UNIT-4223-007 The principles of infection prevention and control Outcome1 Understand roles and responsibilities in the prevention and control of infections The learner can; 1. Explain employees ’roles and responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection As a minimum I need to ensure that I wash my hands before and after each activity. However, hand washing alone may not be sufficient for the activity I’m involved in. When assessing the risk of infection, the chances are that if you are assisting somebody to walk from the bedside to the toilet on the ward, hand washing alone may be sufficient. If, however, I was assisting with the repositioning of a patient who is incontinent, I would probably consider hand washing, gloves and an apron.
Unit 40 P2, P3, P4, Unit 28- P3, P4 roles and responsibilities As a care worker I would have many roles and responsibilities within a care home. I would assist the residents in personal care, this can include washing, dressing, toilet need and eating. I would also respond to any calls made from the residents to me in an efficient manner. Any incidents or unexplained injuries that may happen I would report to the nurse or manager in charge. I would ensure that the residents would be presentable in their appearance at all times.
In these cases I help my client to access the services of an occupational therapist either by contacting their care coordinator to make a referral or by contacting the relevant council to make a private referral. My clients may also have a need to have meals provided for them in which case I assist them to assess their local community meals service. Some of my clients have a meal delivered each day to them through this service and some of my
Participation in the Seminar is a very important part of this course. It is the one chance that you have each week to interact with your classmates and your instructor real-time. Seminar is a great opportunity to cover course material in a fun and dynamic forum where you can discuss what you’ve learned in each unit and ask questions about topics that you don’t yet understand. Students should actively participate in each seminar. During each seminar, the instructor will be asking students lots of questions from the reading assignments, so there will be many opportunities to answer and to make additional comments or ask questions of your own.
(Einon, 2012) To have a group with any level of success, each person involved needs to play a part and collaborate effectively. In our group 1, most of us were involved from the start of the assignment. As a group we shared ideas back and forth and respected each other’s opinions and ideas. Sarah T and Sarah E set times that the group was to respond to questions by. By having deadlines set like this, it made everyone accountable and able to have their information or opinion written up in the wiki so we were able to move onto the next stage in a timely manner.
During resident’s monthly meetings, I am able to talk within the group, whilst also ensuring that each individual can hear and understand me. I also encourage residents to speak; this in turn builds their confidence and trust towards me. My body language is very important. I use open gestures, friendly face and one to one eye contact. 1.3 My day to day routine poses various barriers and challenges with regards to communication.
When planning activities we must make sure their there is enough space for the activities to be carried out safely. Toilet areas are also checked on a regular basis throughout the day to make sure it is clean, has toilet paper towels and soap available for hand washing. The temperature of the room also needs to be comfortable and sufficient lighting and there is always fresh drinking water available. A first aider will always be present in the rooms. For a child who has a hearing impairment we would provide visual aids for them so they can be made aware of health and safety, for example if a child was running indoor we could have no running signs around the room and point this out to them.
At first I was very nervous about finding information online and the online collaboration, but being a part of this unit was extremely empowering and it has taught me to be more understanding of each individual situation when working collaboratively. I will take all of this information on board and no doubt use it in my future
A break (respite care) for caregivers, family, and others who regularly care for you. Volunteer support, such as preparing meals and running errands. Counceling and support for your loved ones after you die. 18.Describe the scope of public health ambulatory services in the United States. Ambulatory care covers a wide range of health care services that are provided for patients who are not admitted overnight to a hospital.
Outcome 2 Reflecting on work activities is important because you can develop your knowledge of the sector that you work in and build skills of the job by doing training for that job and you can put that into practice by on the job work or working with other workers in that job field to learn from them and to pick up the skills that they have learnt by doing training Outcome 3 The sources of support for my own learning and development is that I get training from my employer and that I can develop my learning through support from other workers and go on other training courses that my employer would put me on and that I can go to my employer to ask them to go on certain courses that I would feel would benefit my working role The process of agreeing to a personal development plan and who should be involved in it is that you should put down the goals and training that you want to do and other personal development training that you want to do as well and the people that are involved in agreeing to a personal development plan is your manager and other senior members of staff Implement person centred approaches in health and social care Outcome