Unit 5 Health And Social Care P3

It was a lovely day and I was able to attend the unit meeting. Our care manager discussed a lot of pertinent information that can improve the quality of care that we are giving to the residents in the unit. She emphasised about the completion of short term care plans, bowel book and incident forms. She also reminded the staff regarding the incoming staff auditing, infection control policies, management of outbreak and confidentiality of the residents. In addition, she informed all the staff to keep the medicine cupboards locked at all times, avoid overfilling the white bags and be aware of the toileting needs of the residents.

I was also able to attend a lifestyle care plan meeting with our enrolled nurse and one of the residents son. We discussed the lifestyle care plan that we completed for his mother and informed him if he has additional suggestions, comments and if he is agreeing with the plan. The resident’s son does not have any additional suggestions or comments and happily agreed with the care plan that we prepared. He informed us that he is very happy with the cares that we are giving to his mother and if he has any complaints, he will notify us immediately. …show more content…
It was a great learning opportunity for me because I was able to acquire new knowledge in my clinical practice. I believe that I will be able to use this assessment method if I will be working in an aged care setting in the