Date of Learning: 24/11/2023
Time:09:30 – 16:30
Title of learning activity: Health and Well-being
Diary of Learning activity
Today’s class was focusing on the module Health and well being across the lifespan. We started the day in time at 09:30 AM. The topic of the morning session was mental health and mental illness. We met Paulette for the first time after placement, however the lecture was led by Hannah Cadogan, a palliative care nurse that came to share her personal experience about mental health. The lecture stressed the importance of the difference between mental health and illness. Throughout the class we all contributed sharing our experiences and via group exercises we explored the topic. I thought Hannah intervention was very valuable as she experienced herself mental illness and I though was very brave from her to share and explain how to seek for help and support. After the lunch break we still continued with the same module, but in this case we spent time with Colin. We started the session catching up , we talked about our placements and where we are at with our assignments. This time was very valuable, because Colin offered support to everyone regarding the exams. After catching up we discussed about campaign against smoking and drinking. We all contributed well on this topic and I thought was a great session because we all were able to give some insight on the topic.
KSBs addressed:
| B1 | Treat people with dignity, respecting individual’s diversity, beliefs, culture, needs, values, privacy and preferences |
| B2 | Show respect and empathy for those you work with, have the courage to challenge areas of concern and work to evidence based best practice |
| B3 | Be adaptable, reliable and consistent, show discretion, resilience and self-awareness |
| S13 | Apply the aims and principles of health promotion, protection and improvement and the prevention of ill health when engaging with people |
| S14 | Promote preventive health behaviours and provide information to support people to make informed choices to improve their mental, physical, behavioural health and wellbeing |
| S15 | Identify people who are eligible for health screening |
| S16 | Promote health and prevent ill health by understanding the evidence base for immunisation, vaccination and herd immunity |
| S17 | Protect health through understanding and applying the principles of infection prevention and control, including communicable disease surveillance and antimicrobial stewardship and resistance |
| S19 | Recognise when capacity has changed recognise and how a person’s capacity affects their ability to make decisions about their own care and to give or withhold consent |
| S20 | Recognise people at risk of abuse, self-harm and/or suicidal ideation and the situations that may put them and others at risk |
| K2 | Understand the demands of professional practice and demonstrate how to recognise signs of vulnerability in themselves or their colleagues and the action required to minimise risks to health |
| K3 | Understand the professional responsibility to adopt a healthy lifestyle to maintain the level of personal fitness and well-being required to meet people’s needs for mental and physical care |
| K9 | Understand the aims and principles of health promotion, protection and improvement and the prevention of ill health when engaging with people |
| K17 | Understand commonly encountered mental, physical, behavioural and cognitive health conditions as applied to delivery of care |
| K24 | Know how to support people with commonly encountered symptoms including anxiety, confusion, discomfort and pain |
| K25 | Know how to deliver sensitive and compassionate end of life care to support people to plan for their end of life |