A1

• Define GP or general practitioner

  • doctor who doesnt specialise in a particular branch of medicine
  • Provides ongoing treatment and preventative care in the community for a variety of medical conditions
• Define preventative care

  • care and education that aims to ensure people remain healthy
  • make people aware of factors that can lead to illness and poor health
• Give an example of preventative care

  • screening
  • vaccination programmes
• Who are people's first point of contact when feeling unwell within the medical profession?

  GP
• Where are GPs based?

  local health centres
• Who do doctors work alongside?

  • other doctors
  • nurses
  • health visitors
  • counsellors
• who may doctors refer patients to for further assessment and treatment?

  hospital specialists-consultants or other health professionals
• what health education and preventative care services are provided?

  • vaccination programmes for people of all ages
  • health education and advice on issues such as smoking, alcohol consumption and healthy eating
• describe the 4 principle responsibilities of doctors treating illness

  • diagnose an individual's illnesses and ailments
  • discuss and agree an individual's treatment
  • prescribe appropriate medication or treatment
  • monitor the impact of agreed treatment
• define consultant

  • senior doctor
  • normally based in hospital
  • provides specialist expert healthcare support in their area of expertise
• what do hospital doctors provide?

  specialist medical care
• what role do consultants have in a team?

  they normally lead a team of junior, newly qualified and more experienced doctors
• what are consultants known by?

  the name of their specific field
• what does a cardiologist specialise in?

  treating heart disease
• what does a psychiatrist specialise in?

  treating mental health problems
• what do oncologists specialise in?

  treating cancer
• what do paediatricians specialise in?

  treating children
• what do geriatricians specialise in?

  treating older people
• where do practice nurses work?

  gp practices
• what responsibilities do practice nurses have?

  • taking blood samples
  • carrying out child immunisation programmes
  • administrating vaccinations to people going abroad
  • provide health screening
  • family planning advice
• define health screening

  checking for the presence of disease in individuals with no signs or symptoms
• who is a school nurse employed by?

  NHS or directly by a school
• where do mental health nurses work?

  • community healthcare centres
  • prisons
  • day care settings
• how many people in the UK does Mind estimate will experience mental health problems?

  1 in 4
• where do most people who experience mental health problems get cared for?

  in the community, not the hospital
• what do children/paediatric nurses do?

  work with children with wide range of conditions
• who do children/paediatric nurses work closely with?

  parents or carers
• who are the largest group of professionals working in health services?

  nurses
• what opportunities are there in the nursing profession?

  specialise and reach senior levels
• define nurse practitioner

  • provide expert consultancy services to patients and their carers
  • contribute to management and development of care provision
  • undertake research and contribute to education and training of other staff
• who do adult nurses work with?

  adults of all ages who may have a range of physical health conditions
• what do neonatal nurses encourage parents to do?

  take a practical role in their babies care
• what do health visitors?

  • provide support to families in their child's early years
  • birth - 5 years
• what support do health visitors offer?

  • health issues
  • minor illness
  • feeding
  • weaning
• what role does a health visitor have?

  • carry out routine checks on a child's development
  • support parents in meeting their child's developmental milestones
• where do health visitors see their patients?

  • home
  • clinics
  • GP practices
  • nursery
  • in the community
• why do children/ paediatric nurses work closely with parents?

  to ensure care meets the social, cultural and family needs whilst meeting health issues
• where do children/paediatric nurses work?

  hospitals and support children at home
• where do learning disability nurses work?

  with individuals with a learning disability in the community
• where may a learning disability nurse support an individual?

  • school
  • work
  • living at home with their family
  • living in a residential care