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About the book:

Publisher: SAGE

Author (s): Gillian Rowe, Scott Ellis, Deborah Gee, Kevin Graham, Michelle Henderson, Janette Barnes, Chris Counihan, Ami Jackson, Jade Carter-Bennett

Pages: 793

Edition: 2023

Language: English

Size: 18 Mb

Content:

List of Tables and Figures

Online Resources for Instructors

About the Authors

Acknowledgements

About the Book

Part One: Academic, Personal and Professional Development

1 Developing Academic Study Skills: Techniques and

Guidance for Undergraduate Students

2 Personal and Professional Development

3 Leadership and Teamwork in Health and Social Care

4 Practising Values and Ethics in Health and Care Settings

5 Applied Health Sciences

Part Two: Biosciences and Essential Knowledge and Skills for Care 

6 Bioscience

7 Advanced Health Science: Genomics and Pathophysiology

8 Prevention and Control of Infection

9 Essential Skills for Care

10 Essential Skills: Medicines Management and Administration

11 Public Health

12 Health Promotion

Part Three: Working with Different Groups of People

13 Introduction to Mental Health and Wellbeing

14 Protecting Children and Vulnerable Adults

15 Additional Needs and Challenging Behaviours in Adults and Children Appendices

Index

TABLES

1.1 Using your intelligence 5

1.2 Report structure 13

2.1 Types of learning 32

2.2 VARK 32

2.3 Thinking about the things that can get in the way of your studies 34

2.4 Time sponges: How many of these do you waste time on? 36

2.5 Ideas for a SWOT assessment 40

2.6 REFLECT 43

2.7 Schön’s two types of reflection 43

2.8 Reasons to keep a journal 46

2.9 Multi-disciplinary teams and multi-agency teams 48

4.1 Barriers to nutrition and hydration 95

5.1 Nature or nurture? What determines who we are – genetics

or the environment we are born into? 109

5.2 Freud’s theory of personality: The Ego and the Id 112

5.3 Erikson’s stages 113

5.4 Piaget’s theory of cognitive development 115

5.5 The characteristics of attachment 118

5.6 Kübler-Ross’s stages of approaching death 121

5.7 Psychology for health 122

5.8 Illich’s three forms of medical iatrogenesis 125

5.9 The obligations of the sick role 127

5.10 129

6.1 Body fluid 157

6.2 The layers of the skin 160

6.3 The function of blood 165

6.4 Other functions of the respiratory system 168

6.5 Neurons 176

6.6 Infective agents 179

6.7 Leucocytes 181

6.8 How antibodies work 184

6.9 Summary of the immune systems 186

6.10 The naming convention for muscles 189

6.11 The mnemonic for naming bones: FISSSL 190

6.12 Synovial joint movements 192

8.1 Human coronavirus types 238

8.2 Natural antimicrobial substances 241

8.3 Portals of entry in healthcare practice 245

8.4 Sharps best practice points 258

8.5 Permissible use of different types of equipment 259

9.1 What is consent and who can give it 274

9.2 Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HASWA) 277

9.3 Handwashing: Remember … 278

9.4 National Early Warning Scores (NEWS2) 282

9.5 Temperature gradients for children and adults 283

9.6 Pulse rates 283

9.7 Respiration rates 284

9.8 Blood pressure 287

9.9 Levels of consciousness 287

9.10 Signs and symptoms of a urinary tract infection 291

10.1 Converting stones to kilograms 302

10.2 Conversions 302

10.3 Safety first: never events 303

10.4 Causes of medication errors 313

11.1 UK screening programmes 336

11.2 Schedule 1 of the Notification Regulations (2010) (NOIDs) 344

11.3 Coronavirus case numbers 346

11.4 Types of testing for Covid-19 348

13.1 Behaviours associated with mental health issues 393

13.2 Charli’s ailments 394

13.3 Additional factors associated with resilience 414

14.1 Remember: abuse can take place anywhere 428

14.2 Core principles of capacity 434

14.3 Attachment in later life 439

15.1 The protected characteristics 446

15.2 Categories of learning disability 454

FIGURES

1.1 Grouped skills and assessment methods 9

1.2 Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle 14

1.3 Health and wellbeing concept map 15

2.1 Circle of learning 32

2.2 Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle 33

2.3 Time sponge 36

2.4 Mind map 38

2.5 Reflective cycle 42

2.6 Tuckman’s model 49

2.7 The Thomas–Kilmann Conflict Model 50

3.1 Leaders and managers are both important 57

3.2 Similarities of leadership and management 58

3.3 Whistleblowing 61

3.4 Looking after your own wellbeing 73

4.1 The six Cs 96

4.2 Whistleblowing 100

5.1 Theories of development 110

5.2 Freud’s iceberg theory 112

5.3 Self-efficacy 116

5.4 The stage model of development 119

5.5 The biopsychosocial model 123

5.6 Mead’s I and me 128

6.1 The stages of life 137

6.2 Cell diagram 139

6.3 Bilipid plasma membrane 139

6.4 Bilipid layer 140

6.5 Krebs cycle 142

6.6 Epithelial tissue 146

6.7 Body systems in homeostasis 147

6.8 Components of the digestive system 148

6.9 The stomach 148

6.10 Enzymes’ lock and key mechanism 149

6.11 Structure of the small intestine 149

6.12 The liver 151

6.13 The male reproductive system 152

6.14 The female reproductive system 153

6.15 Pregnancy 154

6.16 Birth 154

6.17 Lactation 155

6.18 The urinary system 156

6.19 The kidneys 157

6.20 The nephron 158

6.21 The integumentary system 160

6.22 The heart and lungs 162

6.23 The blood flow of the heart 162

6.24 The RAAS system and Covid 163

6.25 The cardiac electrical system 164

6.26 Structure of arteries and veins 165

6.27 The structure of the respiratory system 167

6.28 The alveolus 168

6.29 The mechanics of breathing 169

6.30 Internal and external respiration 170

6.31 Death by age and sex due to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) 172

6.32 The nervous system 174

6.33 The brain 175

6.34 A sensory neuron 176

6.35 The synapse 177

6.36 The reflex arc 177

6.37 The immune system 179

6.38 The first lines of defence 180

6.39 Detail of complement activation 182

6.40 Schematic of the three systems 183

6.41 Bacteriophage and influenza virus 184

6.42 Secondary immune response 185

6.43 Muscle fibre 188

6.44 Muscle fibre showing sarcomere and myofilament 188

6.45 The skeleton 189

6.46 The naming convention for bones 190

6.47 Development of bone cells 191

6.48 A synovial joint 192

6.49 The endocrine system 194

6.50 Wound healing 195

6.51 A healing burn 195

7.1 The double helix 201

7.2 Transcription and translation 202

7.3 Chromosomes 203

7.4 Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system 211

7.5 Atherosclerosis 213

7.6 Villus 219

7.7 Modified ACE2 and SARS-CoV-2 224

7.8 Islets of Langerhans 225

7.9 Insulin pens 229

7.10 Diabetes flash glucose monitor 230

8.1 Non-specific defence 240

8.2 Specific defence 242

8.3 The chain of infection 243

8.4 Hand hygiene 248

8.5 Commonly missed areas 249

8.6 Effective hand cleaning 251

8.7 Hand hygiene at the point of care 252

8.8 Ward bed 253

8.9 Waste bags 256

8.10 Sharps box 257

8.11 Sepsis Six guidance 261

9.1 Criteria for assessment in practice 269

9.2 Washing your hands 279

9.3 Pulse oximeter 285

9.4 Correct position of blood pressure cuff 286

9.5 (a) Urine sample containers. (b) Preparing to test urine 290

9.6 Can you spot the mistake? 291

9.7 The Bristol Stool Chart 292

9.8 Cannula 293

10.1 Drug Round 213

11.1 Infectious disease control 330

12.1 Health and wellbeing 361

12.2 We’re Not Taking It Lying Down! HIV prevention campaign

for Gay Men’s Health Crisis, Women’s Institute at GMHC 364

12.3 Stages of community readiness model, University of Kansas 368

12.4 The Write Home Project 370

12.5 The HIV epidemiological triangle 371

12.6 Sample poster from the Think Again campaign 373

12.7 Restrictions are lifting 374

12.8 Get vaxxed and PrEPped 375

12.9 Campaign poster from The Meth Project 376

12.10 Coping with stress, anxiety and substance use during the Covid pandemic 378

13.1 Medical and social models of disability 395

13.2 The spiritual model 396

13.3 The biopsychosocial model 397

13.4 Power differential in psychotherapy 398

13.5 Pool of social expectation 401

13.6 Mental health first aid 407

13.7 Resilience 413

14.1 Maslow’s pyramid of needs 425

14.2 Assessment of children in need and family information 426

14.3 My World Triangle 431

15.1 Polytropic and monotropic 450

15.2 Sally and Anne 452

15.3 Model of anger 458

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