Nur1202: Jack Simpson - Nursing Assessment Answer

Internal Code: 1IFCE Task: Background Information

Patients and families are often on the receiving end of care and are thus positioned well to reflect, comment and share their care experience to key stakeholders who goals are to improve patient safety, quality of care and the patient/family experience. Improving the patient care experience can be challenging and nurses need to be equipped with knowledge about relevant theory. For example the nursing governances and nursing philosophies that guide the application of nursing care practice, and other related theory and strategies that will help engage nurses with patients and their families to improve their future care experiences.

Instructions:

Select

one

of the two following ‘

patient experiences and partnering in care

’ cases and write a 1200 word essay that draws upon the relevant theory that analyses the patient/family experience with the goal to improve the care experience of patients and their families.  

Draw upon relevant literature (theory) to strengthen and support your assignment. For example:

• Relevant literature (theory) taught this semester. For example the weekly NUR1201 topics such as person centred care, family centred care, nursing governances - Code of Ethics for nurses, etc., other governances such as – the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards etc., and framework/s – for example Erikson’ 8 Stages.

• Other relevant literature (peer reviewed journal articles) you have researched, using the USQ library data bases.

 

• Case Scenario – Recording  ‘The Age 40 Male Experience’

  or  

• Case Scenario – Recording  ‘The 40 Age Experience- (Female Aboriginal Woman)

  The 1200-word essay (+- 10%) Please structure the essay in the following way

:

Introduction – Purpose and to orientate your reader

Suggestions to help you write your essay

Write one paragraph here (no dot points)

 

• This first sentence of your paragraph should provide the thesis statement (this is your position statement – your argument).

• The second sentence should state the chosen case scenario and the main theories and framework you will use in your essay.

• The remaining sentences should include the overview of main points or brief plan for what will be included in your essay.

  Body of Essay Identification of the relevant theories and framework/s 

Select the relevant theories and framework/s to be applied to the scenario. Explain how they are relevant to your chosen case scenario. Discuss why they are suitable, including the relevant positive or negative aspects of these theories and framework that are important considerations for nurses. Draw upon literature to support your statements in this paragraph.

Suggestions to help you write your essay

Write one paragraph here (no dot points)

 

• This first sentence of your paragraph should provide the main point: the relevant theories and the framework, and their relationship to the scenario.

• The remaining sentences - discuss their suitability and their positive and negative aspects for nurses, using evidence from the literature.

Analysis of the Communication Scenario

Analyse the case scenario, identifying and explaining the ‘ineffective care’ and the ‘effective’ care’ displayed in the patient care experience scenario and the associated impact for each.  Draw upon literature to support your analysis.

Suggestions to help you write your essay

Write two paragraphs here

(no dot points)

First paragraph

 

• This first sentence of your first paragraph should provide the main point: the reason why the patient care experience in the scenario contained

  ineffective care

  .

• The remaining sentences - explain and support the main point by referring to the evidence and relating it to the scenario using examples.

 

Second paragraph (no dot points)

 

• This first sentence of your first paragraph should provide the main point: the reason why the patient care experience in the scenario contained

  effective care

  .

• The remaining sentences - explain and support the main point by referring to the evidence and relating it to the scenario using examples.

  Application of the chosen theories and framework

Discuss how the use of the theories and framework/s underpinning the ‘partnering in care’ strategies can improve the patient experience within the chosen case scenario. Support your discussion with reference to literature.