Secondary And Tertiary Levels Of Care

When we are communicating verbally with a client we have to remain polite, calm and focused, this is so messages don’t get misinterpreted and the progress of the conversation will be successful.

Within this essay, the role of effective communication and interpersonal interaction in a health and social care context will be explained. It will also be linked to experiences in work placements for example, may be at a care home for adults with learning disabilities, and physical disabilities. The five contexts which will be researched are; one to one communication, group communication, multi agency working, multi professional working also communication with professionals. The research will prove that all these different contexts have different methods of communicating with the other person, or people. Furthermore the research will also suggest how to get effective communication in the

L.O: Understand concepts of equality, diversity and rights in relation to health and social care

Primary health care is the first level of care in the community, patients can visit the general practitioner at the clinic. At some of the modern super clinics they provide other services that cover a range of Allied health professionals. These can include, but not limited to: Nurse, Pharmacist, Dentist (not usually covered by Medicare), physiotherapistand dieticians

The primary care practice is essential to improve the care of our population, our current system is fragmented, but it does show potential for improvement. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has listed some areas that will help improve our system. One is “the need for external infrastructure to help primary care practices develop quality improvement” this is done with support to the quality capacity (Agency For Healthcare Research and Quality, 2015). Quality care will include the coordination of care within the system, as well as understanding what needs the patient will have

For Participant 1 (P1), experience of loneliness followed by a loss of an attachment figure who he could trust and feel safe. This sense of safety is related to both his trust in others that they would be honest and stay with him. He values sharing and dialogue with trusting other(s) as he reflects on his life tasks and in developing a solid sense of self. His value in making a good decision for himself as well as people under his care is achieved through interactions with trusting others. A lack of those trusting others, it led him to feel alone despite of his acknowledgement of presence/availability of other people. His loneliness was compounded as he found himself needing cope with difficult situations alone. He places an emphasis on the

There is an imbalance between primary and specialty care services in the U.S. health care delivery system.

One of our branch goals for DBR 2017 deliveries is to maintain procedures inventory and perform annual audit. I wanted you to review procedures of the desk that you are working on. You are required to perform this task quarterly. Below are dates that our procedures are assigned to your names.

Barbara made choices with her outfits each day. In the morning, she was assisted with starting her dressing, as staff would lay the clothes out or ask what outfit she wants to wear. Barbara was monitored to avoid wearing the same clothes from the previous day. At times staff would need to motivate her to finish dressing as she had stopped or was off task. She refused to attend her day program almost every day this quarter and was encouraged to change out of her pajamas. Staff encouraged her to change her clothes each day. When she wanted to go to church, Barbara was supported with choosing and wearing a nice outfit for church. During this quarter Barbara was prompted to wear a heavy or light jacket as the weather would change frequently.

I believe promoting and providing DIPPS is important in everything we do. I am working within a retirement home and the job of the health professionals is to provide a safe and comfortable environment where we try to help maintain their independence while allowing them to live a life as close to their original state. A lot of the residents who reside in this home is accompanied by some form a dementia, schizophrenia, frail bones, communication impairments, physical issues and sometimes it may be hard to complete daily tasks such as, eating, sleeping peacefully and maintaining the safety in the environment. As health care professionals working with individuals whose behaviour may never be certain, we try to work our way around

Explain what they are, their functions and where they are found. Then go into detail about two organs, with their functions, what tissues they are made of and where they are found in the body.

Agreed ways of practice have impacted our supervision by the requirements of CQC. It allows managers to ensure that staff is supported within the company and codes of practice and correct procedures are being followed. A professional supervision is one of the ways to meet that requirement. It is in the staff members contract from the company that they are required to have 4 supervisions annually. For new members of staff during their 12-week probationary period they have supervision after 4 weeks and 4 professional discussions throughout the 12 weeks. This allows the manager to be able to give new staff as much support they require and to resolve any issues they may have. This allows managers to be able to observe performance, skills and possible

Reporting of Injuries,Diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations of 1995 requires the reporting of work-related accidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences. The Act applies to all work related activities, but not to all work related incidents. The objective of the regulations is to enable the enforcing authorities to identify where and how risks arise and to investigate serious accidents so as to prevent them from occurring in the future and thus providing a safer work environment. The enforcing authorities can then help and advise you on preventive action to reduce injury, ill health and accidental loss,the main points of our own policy that relate to this are:

No Secrets – Guidance published by the Department of Health, builds upon the governments respects for human rights and highlights the need to protect vulnerable adults through effective multi-agency work.

Key message: “Nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and training. The IOM definition of primary care”. The provision of integrated accessible health care. Services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health care needs, developing a sustained partnership with patients, practicing in the context of family and community”. (IOM 1998) The challenges mainly are management of chronic conditions, care co-ordination, prevention and wellness, prevention of adverse events ,provision of mental health services, school health services , long term and palliative care. Recommendation put forward by IOM to work collectively to improve through integration of primary care and public health. Advanced Practice Registered Nurses in 16 states and District of Colombia can diagnose and prescribe medications. These states have granted autonomy and significantly reduced the barriers to practicing independently, allowing patients greater access to quality care. The ARPNs work throughout from health promotion and disease