Phineas Gage was an American Construction worker known for surviving a fatal accident. This accident occurred when he was trying to pack explosives in a hole with a tampering iron. The powder exploding while he packing and proceeded to pierce through his entire head. Although he lost his left eye it seemed he had not lost all hope. He was fully conscious in a few minutes even performing normal functions.
All of these jobs come with a high chance of getting injured. According to the book, injuries can range from, deep cuts to death. Despite the fact employees are already suffering from their
The Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century changed the European working lifestyles from agrarian to urban. This change of lifestyle happened very quickly, and left thousands of lower class working citizens in poverty. Throughout the nineteenth century several different arguments were made on how to improve the lives of European workers. Arguments made to improve the lives of European workers include: having a stronger government, giving more rights to the working class, turning towards a socialistic government, or simply maintaining the status quo. Documents 3, 7, and 9 claim that having a more involved government will improve living conditions for workers.
The author uses pathos by shocking the reader with a unfathomable statistic on injuries in the workplace. He went on to state, “A brief description of some cleaning-crew accidents over the past decade says more about the work and the danger than any set of statistics. … Richard Skala was beheaded by a dehiding machine. … was pulled into the cogs of a conveyor belt at an Excel plant in Fort Morgan, Colorado, and torn apart. … fell from the top of a skinning machine while cleaning it with a high-pressure hose, struck his head on the concrete floor and died. …
Although as far as human error is concerned, initially the clerk was not at the desk, and then assumed the nurse's name which resulted in delay in attending to Claudia's call and subsequent injury to her body. 2. How might Claudia’s fall have been avoided? • Her fall could have been avoided through several timely responses to her call such as: • Identification of the assigned nurse • Communication of message to the nurse could have avoided Claudia's fall. 3.
This essay will discuss a chosen individual with hip fracture from practise placement and explore the context to which health and social care is administered in the UK. CMOP-E model will be used to examine the theoretical concepts of occupational therapy and the identification of occupational performance needs of the chosen patient. The role of multi disciplinary team participation will be discussed with reference to the patient’s treatment whilst demonstrating safe practise in relation to personal safety and safety of others. An 89 years old lady was admitted to the hospital due to a fall at home and fractures her right hip. Mrs Jones (pseudo name) lives alone in a three - bedroom house privately owned with stair lift, bedrooms and bathroom
Unsafe work practice that can affect the well-being of individuals include: Rough handling, for example pushing, pulling, dragging. Unsafe administration of medication, for example, failure to check dosage. Ignoring health needs and social needs such as clean clothing and personal hygiene. Visible injuries or marks of abuse on body and complaints not taken seriously can put them at more danger, harm and risk of abuse. I will ensure that I keep to all the procedures for checking for abuse and the wellbeing of the individuals that I work with; by following these and the individual’s care plan I keep within the minimum standards of care and also work in a person centred way to make sure all individuals are happy and safe.
Throughout my report I will seek to investigate the pros and cons of operating a contingent workforce. I will look at how it affects the landscape of an organisation and the impacts it has on retaining a competitive advantage. I will also look at whether it is best practice from a Human Resource (HR) point of view and how HR can best manage to retain the knowledge these individuals have and are given while working with an organisation. A contingent workforce can be defined as ‘Is a provisional group of workers who work for an organization on a non-permanent basis, also known as freelancers, independent professionals, temporary contract workers, independent contractors or consultants.’
To give another illustration of workplace injury or accident, in the academic research I did, that discuss a case of three undocumented individuals that were physically and mentally injured. One of this individual is 28 years old, pregnant Martha Gomez. She works as a maid in a Los Vegas hotel. One day while working, she was brutally attacked by a stranger, who kept hitting and kicking her, crowded up in a fetal position Martha was typing to protect her unborn child. After the attack, Martha began to experience numbness, weakness on her body, depression and loss of memory.
In the case study, I would like to use several theories and concepts to analysis the case of Susan. I would briefly analysis the case by using social ecological theory and analysis in detail by using the relevant theories. According to the social ecological theory, the child development is supported by five subsystems, including the microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem and chronosystem (Bronfenbrenner, 1979). Microsystem is related to the child has direct interaction with, including classmates and parents.
Case study of Mrs. A thought her admission to a acute ward, demonstrated the skills that are needed to care for her. 21312829 This assignment is a case study looking at a patient who has been admitted to an acute hospital following a fall. It will look at why the patient has been admitted and what skills are needed to deliver appropriate care.
JLL Case Challenge 2 : Address gaps in recent openings, paying close attention to where your company measures in terms of diversity and inclusion initiatives and steps you can take to stay competitive in hiring to promote a more diverse workforce. Diversity is an essential component in any organization because, people from different backgrounds and skills sets give different perspectives and innovative ideas which play a vital role in achieving its business goals. 1) At JLL (an equal opportunity employer) we consider people as valuable assets and we take pride in a culture that is inclusive of all backgrounds and experiences. 2) Currently we have 60,000 employees over 800 locations across the globe coming from different cultures, backgrounds,
I will also discuss on how this clinical situation could be done differently. Clinical scenario I was posted to a medical ward in National University Hospital for my clinical posting. There is a particular cubicle allocated for patients with very high risk of fall called the “Green eye cubicle “. Patients in that cubicle are usually confused or not compliant to fall precaution.
Accommodations and Modifications Accommodations Accommodations mean the services which we present to the learners to help them to access the education curriculum Modifications They mean the changes in the curriculum. Modifications are very important for the learners with disabilities who do not have the ability to understand all the content. This means that both the accommodations and modifications are methods or ways the teacher can use to serve the needs of disabilities students, so they are very im-portant and useful to reach to our goals.
Introduction Job analyses and job descriptions are used by the Human resource consultants and experts as an elementary unit for many functions of human resource department that includes recruiting and employing, evaluating performance and ranges of salary (Levine et al 1988). As according to Brannick et al (2007), job analyses is an important factor in business that ensures the correct hiring of desired individuals for various jobs. Job analyses protect ensures protection of companies against claims (Veres et al1987), and it help businesses to adequately reward their staffs (Smith et al 1990). According to Fleishman & Mumford (1991), accuracy of Job analyses affect many of the HR functions, So, it is essential to make sure that job analyses is performed properly and in detail. A job analysis implies collecting information on the approaches to evaluate performance, worker-oriented behaviors, job-oriented conducts, and workers behaviors during working with materials, machines, and equipment, job environment and worker’s requirements (Harvey, 1991).
