Single Miss Woodhams Flashcards

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What is the role of a nurse

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A nurse treats patients at hospital and administer medication

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What is the role of a midwife

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A midwife provides antenatal and post natal care as well as helping to deliver the baby

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What is the role of a doctor

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A doctor diagnoses patients and refers them to appropriate health care professionals

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What is the role of an occupational therapist rpaist

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An occupational therapist comes to the service users house who struggle with everyday tasks

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What is the role of a social worker

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A social worker deals with adults and children and people with disabilities and can refer them to support groups etc

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What is the role of a support worker

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A support worker provides help to individuals emotionally and practically

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What is the role of a youth worker

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A youth worker works with the youth and helps them educationally and emotionally

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What is the role of a health care assistant

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A health care assistant works in a hopital or heath and care setting. Old and young people and disabled people

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What is a Care plan and what is it for

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A care plan is a document that is designed personally for a service user to monitor progress . It meets the holistic needs of the service user

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What is empowerment

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Power given to a service user in order for them to do something and giving them choice.

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Positive and Negatives of empowerment

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Increases confidence
Increased Independence

Lose trust in service user
uninformed
low self esteem

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What is Safeguarding

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Where a service user feels safe an protected

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What are the Care Value Base

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Accountability
Safeguarding
Empowerment 
Communicating
Antidiscrimination
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Positives and Negatives of safeguarding and safeguarding not being in place

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More likely to confide in provider
Service will have a good reputation

service user at risk of harm
not use the service

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What is accountability

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Where staff (nurses) have accountability to professional bodies (NMC)

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Benefits and consequences of Accountability

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Higher care standard
Safe practice

Losing trust in service
Mistakes more likely to be made

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What is Antidiscrimination

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Preventing discrimination in health and social care setting

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Benefits and Negatives of Antidiscrimination

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Non judgmental
Equality
Effective communication

Unfair environment
Upset service user

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What is confidentiality

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Where all service users have their information kept private and not shared with anyone other than themselves.

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Benefits and negatives of confidentiality

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Respect
Ethical thing to do as part of your profession

Lose trust of service user
emotional harm

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How staff can empower a service user (8)

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  1. ) Enabling them to express their needs, choice
  2. ) Providing active support
  3. ) May not feel informed and included in decision
  4. ) May have low self esteem
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What is multidisciplinary working ?

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Multidisciplinary working is a team of care workers from a range of professional backgrounds

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What is an advocate ?

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A person who speaks on behalf of a patient or client. They can be profesionals, family members or volunteers

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What is a holistic approach ?

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Aiming to meet the PIES + financial needs of the service user to improve health and well being.

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Responsibilities of health and social care professioals

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Following policies and procedures
Healing and supporting recovery
Enabling rehabilitation
Providing equipment and adaptations to support independence
Provide personal care
Assessment and  care support planning
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What are the ways of monitoring

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  1. ) Line management
  2. ) Whistleblowing
  3. ) External inspection by relevant agencies
  4. ) Service user feedback
  5. ) Criminal investigation
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What is line management ?

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Line management is there to make sure that everyone is following rules and guidelines e.g nurses following NMC

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What is external inspection by relevant agencies

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Hospitals will have inspections from CQC and schools will be Ofsted

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What is whistleblowing ?

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A policy where staff are able to express their concerns about another member of staff

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What is service user feedback

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Service user feedback is a policy that allows service users to give feedback on the service they have received and what could be improved

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What is a criminal investigation

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A criminal investigation is where something has happened that shouldn’t have and needs investigating

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What is quality assurance

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The process of monitoring and evaluating

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How will monitoring and evaluating have an impact on patient care and professional standards

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  1. ) Patients going to have a better physical health
  2. ) equal care
  3. ) building trust
  4. ) recurve high quality care
  5. ) multidisciplinary working
  6. ) clear roles and responsibilities