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Hi Could someone help me with this question A factual awareness of the current European and National legislations ect which effect your work practice relevent to pressure area care and risk assessment also Question B a working understanding of the current European and National guidelines and local policies and protocols relevent to pressure care i have looked on NVQMAN but cant find anything i would appreciate some guidance many thanks

Hi phoebe679

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nursey27 Forums Member #4 | Posted: 13 Jul 2009 15:10

Legislation

The safe guarding of vulnerable adults looks at our responsibility and accountability of keeping people safe and would include risk assessments to identify the skin break down.

The care standards act reinforces the importance of policies and procedures put in place by our organisations to protect the service users and this includes again skin care and prevention of pressure sores.

The social care code of practice also identifies roles and responsibility of the care worker.

Nhs guidelines on wound care, tissue viability is relevant protocols that should be included in our organisations policies and procedures.

Also to take into consideration is:

Manual handling policy
Health and safety act
Control of substance hazardous to health
Human rights act
Service user choice
Confidentiality

Research into various scales

Included research from Internet

After studying through the different types of scales I researched into on the Internet it has become apparent that the waterlow scale is the far better one to use as it has a scoring of 0-8+ points instead of just 4 or 5 points and gives a better reading of any risks identified.

The use of these assessment tools should never replace ongoing observation of the service users, receiving care, skin care or them of a whole.
research from royal college of nursing on internet on pressure ulcer risk assessment and prevention
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norton scale
gosnell scale
braden scale
waterlow scale

hope these help you

nursey27