Unit 8: Unit code: QCF Level 3: Credit value: Psychological Perspectives for Health and Social Care A/601/2404 BTEC Nationals 5 Guided learning hours: 30 Aim and purpose This unit aims to enable learners to understand the different psychological approaches that can be used when studying and in particular how these can be used to study health and social care. Unit introduction 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.
“A Rhetorical Analysis on CDC’s Website on ADHD” The reasoning for The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) article, is to inform the media about how (CDC) can work for you by “Saving Lives. Protecting People.” The (CDC) has brought to attention a main concern of a well- known disease called ADHD, “Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder.” This disease has affected children through young adolescence, by promoting a healthier lifestyle and premium health insurance (CDC) is attempting to educate parents, children, teachers and diagnosed individuals of ADHD, by giving facts and statistics of this growing disease. The CDC offers an array of information regarding the subject of ADHD. As an inquiring reader or one who suffers from ADHD “Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder” The CDC gives data and statistics from “The American Psychiatric Association” that states from their diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders “that 3%-7% of school-aged children have ADHD” (DSM-IV-TR) (CDC, 2013.) This informative article also includes an ADHD homepage that gives a list of topics that are covered such as: Symptoms and diagnosis, Treatment and Concerns and Conditions of outgoing patients of ADHD.
These computer based systems are used to direct nurses in the clinical decision-making process. The software is designed to identify specific patient characteristics, such as weight and drug allergies, and to match them to a computerized clinical database that includes information such as safe medication ranges and lab values that require verification prior to medication administration (Jennifer B. Lomoine & Helen M. Hurst, 2012). The way this information was expressed in this article was very informative. Medication errors can happen at any time, but I never thought there were so many errors in administering medication to infants. After reading the article I would agree that the technology of smart pumps would help in reducing medication dosing error.
Principles of personal development in adult social care settings 1.1 Reflective practice is a process by which you stop and think about your practice, continually analyse your decision making and relate it to what you do in practice. Critical analysis and evaluation refocuses your thinking on your existing knowledge and helps generate new knowledge and ideas. As a result you may modify your actions, behaviour, treatments and learning needs. You should make time to write down your reflections as this process helps to clarify thoughts and it will also give written evidence to share with others at a later date. 1.2 Reflective practice is very important in improving the quality of the service provided.
Education is important with this form of treatment so clients can recognize how different factors affect the course of the disease and what they can do to manage these factors (Steinkuller and Rheineck 342). Family therapy is also a means of treatment where family members as well as the client see a mental health provider to find solutions and ways to deal with the disorder. Family involvement provides structure and could increase adherence to treatment leading to delays or reductions in relapses (Steinkuller and Rheineck 342). Interpersonal and social rhythm therapy involves stabilizing social and circadian rhythms based on the hypotheses that unstable daily routines result in increased bipolar episodes in individuals prone to them (Steinkuller and Rheineck 349). Social rhythm therapy recognizes the need for regular sleep/wake cycles, regulation of meals, exercise, sleep and plans for keeping rhythms stable when disruptions occur.
I would recommend that Mr. Bley utilize the senior center to get free hearing loss screening and education about his hearing loss and the dangers of not using his hearing aid. The Senior Center also provides help with smoking cessation, and education about how smoking can worsen emphysema and other pulmonary diseases. The writer relates to this patient, caring for this population daily. The focus of the care that will be provided in the future will now be more geared to understanding the patient. Caring for the patient not only physically, emotionally, and spiritually, but also socially.
Indeed, I believe that these alternative solutions can help reduce the overprescribing of ADHD medications in our country. With the implementation on standardized procedure, physicians can effectively diagnose ADHD patients. By setting limitation on the medication can make a tremendous impact on medication abuser. Additionally, the board exams (I think they already had board exam) or an extra education on child behavioral class as requirements to a teaching field can ultimately resolve the
Work Based Learning Project NURB 275. The following piece of work adheres to the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) (2008) Code of Conduct, with either fictitious names being used or omitted to protect confidentiality. Abstract This report will discuss the implementation of a change related to a cardiovascular ward. The change comes in the form of an information leaflet to raise awareness to the patient and their family about the importance of maintaining a good well balanced nutritional intake and how this affects wound healing. There is evidence to suggest that giving clients written information helps to reduce anxiety and therefore improve healing, give empowerment and increase satisfaction (Little et al, 2004)).
Using a nonverbal communication is sometimes used as the sole channel for communication of a message. People learn to identify facial expression, body movements, body positioning as corresponding with specific feelings and intention. According to the studies done in certain medical school shows that nonverbal communication helps alot to a patient. For example a depressed person, if the person were to be engage with a positive communication with positive nonverbal communication like smiling and laughing, the persons rate of recovery is faster. So it can be concluded that nonverbal communication plays and important role in a persons recovery.
Both studies proved the importance of letting individuals who suffer from social phobia to confront their fears, realize negative thoughts, and learn how to interact with others in a positive manner. Family therapy is the second therapy used in the treatment of social phobia. Treatment is most beneficial when family therapy is combined with CBT (Ollendick & King, 1998). The family therapy includes 40 minute sessions and individuals in the family working together to solve symptoms associated with social anxiety. In this study parents awarded children to reward courageous behaviors and used “planned ignoring” to terminate fearful behaviors.