In health and social care it is important that individuals are aware of the hazards. Hazards increase danger and risk to an individual. There are health hazard, security hazard and safety hazard. Health hazard are incidents leading to an individual illness. Safety hazard are incidents which leads to personal injury or damage to the environment. Security hazards are incidents which lead into theft of property or an individual committing a crime. In health and social care profession it is important
whether or not to make them official. These laws are then final and must be followed. Within health and social care, there are a variety of legislations that influence practice. For example the current legislations in place are the Health and Safety at work act, Food safety act, data protection act, civil contingencies act and the care standards act. All of these are enforced in Riverglade house. The Health and Safety at work act This came into place in 1974. Employers must comply with the Act, because
Physical Assessment E.D. is a 19-year old G3 P1 T2 A0 L3 African-American female who had a normal spontaneous vaginal delivery on 09/15/2015 at 1350. The student nurse assessed E.D. on 09/16/15 at 0800. E.D. is awake, alert and oriented to person, time, event, and place. She is sitting upright in bed in semi-fowler’s position in no apparent distress. She has an ID bracelet, verifying her correct name and date of birth. She displays appropriate behavior, calm and cooperative. She is a reported