The Team Around the Patient Flashcards
What are the component parts of a traditional primary health care team?
GP partners GP assistants and other salaried doctors GP registrars Practice nurses Practice managers Receptionists Community nurses Midwives Health visitors Nurse practitioners
What does a practice nurse do?
Practice nurses work in GP surgeries as part of the primary health care team. They can be involved in obtaining blood samples, ECGs, wound management, travel health advice and vaccinations and much mor
What does a district nurse do?
Visit people in their own homes or in residential care homes to provide direct patient care
What does a midwife do?
Midwives provide care during all stages of pregnancy, labour and the early postnatal peiod
What does a health visitor do?
Lead and deliver child and family healthy services and provide ongoing additional services for vulnerable children and families
What does a macmillan nurse do?
Specialise in cancer and palliative care, providing support to people with cancer and their families, friends and carers from diagnosis onwards
What are the different kinds of allied health professional?
Physiotherapy Occupational therapy Dietetics Podiatry Pharmacy Counselling
What does a pharmacist do?
A pharmacist advises medical staff on selection and appropriate use of medicines
What is dietetics and what do dietitians do?
Dietetics is the interpretation and communication of nutrition science to enable people to make informed and practical choices about food and lifestyle in health and disease
Dietitians have a wide range of responsibilities including working with people with dietary needs, informing about nutrition, offering unbiased advice and evaluating/improving treatments
What does a physiotherapist do?
Physiotherapists help and treat people with physical problems caused by illness, accident or ageing. Core skills include manual therapy, therapeutic exercise and the application of electro-physical modalities
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