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Essay about Health Care Graded Unit

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I am currently studying HNC Health Care and as part of my course I have to complete a graded unit, this will entail three stages; Planning, development and evaluation. This will be carried out while on placement within a hospital setting, within the planning stage I have to choose a patient and assist them with a nursing activity. I have chosen to follow Roper Logan and Tierney twelve activities of daily living the reason for this is that I find it to be the nursing model that is most effective as each activity has its own importance to the survival of life; also it follows the objectives of my graded unit. I have chosen the AL of eating and drinking as the patient I have chosen has severe Rheumatoid arthritis and has lost the use of her …show more content…

After reading through Mrs A’s notes I now feel I have a better understanding of her needs so I have decided to carry out the activity on Wednesday 18th April at breakfast time I will implement a contingency plan that if I am unable to complete the activity then I will at the next available meal time. I will follow appropriate policies and procedures to maintain a save environment in line with the health and Safety at work act (1974) and I will make sure that confidentiality is paramount as this conforms with the data protection act (1998) All aspects of Mrs A’s personal care will be met whilst in hospital this is something that that Mrs A has in place in her home life with the support of a home care team. The White Paper caring for people (DoH 1989b, paragraph 11), placed as a priority: “the promotion and development of domiciliary, day and respite services to enable sick and dependant people to continue living in their own homes wherever possible and sensible” (Kenworthy,Snowley,Gilling,p244.) After having a chat with Mrs A she has told me that the hours she receives are being cut due to socio economic factors with funding within her community this is something that upsets her. Mrs A has a condition called Rheumatoid arthritis this this is a chronic progressive inflammatory autoimmune disease that commonly affects the hands and feet but also in

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