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Course Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of person centred and family centred care in safe and effective care delivery
2. Discuss the epidemiology, pathophysiology and symptomatology of the health breakdown of conditions being studied
3. Use clinical reasoning to identify nursing problems in the patient scenarios being studied and plan safe effective nursing care and patient education
4. Identify the attribute and skills required for culturally competent practice and apply to scenarios being studied
5. Identify the importance of effective inter-professional communication to safe practice and the prevention of medication error
6. Explain and apply legal and ethical concepts including beneficence, non-maleficence, negligence, open disclosure, and mandatory reporting
7. Utilise nursing research to support best practice nursing actions and critically appraise qualitative research and its application to empathetic patient care.
8. Demonstrate mastery of required medication and intravenous fluid calculations
Assessment 1 - Written Assignment - Care Plan
Purpose
This assignment is designed for students to consolidate their learning in the first three (3) tutorials; to demonstrate their clinical reasoning and application of the Clinical Reasoning Cycle to identify and process cues, identify priority patient centred nursing diagnoses, set specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely goals and plan appropriate nursing actions with rationales based and scientific and best practice nursing literature.
Description
1. Students are to select either Scenario 2B or 3A from their tutorial workbook.
2. Utilising clinical reasoning skills and knowledge students should identify one cluster of cues that relate to one priority patient problem, identify abnormal cues and compare to normal values. (suggested length 200 words)
3. The clinical situation and cues should be discussed, and abnormalities related to the risk factors and pathophysiology involved. (suggested length 250 words)
4. The priority problem should be expressed as an actual Nursing Diagnosis with related to and evidenced by statements (suggested length 50 words)
5. Set at least one related SMART goal with outcome criteria that are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely. (suggested length 100 words)
6. Identify four priority Nursing Actions to achieve the stated goal/s (suggested length 200 words)
7. Provide a rationale for each action with reference to scientific or best practice literature. (suggested length 200 words)
8. Provide an APA reference list of all source material used. (Reference List not included in the word count)
*Assessment 2 - Written Assignment 2 - Qualitative Research Report
Purpose
Empathetic understanding of the lived experience of patients and family is crucial to the delivery of person and family centred care. By undertaking this assignment students will further develop their ability to locate, critically read, reflect on and apply qualitative nursing research findings to patient care. An online library module is provided within the Blackboard course to support students in searching for, identifying and critiquing qualitative research.
Description 1. Students should select one topic area from those listed below, which relates to the case scenarios studied in this course. If students wish to choose a different topic they should discuss this with their tutor or the course coordinator.
a. The experience of living with diabetes mellitus (for patient or family)
b. The experience of living with chronic kidney disease
c. The experience of post- surgical pain or pain management post- surgery
d. The experience of parents with a child in hospital
e. The experience of living with a stoma
f. The experience of being diagnosed with cancer
g. the experience of being a patient from an English as a second language or culturally diverse background
2. Conduct a literature search and select three individual qualitative nursing research studies relevant to the topic, that have been published within the last 10 years. You may use no more than one systematic review of the literature or meta-analysis of qualitative literature. If you choose a mixed method study the focus must be on discussion of the qualitative component, and this clearly explained. Discussion of quantitative studies will not be marked and will be awarded zero for that section of the rubric.
3. Write a report that covers the following areas:
a) Introduction: Outline your chosen topic area and give a brief explanation of the disease or clinical situation being discussed, the incidence and prevalence where relevant, and the impact of the disease or situation on patients and/or family. Justify why an understanding of this topic is important to nurses. (Suggested length 400 words)
b. Briefly outline the search strategy used including key search words and data bases (suggested length 100 words)
b) Under individual headings which reference each paper, briefly describe and appraise each study. Include in your discussion the research aims, design, participants, data collection method, data analysis, main findings, ethical considerations and study limitations. You may use CASP questions (Critical appraisal skills program 2017, available on Blackboard) or research textbooks as a resource. (suggested length 900 words - 300 each paper)
c) Identify key common findings in the studies, or significant variations (suggested length 300 words)
d) Reflect on what you have learned about the experience of the patient and/or family and discuss how you will apply this in your future nursing practice (suggested length 300 words)
e) Provided a APA reference list including the three research papers and other resources used. Ensure that all source material is acknowledged in text. (Reference list is not included in the word count)
*Note: Need ASSESSMENT 2 ONLY