Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care Short Answer Questions NVQ Unit 5 – 1.3, 4.1, 4.2, 5.2, 5.3 Tech Cert Unit 4 – 1.3, 4.1, 4.2, 5.2, 5.3 1. Explain what a care worker must do if they become aware of unsafe practices. Firstly they must ensure that the service user is safe and out of any immediate danger, and preserve any evidence of the abuse if there is any. They then need to report this to a supervisor/manager who should then contact social services and/or the police. Also reports will need to be written up.
Please do not move the person as you don’t know the extend of the injuries. Ring the manager and inform the family. If the emergency is not serious like for instance the key safe is not working please contact the office so they can get in contact with the family or the next of kin or key holder of the property. Make sure that the individual is safe by phoning them. 4.3 Record and report on an emergency encountered after gaining entry, and how the emergency has been addressed.
If the manager takes know action talk to them and ask why they haven't done so,if still nothing is done then go to regional manager it should not be necessary to go further but if you do there is cqc, health and safetyat work or department of health detailing all the relevant information. 1 Health and Social Care Assignment 3. Describe
RTT Task 2 Establishing a root cause analysis (RCA) especially in a healthcare situation is a fundamental step to avoid future cases of patient negligence as noted with the unfortunate death of Mr. B. The step leads to proper problem solving and identifying faults especially in training and skills transfer amongst health practitioners. However, in consideration of causative factors that lead to a sentinel event such as a patient’s outcome, there are issues worth revisiting. First, it is imperative to describe the problem or define the event through the inclusion of quantitative and qualitative attributes. In the given case study, for instance, future provision of moderate sedation and additional backup must remain a mandatory exercise.
Interpretation of the ECG reading is the responsibility of the Doctors not the nursing/ care support staff. Doctors who are unsure of how to interpret the ECG reading must seek advice from another Doctor who is competent before administrating any treatment. Doctors/Consultants wishing to change a patient’s medications prescribed by another consultant following an ECG should seek advice from the named consultant first.
Assignment 307 Task B Guidelines Best practice in handling information Staff must follow the data protection act and keep patient’s records up to date, accurate and legible. To do this staff must :- Write information about individual patient’s in their records at the end of every working shift. Written information about patient’s must be factual and accurate. Do not make assumptions or opinions about the patient. Information that is written in records must have a date, time of entry and the name who has written the information.
The facility evaluates right and wrong and determines if the situation is compliant with the code of ethics (American Medical Association, 1995). Providing exceptional customer service ensures consumers are treated with dignity and respect. Health care facilities experience several ethical issues that require the facility to evaluate and determine the best outcome for everyone involved, it is important for Smithsonian employees adhere to the code of ethics policy and procedures (American Medical Association, 1995). Health care ethical consideration may consist of language barriers, informed consents, and religious beliefs are a few situations that may happen in health care. Smithsonian desire is for all patient to be well informed of his or her care plan.
Explaining procedures to clients | -The client has the immediate opportunity to respond, question, challenge and clarify what is being said-Clients fears are reduced -Enable cares to build relationship with clients | -A clients health status ability to understand -may nod along but really have no clue | Phone convocations to doctors | -quick and easy way of sharing information-information is recent-practical-enable the right care to be given to client | -Carer might not fully understand use of medical terminology-Carer could misinterpret what’s been said-Record may not be readily available to the doctor-Language barrier ( doctors accent could be hard to understand) | Obtaining information by questioning the client to assess their needs | -The client has the immediate opportunity to respond, question, challenge and clarify what is being said-Enable carers to build relationships with client-Clients feel they are being consulted and involved in there care | -A clients health status and anxiety may affect their ability to listen, understand and respond-The age of the client will influence their confidence to express their feelings | Special: Types and purpose of communication | Strengths | weakness
This form is shorter than the others, as the fact that the patient is expected to remain alert during the procedure makes some of the information covered in forms 1 and 2 unnecessary. The use of this form is optional. • Form 4 for adults who lack capacity to consent to a particular treatment. As no-one else can give consent on behalf of such a patient, they may only be treated if that treatment is believed to be in their ‘best interests’. This form requires health professionals to document both how they have come to the conclusion that the patient lacks the capacity to make this particular healthcare decision, and why the proposed treatment would be in the patient’s best interests.
The informed consent presents the treatment information in an understandable manner in an effort to avoid any misunderstandings leading to a possible delay in care. A lack of understanding opens the door to further communication between the physician and the patient or their appointed surrogate. If the patient has not appointed a surrogate, health care professionals cannot treat a patient against their will unless the courts have appointed a health care surrogate. However, when the wishes of a patient conflict with the decision of their surrogate, the health care provider should revert to their institution’s policy or court intervention. When