Management - Part 1 Ndash Assessment Answer

Part 1 – As this assignment is a Case Study Discussion, you need to: ? Introduce the purpose of the case study. ? Identify the person (the case) and take care to preserve the confidentiality of that person; you should use a pseudonym. ? Briefly discuss the two co-morbidities that impact their functional status. ? Briefly examine a specific, and recent environmental change impacting this older person. ? With reference to current, scholarly literature, discuss the extent to which specific stereotypes of older people are having a negative impact on the health of the person, their health care and their health outcomes. Part 2 – In your comprehensive Care Plan you need to: • Select and justify the top three care priorities (objectives) for nursing care (you can use dot points if you wish). • Propose and discuss evidenced-based nursing interventions to manage the three care priorities. ? Describe a strategy that you might implement to evaluate whether the proposed interventions successfully manage the three care priorities (that is, how will you know the interventions have worked?). ? Please use the Care Plan Template that has been provided to guide the structure of your care plan (part 2). Review these guides to writing a case study: ? Griffith University Guide to Writing a Case Study (available with assignment instructions as separate document) ? Monash University How to Write the Case Study ? QUT Writing a Case Study Response Reference Moyle, W., Parker, D., & Bramble, M. (2014). Care of older adults: A strengths-based approach. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. ? Care Plan Template (Part 2 of Assignment 1) In your plan you must: 1. Select and justify the top three (3) care priorities/objectives for nursing care; 2. Discuss evidenced-based nursing interventions to achieve each objective; and 3. Describe the evaluation criteria that you will use to judge whether the plan addressed the identified objectives. Select / Identify and Justify the top three care priorities/objectives for nursing care. In priority order, what is care priority 1? what is care priority 2? and what is care priority 3? What recommended text/primary research references support my choice of each care priority and why are they important? 1. Support with references. 2. Support with references. 3. Support with references. Discuss evidenced-based nursing interventions to achieve each objective. Ask yourself: What are the significant health care needs for my older patient related to each identified care priority? What nursing interventions will address the nursing care priorities I have identified? How can I support my selection of care priorities using text and primary research sources? 1. Care priority 1 … (support with references) 2. Care priority 2 … (support with references) 3. Care priority 3 … (support with references) Describe the evaluation criteria that you will use to judge whether your care plan has addressed the identified care priorities. Ask yourself: How did I evaluate each nursing intervention? What measures did I use? What time line was chosen and why? Was the plan of care successful? 1. Care priority 1 … (support with references) 2. Care priority 2 … (support with references) 3. Care priority 3 … (support with references) ? Additional information: ? Ten (10) different sources from the scholarly literature should inform the case study discussion and care plan. ? Always refer to the Health Group Writing and Referencing Guide. ? Ensure that you use scholarly literature (digitised readings, research articles, relevant Government reports and text books) that has been predominantly published within the last 5 years. ? Use academic language and health specific terminology throughout. ? Refer to the marking guidelines when writing your assignment. This will assist you in calculating the weightings of the sections for your assignment. ? You may use headings to organise your work and use the third person in your writing. ? It is important that you maintain confidentiality as per University guidelines and include no identifying demographic information about patients, colleagues or institutions. Please use pseudonyms. ? You do not need to submit an Assignment Coversheet. State your word count (excluding your reference list) on the Assignment Title Page. ? Submit your assignment electronically via TURNITIN on your [email protected] site. [Submit in the ‘assessment’ tab]. ? 3805NRS Assignment 1, Case Study, Marking Guidelines CRITERIA POSSIBLE MARK CRITERION ONE: Part 1 Case Study Discussion • The main health problems associated with at least 2 co-morbidities of your chosen case/older person (over 65 years or over 55 years if Australia’s First Peoples) are discussed in terms of how they impact functional status. • How a specific and recent environmental change impacts on the older person’s health is examined. • The effect of ‘older person’ stereotypes on the individual’s care and health outcomes are discussed. /10 CRITERION TWO: Part 2 Plan of Care • Identify and justify the top 3 care priorities/objectives for nursing care relevant to your chosen case study. • Describe and justify evidenced-based nursing interventions to achieve each objective. • Care Plan is supported by at least ten (10) different sources from the scholarly literature. /25 CRITERION THREE: Part 2 Evaluation • Clear description of an evaluation strategy to determine whether the proposed interventions successfully manage the 3 identified care priorities. • The evaluation strategy is relevant to the situation in the case, is measurable and timely. /10 CRITERION FOUR: Academic Writing • The writing is clear, concise and free of APA (6th ed) errors. • Report adheres to the word limit. • The case study report is well presented. Spelling and grammar are correct, and sentences and paragraphs are well constructed. /5 Total Marks [weighted at 50%] /50