five potential risks to yourself and others involved in direct personal care?

Question

based on working with people who have learning disabilties

Answer 1

It depends on the case/person you are working with... I've done direct care for the sweetest and gentlest of people and those that have tried to attack me with a knife.... If you have good training and work support it shouldn't be a problem..

* Pay attention to the training you have it for a reason...

* Don't assume that the client will just settle down.

* Don't be afraid to call 911 or other emergency number

* Don't turn your back

* Don't make promises to client you can't keep...

Answer 2

Depends if you're a trained nurse or care staff. As a registered nurse you can get sued! Why you've done wrong or not! Part from that ... Risks would be that you might well get really attached to one of the patients in your care and that is bad in the sense that you shouldn't do that! You could also bring your work home with you, feel unable to switch off! You might become really hopeful that someone's doing well, improving to find out that such improvement is only temporary. You may find some of your patients welcoming you with open arms one day because they are so loving! To then walk in to be met with anger maybe rage. You can also meet with loving/unloving relatives. Some may be very demanding of your time and attention, critical of you or others, but what hurt the most is the relatives who only come rarely because they won't make time to see their loved one who feel abandoned and so unhappy!And then ... One day find that one of our patients is dying, knowing that you have to hold back the tears until you've finished with doctor, funeral parlour employees, relatives if there etc ...

RMN

Answer 3

1. Risk of infection if you don't use personal protective equipment.
2. Risk of challenging behaviour if this is an issue with your service users.
3. Risk of claims of abuse, this is why same sex personal care is so important with female service users.
4. Risk of injury from using hoisting and moving equipment, this is why training and supervision is so important.
5. Risk of injury to service users if they have physical disability also, this is why a good knowledge of your service user is important, and that you follow service users personal plans.
Hope this helps.

Answer 4

It does depend on service user and their care plan... but these are the five I would say are top of my list

Life threatened
Serious abuse
Lack of training
Lack of support
Lack of communication

Answer 5

First being charged with sexual abuse,steeling from patients.l
physically abusing pupil,lack of care,being over protective,
not being able to change a soiled pupil alone.
care full about restraining a violent pupil.
The pitfalls are many but can be very rewarding
as my daughter who is a spacial needs teacher,
she has a private tear when one of her pupils shines,bless her.

Answer 6

Violence as in being hurt by your client, hurting them by accident, causing unrest in the community, accidentally over medicating resulting in death, and misunderstanding their needs