P4 M1 Unit 39 Health and Social Care
P4, M1 – identiy key aspects oi legislaton and guidelines relevant to the
preventon and control oi the iniecton in a health or social care setngs and
explain how to manage an outbreak oi iniecton in a health or social care
setng:
For the health or social care setting’s I chose the nursery school which I
have worked in as part of my work experience. There I have witnessed a
few of the legislations which are relevant to assignment 3.
When the child is feeling sick or is throwing up, the nursery school has
policies which say that if the child is unwell they are sent home. If the
child is throwing up the teacher would usually send the child to the school
nurse. The parents are then called in, however, whilst the parents are on
their way the school nurse have to make sure that the child doesn’t get
sick again or at least try and stop the ‘throwing up’ by giving the child
water and trying to calm them down. Most often the child would start to
panic and cry because they might not understand what is happening to
them and due to the fact they aren’t feeling well they might be emotional
as children tend to be less tolerant to feeling sick. Sometimes, if the child
has headaches and the parents have signed papers that the child is
allowed to receive painkillers or some kind of medicine, the nurse is going
to give that to the child in a appropriate quantities.
There are some difculties in managing the outbreak of infection and
trying to prevent other children from being infected. This is because;
something like chicken pox tends to infected people before the spots
appear. This means that even though the child is sent home when the
spots appear, there is still a massive chance that other children have
already been infected.
When something like this happens, the nursery school would send out
letters to the parents informing them that they have to check their
children and also inform them of the possibilities of the child getting sick.
This way, the spread of the infection could be prevented as if the infected
person stays at home to get well, the infection won’t be spread which
means that other children have less chances of getting sick too.
Something like that would also happen if the children get head lice, the
teachers would sent out letters to the parents to ensure that their children
are checked. If the child does happen to have head lice, then there is
certain amount of time which the child has to stay at home until they are
allowed to go back to school. For example, if the child has chicken pox
they would usually be advised to stay at home for about 2 weeks or until
their spots have been scabbed. However, when we are talking about head
P4, M1 – identiy key aspects oi legislaton and guidelines relevant to the
preventon and control oi the iniecton in a health or social care setngs and
explain how to manage an outbreak oi iniecton in a health or social care
setng:
For the health or social care setting’s I chose the nursery school which I
have worked in as part of my work experience. There I have witnessed a
few of the legislations which are relevant to assignment 3.
When the child is feeling sick or is throwing up, the nursery school has
policies which say that if the child is unwell they are sent home. If the
child is throwing up the teacher would usually send the child to the school
nurse. The parents are then called in, however, whilst the parents are on
their way the school nurse have to make sure that the child doesn’t get
sick again or at least try and stop the ‘throwing up’ by giving the child
water and trying to calm them down. Most often the child would start to
panic and cry because they might not understand what is happening to
them and due to the fact they aren’t feeling well they might be emotional
as children tend to be less tolerant to feeling sick. Sometimes, if the child
has headaches and the parents have signed papers that the child is
allowed to receive painkillers or some kind of medicine, the nurse is going
to give that to the child in a appropriate quantities.
There are some difculties in managing the outbreak of infection and
trying to prevent other children from being infected. This is because;
something like chicken pox tends to infected people before the spots
appear. This means that even though the child is sent home when the
spots appear, there is still a massive chance that other children have
already been infected.
When something like this happens, the nursery school would send out
letters to the parents informing them that they have to check their
children and also inform them of the possibilities of the child getting sick.
This way, the spread of the infection could be prevented as if the infected
person stays at home to get well, the infection won’t be spread which
means that other children have less chances of getting sick too.
Something like that would also happen if the children get head lice, the
teachers would sent out letters to the parents to ensure that their children
are checked. If the child does happen to have head lice, then there is
certain amount of time which the child has to stay at home until they are
allowed to go back to school. For example, if the child has chicken pox
they would usually be advised to stay at home for about 2 weeks or until
their spots have been scabbed. However, when we are talking about head
