Reference no: EM133911166

Question

Role play In follow safe work practices for direct client 1-You are undertaking Professional Experience Placement as a student in a disability residential care facility. You are to provide care for Ms Lily Ham, who is a long term resident at the facility. Ms Ham has had a stroke and has right-sided weakness in her lower limbs. She was recently diagnosed with MRSA. Your supervisor has asked you to transfer her from the bed to the bedside chair to get ready for breakfast. The care plan for Ms Ham advises the following: Sensory aids: wear glasses for reading.

Comprehension: nil problem with comprehension. Mobility: need stand by assistance to transfer from bed to chair. Language spoken English.

Your task is to provide care including: Follow manual handling procedures and work instructions for minimising manual handling risks. Identify manual handling hazards and report in line with workplace procedures. Apply control measures for minimising manual handling risks. Follow standard precautions as part of own work routine to prevent the spread of infection. Recognise situations when additional infection control procedures are required. Apply additional precautions when standard precautions alone may not be sufficient to prevent transmission of infection.

2. Identify risks of infection and report them according to workplace procedures. You are acting as Ms Lily Ham, a long term resident at the facility in a two-bedded room sharing room with another resident. You have had a stroke and have right-sided weakness in your lower limbs. You were recently diagnosed with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a resistant bacterium that causes infections in different parts of the body. You need to sit out of bed for breakfast and therefore need assistance to transfer from the bed to the bedside chair for breakfast.

Your background: You live in a long term disability facility Sensory aids: Wear glasses for reading.

Comprehension: Nil problem with comprehension. Mobility: Need standby assistance to transfer from bed to chair.

Language Spoken: English Your action: Cooperate with the personal carer for the transfer from bed to chair. The assessor will provide you with access to the following documents: WHS policy and procedure. Infection control policy. Manual handling policy.