Infection control is a vital part of everyday life in Operating theatre departments across the world. It is used to ensure patient and staff safety throughout surgical procedures and patients stay in a hospital. Key issues that effect many if not all trusts across the UK include Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) which is found…
Social and Economic conditions and their impact on NHS Funding
Introduction: In the middle ages, access to health care and sanitation facilities was only available to people belonging to a sound socio-economic background. Hill, Griffiths and Gillam (2007) state that in earlier time, even ensuring the supply of clean water and sanitation facilities was a tough task for municipal authorities. It was not until eighteenth…
Social and Economic conditions on NHS Funding
In the middle ages, access to health care and sanitation facilities was only available to people belonging to a sound socio-economic background. Hill, Griffiths and Gillam (2007) state that in earlier time, even ensuring the supply of clean water and sanitation facilities was a tough task for municipal authorities. It was not until eighteenth century…
Occupational Therapy Communication
Abstract Occupational Therapy is a new and developing profession in the medical felid. Along with all other professions Occupational Therapy is unique to itself. It includes a specific way it is conducted and how the professionals act within the profession. Occupational Therapists need to have an understanding of the discourse, communication, resources and the style…
The Person-centred Approach of Individuals with Dementia
1.1 The person-centred approach means focusing on the individual’s personal wellbeing and needs, along with their wants, desires and goals. A person-centred care approach is used to involve a strong interest in the patient’s own experience of health, illness, injury or need. Ways to ensure a person-centred care approach include; knowing the patient as an…
Care Planning for Adolescent Patient
AC 1.1 Explain the job role in relation to your patient. What exactly will they do and why? Tanisha , Tanisha, 16, has been waiting with a friend to be seen. She hurt her wrist at the local skate park practicing on the ramps and also has a cut to her left leg. The triage…
The relationship between occupation and health
Discuss the relationship between occupation and health, and recognise factors which facilitate occupational performance. In the context of this essay “occupation” is taken to encompass care of self, leisure and employment (American Occupational Therapy Association: Uniform Terminology, 1994) whereby the person interacts with the environment. These areas are not mutually exclusive. It is the “ordinary…
Analysis of Canadas Healthcare System
INTRODUCTION Canada is a developed country located in the northern part of North America. In 1867, it became a self-governing state while retaining its tie with the British crown. When it comes to economic and technology, Canada is developing in parallel to its neighbour to the south, which is the United State of America. It…
Pathogenesis- Prevention and Control of Lyme Disease in Public Health
Introduction Lyme disease is a zoonotic disease and was first recognised in 1975 in Connecticut, U.S., by Dr. Burgdofer ( Discovery of the disease agent causing Lyme disease , 2018). The disease is transmitted from bacteria to vertebrae animals, including dogs, horses, birds, livestock and humans, through the bite of an infected tick. What is…
Effectiveness of Dementia Care Mapping on Patient Centred Care
A report into what is the effectiveness of Dementia Care Mapping (DCM) on patient-centred care for patients living with dementia in care home? This assignment will explore Evidence Based Practice (EBP), explain what it is and how significant it is in current day nursing which is evidence-based. A clinically researchable question will be formulated and…