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HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE - UNIT 2 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
Terms in this set (82)
They are the first (primary) point of contact when someone is ill. Carry out simple
surgical procedures and preventative care and health education for service users.
Doctors - GP Based in health centres and work as part of a multidisciplinary team. Can refer a
service user to a specialist at a hospital or to other care professionals for
assessment or treatment etc.
Diagnose illnesses and ailments
Discuss and agree treatment plans
Responsibilities of a doctor (GP) Prescribe medications and treatments
Monitor the impact of treatments
Deliver vaccination programs, programs on smoking, etc.
Senior, hospital based doctors who specialise in a certain field of medicine and
manage complex cases.
Cardiologists - heart disease
Hospital doctors (consultants) Psychiatrists - mental health
Oncologists - cancer
Pediatricians - children
Geriatricians - older people
Largest group of NHS workers
Nurses Adult nurses, mental health nurses, children nurses, learning disability nurses, district
nurses, neontal nurses, health visitors nurses, practice nurses, school nurses
Support women through all stages of pregnancy
Midwives Provide antenatal (before) and postnatal (after) care
Help families to prepare / deliver babies
Sometimes known as nursing assistants or auxiliary nurses. Works with nurses in all
types of settings.
Health care assistants Duties include; taking/recording temperatures and pulses, weighing and recording
patients weights, taking patients to the toilet, making beds, washing/dressing
patients, serving meals and helping patients to eat.
Provide care for all ages. Aim to safeguard everyone and help them to live
Social workers independent lives.Adult services - disabilities, mental health, learning difficulties.
Child services - protect children from abuse and harm.
Work with people of all ages who have difficulty in carrying out the practical routines
Occupational therapists
of daily life. Help people to live independent lives.
Work with people between the ages of 11-15. Help people to reach their full
potential and become responsible member of society.
Youth Workers Run health campaigns, organise activities and projects, run sports teams, manage
youth community projects, work with parents to support the development of
children.
Provide practical help and support for people who struggle with everyday activities.
Care assistants Help with personal daily care, general household tasks, paying bills and writing
letters and liaising with other health care professionals
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They manage the provision of residential care for; adults/young adults with learning
difficulties, older people in residential/nursing homes, people in supported housing,
Care managers
people receiving hospice care.
Responsible for a care setting running and functioning.
Linked closely to a healthcare or nursing assistant role. Work alongside lots of
Support workers
different professionals.
Health and safety, equality and diversity, medication, safeguarding, disclosure and
Examples of policies
barring service (DBS) refferal, complaints, death of a resident.
A doctors role (traditionally) however some nurses can prescribe medication (if they
Prescribing medication have had extra training). Some other professionals can prescribe medication, e.g.
dentist
Health care workers in the community play a major role in helping patients to
Surgery
recover, e.g. visits, assessments, changing dressings.
High-energy radiation (radiotherapists). Patients may need follow up support from a
Radiotherapy
GP to promote healing.
Patients may need support from a counsellor. Patients need to be prepared mentally
Organ transplant
and physically
Counselling
Self-help groups
Support for lifestyle changes
GP's
Local nurses
Age UK
Mind
Specialist agencies Youngmind
The royal national institute of blind people (RMB)
Alzheimer's society
Walking sticks
Walking frames - tripods, tetrapods
Wheelchairs - manual, electric
Equipment to increase mobility
Adapted shopping trolleys
Stairlifts
Adapted cars
Special cutlery with thick and light handles for arthritis
Feeding cups or angles straws for drinks
Egg cups and plates with suctioned buttons
Appliances to support daily living
Dining/arm chairs to meet needs
Bath aids, walking shower etc.
Adapted compute keyboards/screens
Adapted computes - blind or visually impaired
Signers and other assistants - deaf
Technology to help support educational
Wheelchair access
achievement
Additional time in exams -
dyslexia Enlarger text - poor
vision
Domiciliary care Care provided in the service users own home
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HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE - UNIT 2 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
Terms in this set (82)
They are the first (primary) point of contact when someone is ill. Carry out simple
surgical procedures and preventative care and health education for service users.
Doctors - GP Based in health centres and work as part of a multidisciplinary team. Can refer a
service user to a specialist at a hospital or to other care professionals for
assessment or treatment etc.
Diagnose illnesses and ailments
Discuss and agree treatment plans
Responsibilities of a doctor (GP) Prescribe medications and treatments
Monitor the impact of treatments
Deliver vaccination programs, programs on smoking, etc.
Senior, hospital based doctors who specialise in a certain field of medicine and
manage complex cases.
Cardiologists - heart disease
Hospital doctors (consultants) Psychiatrists - mental health
Oncologists - cancer
Pediatricians - children
Geriatricians - older people
Largest group of NHS workers
Nurses Adult nurses, mental health nurses, children nurses, learning disability nurses, district
nurses, neontal nurses, health visitors nurses, practice nurses, school nurses
Support women through all stages of pregnancy
Midwives Provide antenatal (before) and postnatal (after) care
Help families to prepare / deliver babies
Sometimes known as nursing assistants or auxiliary nurses. Works with nurses in all
types of settings.
Health care assistants Duties include; taking/recording temperatures and pulses, weighing and recording
patients weights, taking patients to the toilet, making beds, washing/dressing
patients, serving meals and helping patients to eat.
Provide care for all ages. Aim to safeguard everyone and help them to live
Social workers independent lives.Adult services - disabilities, mental health, learning difficulties.
Child services - protect children from abuse and harm.
Work with people of all ages who have difficulty in carrying out the practical routines
Occupational therapists
of daily life. Help people to live independent lives.
Work with people between the ages of 11-15. Help people to reach their full
potential and become responsible member of society.
Youth Workers Run health campaigns, organise activities and projects, run sports teams, manage
youth community projects, work with parents to support the development of
children.
Provide practical help and support for people who struggle with everyday activities.
Care assistants Help with personal daily care, general household tasks, paying bills and writing
letters and liaising with other health care professionals
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8
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AM
They manage the provision of residential care for; adults/young adults with learning
difficulties, older people in residential/nursing homes, people in supported housing,
Care managers
people receiving hospice care.
Responsible for a care setting running and functioning.
Linked closely to a healthcare or nursing assistant role. Work alongside lots of
Support workers
different professionals.
Health and safety, equality and diversity, medication, safeguarding, disclosure and
Examples of policies
barring service (DBS) refferal, complaints, death of a resident.
A doctors role (traditionally) however some nurses can prescribe medication (if they
Prescribing medication have had extra training). Some other professionals can prescribe medication, e.g.
dentist
Health care workers in the community play a major role in helping patients to
Surgery
recover, e.g. visits, assessments, changing dressings.
High-energy radiation (radiotherapists). Patients may need follow up support from a
Radiotherapy
GP to promote healing.
Patients may need support from a counsellor. Patients need to be prepared mentally
Organ transplant
and physically
Counselling
Self-help groups
Support for lifestyle changes
GP's
Local nurses
Age UK
Mind
Specialist agencies Youngmind
The royal national institute of blind people (RMB)
Alzheimer's society
Walking sticks
Walking frames - tripods, tetrapods
Wheelchairs - manual, electric
Equipment to increase mobility
Adapted shopping trolleys
Stairlifts
Adapted cars
Special cutlery with thick and light handles for arthritis
Feeding cups or angles straws for drinks
Egg cups and plates with suctioned buttons
Appliances to support daily living
Dining/arm chairs to meet needs
Bath aids, walking shower etc.
Adapted compute keyboards/screens
Adapted computes - blind or visually impaired
Signers and other assistants - deaf
Technology to help support educational
Wheelchair access
achievement
Additional time in exams -
dyslexia Enlarger text - poor
vision
Domiciliary care Care provided in the service users own home
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8
