Category: Health

Question What current trends exist with regards to educational standards, continuing professional development and the promotion of leadership? Answer Navigating the current health and social care crisis and accomplishing national objectives related to health and social care will require leadership within current and future health and social care professionals. An issue that has arisen within …

Question Compare and contrast the role of the physical therapist in the outpatient setting with the inpatient setting. Answer Physical therapists (PTs) are healthcare professionals that work with patients who have suffered disease or injury that limits their mobility and ability to perform functional activities. They can achieve this through a variety of treatment techniques …

Analyse how organisational system and processes are managed to promote participation and independence of users of health and social care

Question How can breast care nurses support the women experiencing the emotional impact of reconstructive surgery after breast cancer treatment? Answer In a recent article (The Times, 2016a), television presenter Sian Williams describes how she became ‘paranoid’ when returning to work that signs of her recent reconstructive surgery following treatment for breast cancer would be …

Question HIV- positive women and pregnancy Answer Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a blood-borne virus transmitted through sexual intercourse, intravenous drug use and from mother to child through child birth or breastfeeding. The vast majority of people infected with the virus live in low and middle income countries. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) …

Nurses in contact with patients at risk of infection should advise them how to protect themselves by implementing good hand and home hygiene.

A brief description of the concept of accountability within the nursing profession

Antibiotic resistance (ABR) occurs when a bacterium evolves to develop immunity to the antibiotics designed to destroy it. This can occur…

Question How can we prevent understaffing and support professional issues in health and social care? Answer Managing disease and illness is just one facet of effective health and social care practice. Additionally, promoting worker health and well-being is equally important to promoting a health population and supporting its social needs. Examples of contemporary issues face …

Epidemiology is the collective term for the study of global causes, patterns and effects of health and disease conditions. Within the study…