laa Flashcards
(23 cards)
roles of a doctor
- keep notes as a legal record for other health professionals to use
- monitor and care for patients
- diagnose conditions
- educate patients about their health
- prescribe medication
roles of a nurse
- supervise trainees/junior nurses
- give pre and post operation care
- give emotional support to patients and families
- conduct diagnostic tests
roles of a midwife
- monitor mother and foetus
- provide medication during labour for example, instravenous transfusions
- give support during neonatal deaths, miscarriages, terminations etc
- provide aneatal and postnatal care
roles of a healthcare assistant
- help patients move around
- give emotional support by conversing with them
- give personal care such as bathing dressing
- provide patients with meals and food
coshh
control of substances hazardous to health
5 steps of a risk assesment
1 - identify risk 2 - identify who will be harmed and how 3 - evaluate risk high medium or low 4 - implement solution 5 - steps taken to limit risks? review the assesment
cqc
care quality commison
clinical waste eg bandages or plasters
in a yellow bag and burned under controlled settings
needles and syringes
placed in the ‘sharp’ box and then burned in a controlled setting
bodily fluids
disposed in the sink and disinfected thoroughly
soiled linen
placed in a red bag and washed at the appropriate tempreture
recyclable equipment
placed in a blue bag and sent to the central sterilisation service to be sterilised and reused
medication handling policy
outlines all the rules surrounding medication for example, patient autonomy to take it, it not being given as a punishment, the correct dosage is being given to the correct person at the correct time.
safeguarding policy
all children and vunerable adults and service users are protected from abuse, harm, neglect and maltreatment.
dbs referral policy
part of recruitment to ensure in which criminal history is searched too see if employee has a criminal background. checks whether the service user has been dismissed from another organisation, with working with children/vunerable adults and are not allowed too anymore.
death of a resident procedure
1 - recording date and time
2 - notification to gp
3 - notification to cqc
4 - identify who must write the legal record and carry out the correct procedures
5 - contact next of kin
6 - record any unusual circumstances in regards to the death
7 - identify the neccessity of counselling for staff who may be affected by the death
8 - identify who will be responsible for resolving financial affairs, property etc
complaints policy
must outline how service users can put in a formal complaint and for itt o be dealt and investigated appropriately
physiotherapy
for service users who have issues with mobility and movement, may have been in an accident, have a condition or frailty due to old age.
- encourages strength
- stops contracture (muscles shortening)
- encourages movement
speech and lang therapy
help people who have trouble communicating
- stops dysphagia (swallowing difficulties)
- aids people in learning alternative methods of communication eg. sign language
- provide specialist equipment eg a computer that speaks for the patient
occupational therapy
day-to-day activities that you may struggle to do
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aural rehabilitation
deaf after an accident
help people adjust to their deafness
help people and families. cope
help people listen again with hearing aids or cochlear implants
role of a social worker
- help people live independently
- support vunerable families
- help families looking to foster/adopt
- help orphaned children or children who need fostering
youth worker
help education, personal and social development for 11-25 year olds
mentor yound people
run programmes on things like gangs, violence, drugs, substnce abuse etc
review impact of interventions
