* Noticeable heartbeat * Vaginal discomfort, pain, itching and dryness The severity of symptoms and the overall duration of the menopause will vary depending on a number of factors including genetics, lifestyle, diet, stress, and overall health. Although if you experience the menopause suddenly, rather than gradually, your symptoms may be worse. The menopause is caused by a change in the balance of the body’s sex hormones. Oestrogen levels decrease as you reach the menopause, which causes
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Week #1 1. What are the members of the health team and give their roles within the office or facility? This question here excites me, because there are so many so I’m just name a few and explain their roles and importance to a health facility: • Physician: is the most important he/she examines the patients and prescribes the medication that is needed. The physician also recommends referrals to see specialist such as the (CDS) Cardiovascular Surgical, (CED) Corneal and External Eye Disease, or even
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further discussing use of the range of ICT, focusing more so on how and why other electronic systems and software are used in different contexts across both health and social care sectors. There are a range of technologies used in HSC and I will assess the impact and/or important of each. A hardware which is used across all health and social care sectors is the computer; this is the most used hardware in all HSC settings since it enables access to a variety of software. In a in a hospital, for example
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M2 explain the role of organisational procedures in the prevention and control of infection in a health or social care setting Health and safety act at work 1974 The purposes of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 include protecting people other than those at work from risks to their health and safety rising out of or in joining with the activities of people at work. These are doing not use cloth towels. These can become a source of infection, position of towels in handle-operated bins to prevent
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at factors such as; health factors, education, age, social policy, economic factors, socio-cultural factors and lifestyle factors and how each of these can positively or negatively influence an individual's dietary intake. Health factors: Diabetes: Health factors like diabetes can influence a person’s dietary intake because people with diabetes are only allowed certain food for example they cannot have too much sugar in their blood as it will cause very serious health problems if not treated
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Understand person-centred approaches for care and support Person-centred values individuality; rights; choice; privacy; independence; dignity; respect; partnership; autocracy Person-centred approaches person-centred planning (PCP), particularly in relation to vulnerable individuals, e.g. individuals with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, mental health issues; person-centred thinking skills; total communication; essential lifestyle planning and person-centred reviews; Carl Rogers’ theoretical
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Over the year both positive and negative influences have influenced my learning. The skill I have developed for learning is my aspiration is to become a midwife, this influences my learning in the way that it gives me the hunger to learn new things and improve my knowledge and grades. By improving my knowledge I will be able to go onto the next stage of my development. I believe that if I did not have such a desire to be a midwife, it would affect my learning by creating a mental blockage which
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Caitlin is a 16 year old college student that is partial to a McDonalds. Caitlin currently studies health and social at college and enjoys spending a lot of time with her family and friends. Caitlin has a busy schedule as when she’s not studying or socialising she’s working at a local shop. She weighs 9 stone 4 and is 5 foot 5. Monday | Food/drinks consumed | Nutritional groups included in the meal. | Activity/ inactivity | Breakfast 8:00am | Porridge with raisins or a bowl of cheerio’s
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This may be a factor as some illness's can be very severe that the patient is unable to walk or travel to access medical care when they need it. For example, the signs and symptoms for the influenza virus may cause the patient to be too fatigue to travel to their GP to seek medication or advice. This may cause the patient to become seriously ill if they cannot access any medical care, because they are tires and are not fully aware of what is around them. Location may also be an issue as the influenza
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P5- Explain the care strategies that can be used to support individuals with each of the physiological disorders. M3- Discuss the care strategies that can be used to support individuals with each of the physiological disorders. D2- Evaluate the care strategies that can be used to support an individual with one of the chosen physiological disorders. In this assignment I will be explaining and discussing the care strategies which can be used in order to support people who suffer from both diabetes
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