Safe Practices for Direct Client Care Disabilities Support Nursing Assignment Help

Assignment Task

ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW

Question 1

• Which of the following are hazards? Tick the correct answers
• Is this a hazard? Tick each correct answer
• Working with clients in their homes A strained back Workplace procedure for manual handling Showering client Lifting a box Working long hours Stress What could be the consequence if you did not correctly follow your workplace’s policies and procedures in the following areas? Provide one consequence for each.
• Hazard management
• Care plans
• Manual handling
• Using mobility equipment
• Using personal protecting equipment
• Duress alarm system
• Emergency procedures
• Incident procedures
• Infection control

Question 2
List six things you would check when you are doing a fire safety check on a client’s home.
Question 3

• You notice that a box of rubbish has been left in the corridor again.
• You nearly tripped over a similar box last week and you moved it outside to the rubbish bin – where it should have been placed.
• Now someone has done the same thing again!
• Why is it important that you report this particular hazard, rather than just moving it out to the bin like you did last time?
• Some of the residents have put in a complaint that the dining room is too cold. Management has now forbidden the use of the air conditioners in the dining room.
• Jenny is concerned that this makes the environment unsafe for the workers. The staff all get extremely hot while serving the meals. It is always a very busy time and they are running around getting the residents in place, serving meals, assisting with feeding, packing up the dishes and so on.
• Jenny notices that some of the staff are getting uncomfortable. Ian had sweat pouring off him yesterday and Rebecca was bright red in the face.
• By the end of mealtimes they are all hot and bothered.
• Should Jenny report this as a WHS issue to management? Explain your answer.
• What possible solution could Jenny could suggest?
• Jenny’s solution (see your response above) has been approved. She has been asked to assist with putting her solution into effect. Suggest at least three ways that she can do this.
   

Question 4

• Fill out the table below.
• Standard precautions
• What are they and when should they be used?
• What precautions should be taken?
• Additional precautions
• What are they and when should they be used?
• What precautions should be taken?

Question 5

• While you are on a home visit, a client tells you that she is feeling unwell. She has stomach cramps, feels very nauseous and has bad diarrhea.
• She tells you she must have picked it up off her grandson who visited yesterday, as he was unwell when he was visiting and had to rush off to use her toilet.
• What responsibility does the client have to the worker?
• What infectious disease do you think it is likely your client has?
• What are three things that should be done to minimise the risk of this spreading to other people?
• Why is this a risk for workers – even though the client is in her own home?