Doctors/GP: The GP and the Doctors is important member because they provide medical history for other teams involved in Mrs. Cullen's situation. Furthermore they also carry out countless consultation session with Mrs. Cullen in order to control and monitor her blood pressure and prescribe necessary medication and treatment that would be best suit her condition. After the GP has pass the information to the necessary team involve in Mrs. Cullen's case during her time in the hospital the practitioners would use this information to plan how they would meet her specific need and include the necessary agency that help in planning her care needs.
Nurses: The nurses is also involve in medication process because they are in involve in giving medication and provide medical support that Mrs. Cullen require in order to improve her health statues this is done effectively by making sure that they work hand in hand with practitioner involve and making sure that they have effective communication skill and good team work within themselves as it help with the type of care service that they would be proving for Mrs. Cullen.
Interagency teams include:
Family and friends: Come visit her from time to time, this would help reassure her and help keep her confidence as seeing her family and friends around her regularly would her improve in health wise.
Interpreters and translators: Would help her communicate with the care provider, the translators and the interpreters would help express and rephrase what she's saying in her language since she doesn't understand English. This service would help the care provider know what she needs as an individual and they would know what to do in order to meet and specific need.
Activity officer: They organize different activities of which Mrs. Cullen can get involved in this could include a day out to the park or take her to day care centre for people who has the same disease has she does. Doing this would help her improve the way she view and value herself within the care home, more so seeing other people with the same condition or worse would help regain her self-esteem and self-image.
Social worker: The welfare of Mrs. Cullen is very important so therefore by ensuring that she gets the sufficient help from other disciplines and agencies. The social worker visit Mrs. Cullen from time to time in order to check on her and see how her health is improving and also they would review her condition to see if the care home is staying is suitable for her and if it's any beneficial for her staying there or not.
Multidisciplinary and inter-agency teams contribute to the care planning process carried out for Mrs. Cullen, all these members of team are including in the assessing and implementing the specific medical treatments that would best suit Mrs. Cullen's situation. The multidisciplinary and interagency team come together in order to provide a best form of care for Mrs. Cullen they do this by communicating using the holistic approach on whatever step they are going to take concerning Mrs. Cullen. The two team identify the specific needs of Mrs. Cullen and then compromise and set satisfying goals that they all feels would best meet her needs with high standard and considering her rights, choice, values and belief.
Mrs. Black is 17 years old and is pregnant
Connexions: Is designed to help all young people aged 13–19 with a particular focus on those who need help most and those at risk of being socially excluded, including teenage mothers and teenage fathers. The service is usually offered through a single point of contact, a Personal Advisor, who provides ongoing support until the young person’s 20th birthday. It can include advice or assistance to overcome barriers to learning and brokering of access to support services including housing, benefits and sexual health and to relevant grants and allowances such as the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) and Care to Learn (C2L) funding for childcare. The service may also be able to assist young parents to specialist local provision such as parent and baby/toddler groups. Connexions offer young women opportunity and choice Connexions Personal Advisor is to facilitate the young woman’s decision making, not to pressurize her towards a particular outcome before she is ready. All young mothers are entitled to be supported to make an informed choice about their options, including the possibility of future education, training and employment.
Midwife: A midwife is the main provider of care for most pregnant women. Midwives are highly-skilled, qualified professionals who care for women during normal pregnancy, childbirth and after the birth. You will be introduced to your midwife, who will care for you during your pregnancy and when you go home. You may meet different members of a team of midwives throughout your pregnancy. Midwives are trained to make sure everything goes as well as possible and to recognize any potential problems for you and your baby. Midwives work both in maternity units and in the community, often in a team system. The style of care may depend on where you live. Community midwives may visit you at home before the birth and will continue to care for you after the birth.
Social worker: Social workers can help to support Miss Black and her family who have additional needs or are struggling to cope, if there are concerns for the welfare of the child, or if the child or a family member has a disability. Your midwife or GP can put you in touch with a social worker if necessary.
GP/family doctor: General practitioners are qualified doctors; they may have an extra qualification in obstetrics. Your GP may provide your antenatal care. Miss Black could be at increased risk of many antenatal problems as a result of late presentation, dietary deficiency, anemia and the consequences of lifestyle behaviors, such as drinking and smoking. Babies and children of teenage mothers tend to have higher health risks including lower than average birth weight, increased likelihood of premature birth, 60% higher infant mortality than babies of older women, and more disabilities, such as cerebral palsy, learning difficulties and poor cognitive development. They are also 20-40% less likely to be breastfed.
Even as adults they are at risk, with research showing that low birth weight babies are at greater risk of long-term conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes and hypertension. An important part of the GP's role involves supporting the greater needs of the teenage parent. From regular contact around health advice to being the linchpin in support and communication between different services, such as health visitors, social services and education departments, the GP's role is vital.
Miss Black should see a doctor as soon as possible after you find out you're pregnant to begin getting prenatal care the sooner Miss Black starts to get medical care, the better the chances that she and her baby will be healthy. During your first visit, the doctor will ask you lots of questions, including the date of your last period. This helps the doctor work out how long you have been pregnant and your due date.
Health visitor: A health visitor is a nurse who has had extra training in child development and health promotion and who works in the community, either with a specific GP practice (or practices) or within a specific area. Health visitors will give support and advice to Miss Black until the child is the age of 5 and have a role in protecting the health of the whole community. They have experience and knowledge about what’s going on in your area. Miss Black Health Visitor will be available to give her help, support her to overcome any difficulties and answer any questions or concerns she may have with breastfeeding her baby. Miss Black can visit her health visitor at the baby clinic, or he or she may come to meet her for the first time while she is still pregnant. Her health visitor also makes home visits.
Paediatrician: A doctor who specializes in babies and children, neonatologist is a paediatrician who specializes in newborn babies. If there are any worries about your baby’s health, a paediatrician may be present at the birth. A paediatrician may also check your baby over before you go home from hospital, although this is increasingly being done by midwives who have completed training in this specialized area of care.
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