Accuracy is very important, when completing records of service users. This due to health & safety, making sure all records are accurate and up to date will keep service users out of danger.
Yasmin Akhtar Unit 4 Part D
AO1D:
Accuracy is very important, when completing records of service users. This due to health & safety, making sure all records are accurate and up to date will keep service users out of danger. Not being accurate can lead to:
- missed appointments,
- incorrect medicine
- preventable pain and uneasiness
- even death
I am going to mind map why I think it is important to keep accurate records from the view of the four areas below.
Care workers:
It’s important for care workers to keep accurate records in Greyfriers nursing home, this is because care workers provide treatment, which means they need to keep all the records accurate for GPs to see to. Making sure they are getting the right medicine they need and not incorrect medicine that affects their health or could cause death. They also monitor service user’s health which means recording down the improvements or if the service user has become worse. They need to keep the records up to date letting the GP no what inconvenience the service user may have. In Greyfriers nursing home care workers also get meals ready for service user, they need to know what type of food service users enjoy to eat. They also need to know if certain service users may be vegetarian or allergic to a type of food. This means keeping the records accurate, this prevents anything happening to any of the service user. This also helps the service users with their diet, so Greyfriers nursing home need to make sure they are monitoring the service user’s health and keep the records accurate. Care workers also move service users around, this means they need to keep accurate records of the service user’s information so that everyone is aware of every step the patient is taking. Also the records should be up to date knowing where the service users are moving to. They keep records accurate and to date for the benefit of the service user and they may get complaints due to information being incorrect, from care homes, complaints of GPs. Also care workers have day to day task, when they have finished their shift they need to make sure another care worker has come before they finish their shift, this then means that service users in Greyfriers Nursing Home aren’t being left alone at any time. Also they need to plan their holidays in advance making sure their in enough staff to cover all shifts.