...Diploma in Health & Social Care Unit 1 Assignment – Developing Effective Communication in Health & Social Care Assignment Title: Effective Communication in Action Context Health and social care professionals require good communication skills in order to carry out their roles effectively. It is important for you to gain knowledge and understanding of the skills involved in communication, so you are able to develop and enhance your interpersonal skills. This unit enables you to explore and develop the skills of effective interpersonal interaction and communication essential to the operation of health and social care services. It will enable you to analyse factors that enhance and inhibit communication and to examine effective interpersonal skills. You will also explore the value of effective and varied types and styles of communication in the support of patients/service users. The unit encourages you to reflect on your own performance and that of others. In order to support your studies, it would be highly beneficial for you to complete a period of work experience, which should provide opportunities for some of the assessment of the unit. You should aim to complete this over October half term or at Christmas. Task Overview Your line manager has promoted you to the position of ‘Trainer’ and has given you responsibility to deliver some induction training to new recruits. It is your choice whether you base your assignment in a health setting or a social care setting, for example...
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...CONTENTS Introduction 2 1. The changing family units in Malaysia 3 2. Changes in Early Childhood care providers 4 3. Changes in Early Childhood education in Malaysia 5 4. Government policies 6 5. Social issues: 5.1 Housing 7 5.2 Poverty 8 5.3 Wellness and Healthy Living 9 Conclusion 10 References 11 Introduction Malaysia has over a period of fifty years since its independence developed into a highly urbanized nation due to buoyant economic growth. Along with development comes progress and along the way, changes to a certain degree- a modern family unit. As society progresses, so do methodologies and programs in the teaching of Early Childhood Education. In the United States, early childhood professionals agree that the children’s development is influenced by their environment: their family, teachers, school, town, media, governmental systems, and so on. (Morrison,2011). An important aspect of early childhood education is developing a holistic approach to education itself. Parents who are illiterate are taught to read, write, speak and listen so that in turn, they can be of support to their children in the learning process. In Malaysia, early childhood programs...
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...adopted child - not the biological child? These conditions are experienced by many children after they have grown up they eventually find out that they are not the biological child of the two parents who have raised them. Surely knowing that they are only adopted children is very painful. It really hurts. So as parents what actions would you take after the children you have raised know the actual condition? Why do spouses have to adopt a child? Spouses sometimes have difficulty having children until they finally decided to raise a child as their heart entertainer. But parents sometimes do not realize that raising a child will become a problem later on if the child knows that they are only adopted children. When parents decide to adopt children, they should be able to keep it secret by moving to a new house or moving to another city. It's very important to keep the adopted child's feelings. I know a friend of mine who is in fact an adopted child. He told me he was deeply hurt when he found out he was only an adopted child. His foster parents kept it secret but neighbors let the cat out of the bag. He overheard a conversation that mentioned him being an adopted child. He was not brave enough to ask his parents. In my opinion, adopted child or biological child is not a problem. Adopted child who has grown up since he or she was a baby is just like a child of their own. He will have the nature of people who raised him. What's the use of having a biological child, but we...
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...ADMITTED TO This should be your name and course info Stress distress of parents of children admitted to intensive care unit This paper will examine stress experienced by parents of children who are admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). It will then identify the potential causes of stress in the PICU and nursing interventions that would reduce parental stress level in the PICU hence improving patient outcome as well as enabling parents to continue in their family roles to be effective and therapeutic to their children. Approximately 150,000 to 250,000 children are admitted to the PICU each year (Board & Ryan-Wagner, 2002). Admission to an intensive care unit usually comes with no warning, creating an uneasy situation for the families in which uncertainty, shock, helplessness, and confusion are some of the immediate responses (Lam & Beaulieu, 2004). Health care providers are often so focused on the patient who is severely ill or injured that the needs of the family are overlooked. Research has shown that having a child in the pediatric intensive care unit is a stressful experience for parents (Board, 1994; Board &Ryan-Wagner, 2002; Curley, 1988; Curley & Wallace, 1992; Miles et al., 1989). Miles, Carter, and colleagues studied 37 parents who recently had a child discharged from the PICU. Findings indicated that both mothers and fathers experience a high level of stress in PICU environment (Miles et al., 1984). Balluffi...
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...indirect quotes (paraphrasing) are used. Often it is better to paraphrase what an author has said as opposed to using lengthy direct quotations. But what does it mean ‘to paraphrase’? According to the MacMillan English Dictionary (MacMillan, 2012:online), to paraphrase is “to express what someone else has said or written using different words, especially in order to make it shorter or clearer.” When you paraphrase another author's writing you rewrite their argument using your own words, phrasing and interpreting it in your own way. How to paraphrase • change the vocabulary • reorganise the structure of the argument • cite the author directly, For example the direct quote from Halliday (1978:1) “A child creates, first his child tongue, then his mother tongue, in interaction with that little coterie of people who constitute his meaning group …” • Halliday (1978) claims that children develop their language by interacting with those around them • OR • Children develop their language by interaction with those around them (Halliday, 1978). Some helpful guidelines • As you study and write your notes do not copy chunks of text directly out of the book, instead always write your study notes in your own words. Remember to note which book or article your notes were drawn from for your reference information. • Check your writing against the books and articles you are using as sources. If the words you have written...
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...BTEC Level 3 National Health and Social Care Unit 1 Developing effective communication in health and social care This mandatory unit enables learners to understand effective communication within health or social care settings, some of the many barriers to effective communication and ways to overcome them. Learners will gain the necessary interpersonal skills to communicate with a range of people within the sector and will have the opportunity to identify and analyse the effectiveness of their own communication skills. This is a 10-credit unit and can be taught in 60 guided learning hours, with learners also expected to complete non-supervised individual study time. This is a mandatory unit for all qualifications. On completion of this unit, learners should: LO1 Understand effective communication and interpersonal interaction in health and social care LO2 Understand factors that influence communication and interpersonal interaction in health and social care environments LO3 Understand ways to overcome barriers in a health and social care environment LO4 Be able to communicate and interact effectively in a health or social care environment Unit contents The scheme of work for this unit (page 13) links to the following resources to help you deliver Unit 1. LO1 Lesson plan LO2 LO3 LO4 AS10, AS11, AS12 LP Activity sheet AS1, AS2, AS3, AS4 AS5, AS6, AS7, AS8, AS9 Stretch and support AS1, AS2, AS3, AS4 AS6, AS8, AS9 ...
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...most populous USA Indonesia country followed by India, which had Brazil a share of 14.2 %. It is estimated Pakistan Russian Fed that by 2050, India will overtake Bangladesh China to become the most populous Japan Nigeria country with about 17.2 % of global population. A comparison of some demographic parameters between Source: Reference 2.2 India and some of the neighboring countries is given in Table 2.1. China and Sri Lanka are far ahead of India in all these parameters. Figure 2.1: Population: India and the world Demographic transition 1947-2007 Demographic transition is a global phenomenon. Demographers recognize four phases of demographic transition. In the first phase improved health care technologies and improved access to health care result in reduction in mortality rates but, birth rate continues to be high and therefore population growth occurs. In the second there is reduction in birth rate but the reduction in death rate is higher than reduction in birth rate, as a result population increases. In the third phase, birth rates and death rates are both low; however population growth continues because of a large number of individuals in the reproductive age group. In the fourth phase the Table 2.1: Some demographic parameters: India and its neighbors Country Life expectancy at birth (years) 2000-05 Under-five mortality rate (per 1000 live births) 1990 2004 Infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births) 1990 2004 Maternal ...
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...Summary 5 Vision, Mission Corporate Objectives 6 Background 7 The Solution 8 The Model 8 Location and Branding 8 SWOT 9 Markets And Competitive Strategy 10 Pictures 12 The Ghana Community Responsive Integrated “Rapid Clinic” Network Presented By Email: klaastgh@gmail.com Concept Summary Despite large investments in public hospitals and polyclinics in many developing countries, and fledging health insurance programs, large numbers of the general public lack access to basic medical services even in the cities. In Ghana, the national health insurance scheme was established to reduce the disparity in access to health care. Although it has been successful in increasing the number of people who can “buy” medical services, access to care has not improved, due to the following three major factors: 1 The numbers of affordable medical facilities and services have not increased, but rather the existing ones have become more overwhelmed by the increased demand for care. 2 The number of Doctors did not increase and will not do so any time soon. 3 There is a chronic and...
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...sentinel event involves child abduction from the surgical unit of Nightingale Community Hospital on Thursday, September 14, 2014 at approximately 1230hrs. The patient, a three-year old female, arrived accompanied by her mother, for an outpatient surgical procedure at 0800hrs and proceeded to registration where all currently required documentation was completed and signed by the mother; this included the authorization forms for the surgery. After registration, the patient and her mother were taken to the pre-op area for the preparation for the surgery. After completion of pre-op screening but prior to the patient entering the operating area, the mother stated that she was leaving campus to address a personal matter involving her other child while the patient was in surgery. Contact information was obtained from the mother prior to her leaving the hospital grounds. After this discussion, the patient proceeded to the operating room. After a successful and uneventful surgery, the patient was taken to the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) for recovery. At this time, the mother was paged overhead to the PACU, but was found to have not yet returned to the hospital. The recovery process was completed and the patient was transferred to the post-op discharge unit pending pickup. The patient was at this time exhibiting anxiety and was distraught from not having a parent present. Another attempt was made to contact the mother by paging her overhead to the discharge unit but had still not returned...
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...The aim of this assignment will be to critically explore recent Health and Social Care policies in relation to the family unit, and the implications of the policies for health and social care practitioners. The assignment will attempt to discuss relevant biopsychosocial theories which when impacted on the family, influence health status outcomes, including resilience factors. It will also highlight and focus on attributes of vulnerability within the family setting, using specialist assessments skills. The family which the author will be discussing in this assignment (Appendix 1) is considered to be a vulnerable family, the family member which will be the main focus is the 14 year old teenage mother with a ten week old baby. For the purpose of this essay pseudonyms will be used, they will be called Jade and Billy, to protect the client's identity and for confidentiality purposes, this is in line with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Conduct guidelines (Nursing and Midwifery Council 2008). Every child and young person needs to be protected, feel secure and sheltered from abuse and harm in an environment which is safe and where their needs are met (Oliver and Pitt 2011). How children make sense of the world around them is formed by their early experiences as children, teenagers and our family life. Families nurture and build resilience and moral codes for children, this supports them in leading successful and fulfilling lives (Cabinet Office 2008). The family...
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... My Tran Nguyen Marketing Unit 7 6/17/12 A Marketing Plan Presented by: My Tran Nguyen Table of Contents Page 1. Background 1 2. Strategic Focus and Plan 1 Mission Statement 1 Goals 1 Competitive Advantage 2 3. Situation Analysis 2 SWOT Analysis 2 Competitor Analysis 3 Company Analysis 3 Customer Analysis 4 Customer Analysis 4 4. Market-Product Focus 4 Marketing and Product Objectives 4 Market-Product Grid 5 Target Markets 6 Points of Difference 6 Positioning 6 5. Marketing Program 7 Product Strategy 7 Price Strategy 7 Promotion Strategy 8 Place Strategy 8 6. Financial Projections 9 Break-even Analysis 9 7. Organization 9 8. Implementation Plan 9 9. Evaluation and Control 10 Possible Deviations 10 Possible Solutions 10 10. Bibliography 1. Background myEcare.com is the premier website to find child care services for parents and caretakers. After realizing that there are no dependable places on the web to search for a child care provider, myEcare.com was set up. In this business plan, the childcare service of MyEcare.com is introduced as an online marketplace and the strategies are outlined to bring in customers from all over America. The competitive settings, opportunities, strengths, and weaknesses of the child care industry are analyzed. This will allow the management...
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...administrators. The Pinetree County Senior Center’s annual budget shown in the following section is an example of a line-item budget. Funding sources frequently require that a budget-justification sheet be attached to the budget. A budget-justification sheet is used to explain how each line item is calculated. A sample budget-justification sheet is illustrated in Table 8.3. Functional Budgeting Moving to the next level of complexity, functional budgeting requires combining program and service data with budget data. With functional budgeting, no longer are simple budget categories the focus of the system. Rather, total program-cost figures are calculated and used as a basis for determining the cost per unit of service for each program. As discussed in the previous chapter, units can be defined in terms of time, episode, or...
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...Assessment Tool Analysis Joanna Przybyla NUR/440 June 4, 2012 Vicki Clithero Assessment Tool Analysis Nursing assessment is the gathering of information about a patient(Wikipedia the Free Encyclopedia n.d.). It is a conversation with a patient, combined with an observation of the patient’s needs, signs, and symptoms of an illness, the patient’s social and medical history, and any other possible information. It is a difficult process, but at the same time, very important as it creates a basis in caring for a patient. Luckily, nurses have many assessment tools available to help them and to guide them through the process of assessment. What is also very important is knowledge of Watson’s model of nursing and how it is focusing on holistic care and establishing a relationship between patients and caregivers (De Chesnay & Anderson, 2012, Ch.6). In this essay I am going to describe three assessment tools that I have chosen and also how they can be used when caring for population I described in last week paper. The three assessment tools I want to present are the: Apgar Score, Finnegan Scale, and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). The Apgar Score was introduced in 1953 by the American doctor specializing in anesthesiology and pediatrics, Virginia Apgar (Kids Health, 1998). It was named after her and to this day doctors and nurses use it worldwide to evaluate how babies are doing after the delivery. It is the first test the newborn takes and it quickly allows making important...
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...BTEC National 90 Credits/ Diploma in Health and Social Care Level 3 Unit 8: Psychological Perspectives for Health and Social Care Assignment Workbook 2013-2014 | Unit 8: Psychological Perspectives for Health and Social Care Overview of the unit This unit highlights the different psychological perspectives and encourages learners to apply these approaches to the study of health and social care. The value of psychological studies to the understanding of health and social care will also be examined. Learners will initially consider the meaning of the term ‘theories’ in the context of psychology, and will begin to appreciate the diversity of psychological theories as they progress through the unit. Learners will examine the principal psychological perspectives and then apply them to the health and social care sectors to gain understanding of the potential value of psychology in these sectors. On completion of this unit learners will have considered the psychological approach to studying health and social care. The unit encourages reflection, and will be valuable to those learners intending to work with people in a caring capacity. Learning outcomes On completion of this unit a learner should: 1 Understand psychological perspectives 2 Understand psychological approaches to health and social care. Grading criteria for the unit: To achieve a pass grade the evidence must show that the learner is able to: P1 explain the principal...
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...Early Years Educator Qualification is structured around four themes: Theme 1: Health and well-being Unit 1.1 (L/505/9300) Support healthy lifestyles for children through the provision of food and nutrition The learning outcomes for this unit are: Understand the impact of food and nutrition on children’s health and development. Understand how food choices impact on health and development during pre-pregnancy, pregnancy and breastfeeding. Understand the nutritional needs of children. Understand the impact of poor diet on children’s health and development. Understand individuals’ dietary requirements and preferences. Be able to support healthy eating in own setting. Unit 1.2 WB (A/505/9809) Promote healthy lifestyles for children through exercise The learning outcomes for this unit are: Understand children’s need for exercise. Be able to support children’s exercise in an indoor and outdoor space Unit 1.3 WB (M/505/9810) Support physical care routines for children The learning outcomes for this unit are: Understand the physical care needs of children. Be able to use hygienic practice to minimise the spread of infection. Understand rest and sleep needs of children. Understand childhood immunisation. Be able to support children in personal physical care routines. Unit 1.4 WB (T/505/9811) Promote children’s emotional well-being The learning outcomes for this unit are: Understand children’s needs in relation to emotional well-being. ...
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