Nursing care of the older person: Assessment 3

Dr Caroline Havery, Academic Language and Learning, IML

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• The assessment task 3

• The marking rubric for assessment task 3

Assessment ‘checklist’

WHY

•    What am I learning by doing it? (content and ‘skills’ or practices e.g. to understand how the performance of health systems is measured; to scope the literature, to critique evidence; to present a convincing argument; to understand current issues )

WHAT

• What kind of assignment is it – e.g., what kind of text do I have to write?
• What is the purpose of this kind of text (e.g., explain facts; persuade readers)
• When is it due?
• How long is it?
• What kind of evidence do I need to use? (e.g., peer reviewed articles; government reports)
• What questions do I need to make sure I answer in my assignment? – look at the marking criteria and the assessment task

Assessment ‘checklist’: part 2

HOW

• What do I already know about this topic?
• What do I need to find out more about?
• What resources are provided to help me do this assignment – where are they located?
• What am I going to read; how am I going to read?
• Who can I talk with about this assessment if I need help? (plan time to do that)

Assessment 3 description

Task: Case study of an older person with complex care needs

Intent: This assessment will provide an opportunity to develop knowledge on the complex care needs of older persons that arise due to the ageing process, life circumstances and chronic conditions that intersect to impact on their level of functioning and quality of life. Students will demonstrate their ability to apply a person-centred approach, identify issues affecting an older person and develop evidence-based nursing recommendations. Students will also demonstrate their academic writing skills.

Objectives: This assessment task addresses subject learning objective(s): A, B, C, D, E and F Weighting: 45%

Due: 9 am Friday 3rd February 2023

Instructions: In this assessment task, you will complete a case study analysis of an older person with complex care needs due to the ageing process, life circumstances and chronic conditions that intersect to impact on their level of functioning and quality of life. You will consider the older person’s bio-psycho-socio-environmental context, research professional and scholarly evidence, and outline a plan of care using a person-centred approach.

Background:

Every individual is unique and to support healthy ageing, it is important to focus on the person and what they can do, not their condition or disability. The individual should be supported to achieve their aspirations and support should be tailored to their needs and unique circumstances.

Using a person-centred approach helps to deliver personalised and tailored care to the individual. This involves:

• Supporting the person to be involved in making decisions about their life
• Considering the individual’s life experience, age, gender, culture, heritage, language, beliefs, and identity
• Utilising flexible services and support to suit the person’s wishes and priorities
• Using a strengths-based approach, where the individual is acknowledged as the expert in their life; focussing first on their abilities and then any support they would need
• Including the individual’s support networks as partners

Step 1: Selection

Select one case study from the list below (see UTS Canvas for full details of each case study).

1. Claire Gill
2. Maria Vestina
3. Michael Pretor

Step 2: Examining the case study

• Read through the case study you have selected for your assessment.

Step 3: Strengths-based approach

• Describe strengths-based approach within the context of care of older persons. Explain why this approach is important by drawing an example from your selected case study. (400 words)

Step 4: Critical reflection

• Critically reflect on the selected case study and explain two key issues from the older person’s perspective that could impact on their independence and/or healthy ageing. (300 words)

Step 5: Nursing care plan

• Discuss two nursing recommendations addressing each of the identified key issues.
  • Make reference to the individual’s strengths and/or abilities that you would use to support them in their care. (400 words)

Step 6: Nursing care plan

• Discuss the multidisciplinary team involvement and resources that you would consider in supporting healthy ageing for this person in their current residential location. (300 words)

Referencing:

• Intext references should be used where appropriate using APA7 referencing style. A complete reference list is to be included on a new page at the end.
  • A minimum of ten (10) peer-reviewed journal articles published since 2018 is necessary for this assessment.

From the Assessment checklist

• What questions do I need to make sure I answer in my assignment? – look at the marking criteria and the assessment task

Marking rubric – Nursing care of the older person Tip: Turn the statements in the rubric into questions e.g., these were questions Caroline wrote

• What is a strengths based approach? What evidence supports this explanation? (who said what)

• Why is a SBA important in the care of the older person? What evidence supports this explanation?

Caroline’s questions

1. What is an issue that could impact the older person?
2. What evidence is there to show that this could be an issue?
3. How might the older person in the case study experience this issue?
4. How does this issue affect the case study person’s independence or healthy ageing?
5. What nursing intervention would help address this issue?
6. What evidence is there to show this would help?
7. What referrals would need to be made?

DO the same for issue 2

Your turn

Look at the distinction criteria Turn the statements into questions

From all of that work what questions do I have

How is person centred care related to a strengths based approach?

Go back to the module in the Canvas site and revise

Writing clearly: Organise your text using headings and subheadings

Use the assessment task description and the questions you wrote from the marking rubric to create an outline for your assessment task

Strengths-based approach (400 words)

• 1. What is a strengths based approach? What evidence supports this explanation? (who said what)

• 2. Why is a SBA important in the care of the older person? What evidence supports this explanation?

• Step 4: Critical reflection (300 words)
• 1. What is the first issue that could impact the older person?
• 2. What evidence is there to show that this could be an issue?
• 3. How might the older person in the case study experience this issue?
• 4. How does this issue affect the case study person’s independence or healthy ageing?
• 5. What nursing intervention would help address this issue?
• 6. What evidence is there to show this would help?
• 7. What referrals would need to be made?

• What is the second issue?

Outline of assessment task (continued)

Nursing care plan (400 words)

• Recommendation one
  • Recommendation two
  • What were your questions from the rubric

Multidisciplinary team and resources

• Discuss the multidisciplinary team involvement and resources that you would consider in supporting healthy ageing for this person in their current residential location. (300 words)

References

Finding evidence

• What do you think you will need to find evidence for (look back at the marking rubric and the questions you wrote)?
  • Name some of the topics that you think you will need to find information on?

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