early intervention by a social worker to assess a concern over a child being neglected. Finding that the family are not receiving entitled benefits and assisting them by applying for these benefits.
- Feeling cared for- Access to hospital chaplains/ ministers who can listen to patients concerns and offer guidance
- Nurses and staff offering to listen- Provision of visiting time clearly displayed on hospital grounds/ online websites.
- Access to counselling services- meeting up with other patients in the same situation
Assess the social needs of an adult in hospital
Communication- Provision of hearing aids by the ENF services in hospitals
Interaction with others- Arrangement of beds on wards with patients who have similar conditions
Engagement with other patients- Provide a social room with activities, planned schedule of activities on days of the week eg Bingo
Engaging with significant others- Access to FaceTime or visual calls to see family members (coronavirus)
Access to all patients- break down barriers. Blind patient- access Braille for reading. Deaf patient- access sign language.
Assess the physical needs of an older adult in a care home
Nutrition- Staff would provide balanced meals and offer a wide range of choices to encourage older adults to eat. Cook with ingredients that are easily digested. Assist with eating/ feeding for older adults who have lost mobility eg strokes.
Hygiene- high staff to patient ratio. Assist service users getting to and from bathroom. Staff may need to assist showering/bathing. Toileting eg changing catheters.
Medication- keep record of dosages that should be given. No patient should be given access to medication.
Assess the intellectual needs of an older adult in a care home
Stimulation- Staff provide a wide range of activities- to keep older adults minds active which will delay diseases such as dementia
Communication- Everyday objects in her room should be labelled. Stroke patients should use notepads/ iPad technology to aid communication.
Knowledge- diagnosis of illness made clear, treatments, prognosis
Assess the emotional needs of an older adult in a care home
- Cared for/ supported- Access to family, visiting times, access to FaceTime calls. Show support by talking and listening and showing interest in their hobbies.
- Sense of belonging- Set up clubs/ activities in the care home- where they feel part of a team. Encourage personalisation of their own room, bring things from home eg photos of family.
- Used preferred name of the service user and welcome back after trips away. Foster that this is home from home.
- Spiritual needs- access to priests particularly during difficult times such as bereavement
Assess the social needs of an adult in a care home
Social interaction- set up clubs with people with the same interests/illnesses. Set times for tea, people can interact with others over cup of tea.
Friendships- invite outside outside services in eg Bingo leader, music, choirs. Build up friendships with others outside the home.
Family/ friends- set visiting hours
