DATE: 22nd July 2022 School of Nursing and Midwifery
Supplementary Assessment – Health Variations 5
Short Answer Assessment Task
Learning Outcomes Assessed
- Examine the delivery of comprehensive person-centred care across a variety of settings utilising the multidisciplinary team to provide coordinated care for palliative people, their families and carers.
- Evaluate strategies to support palliative people, families and carers in their role in palliative and end of life care provision including, loss and grief support services
Submission Details
- Due Date: 12th August, 2022
- Please email your completed assessment to nurs3017@westernsydney.edu.au
Short Answer Case Study
Individuals and families facing life-limiting illness require holistic and patient-centred care. This is best achieved through the collaboration of health care teams to provide palliative care.
Palliative care encompasses the physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and cultural domains of patients and their caregivers
Mrs Emma Tran, a 37-year-old female has been diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. The metastases have spread to her spine and pelvis. She presented to the hospital outpatients pain service for severe pain to her back. She was admitted for analgesia and control of nausea and vomiting. The progression of the disease was such that treatment was no longer an option, symptom relief was the focus of care. Mrs Tran ‘s husband spent much of the day caring for her and their 10-year-old son. Along with physical pain it was evident Mrs Tran worried about the wellbeing of her husband and their son.
Mrs Tran plans to return home when her pain is controlled.
Short Answer Questions
- Examine the role of the multidisciplinary team who provide palliative care for Mrs Tran whilst she is an inpatient. (500 words)
- Evaluate two strategies to support families and carers who are providing end of life care in the community. (500 words).
- Consider ways the multidisciplinary team provide coordinated, integrated palliative care for Mrs Tran in her home. (500 words).
| Guided Questions | ||||||
| Criteria | Mark | High Distinction | Distinction | Credit | Pass | Fail |
| Question 1 Examine the role of the multidisciplinary team who provide comprehensive palliative care for Mrs Tran whilst she is an inpatient. (500 words) | /25 | Outstanding explanation of the role of the multidisciplinary team who provide comprehensive palliative care for Mrs Tran whilst she is an inpatient. | Excellent explanation of role of the multidisciplinary team who provide comprehensive palliative care for Mrs Tran whilst she is an inpatient. | Very good explanation of role of the multidisciplinary team who provide comprehensive palliative care for Mrs Tran whilst she is an inpatient. | Good explanation of role of the multidisciplinary team who provide comprehensive palliative care for Mrs Tran whilst she is an inpatient. | Poor explanation of role of the multidisciplinary team who provide comprehensive palliative care for Mrs Tran whilst she is an inpatient. |
| 25-21.5 | 21-19 | 18.5-16.5 | 16-12.5 | ≤12 | ||
| Question 2 Evaluate two strategies to support families and carers who are providing end of life care in the community. (500 words) | /25 | Outstanding evaluation of two strategies to support families and carers who are providing end of life care in the community. | Excellent evaluation of two strategies to support families and carers who are providing end of life care in the community. | Very good evaluation of two strategies to support families and carers who are providing end of life care in the community. | Good evaluation of two strategies to support families and carers who are providing end of life care in the community. | Poor evaluation of two strategies to support families and carers who are providing end of life care in the community. |
| 25-21.5 | 21-19 | 18.5-16.5 | 16-12.5 | ≤12 |
| Question 3 Consider ways the multidisciplinary team provide coordinated, integrated palliative care for Mrs Tran in her home. (500 words) | /25 | Outstanding consideration of ways to provide coordinated, integrated palliative care for Mrs Tran in her home. | Excellent consideration of ways to provide coordinated, integrated palliative care for Mrs Tran in her home. | Very good consideration of ways to provide coordinated, integrated palliative care for Mrs Tran in her home. | Good consideration of ways to provide coordinated, integrated palliative care for Mrs Tran in her home. | Poor consideration of ways to provide coordinated, integrated palliative care for Mrs Tran in her home. |
| 25-21.5 | 21-19 | 18.5-16.5 | 16-12.5 | ≤12 | ||
| Academic style: Writes coherent responses using appropriate professional language to enhance understanding and logical flow of ideas. Uses correct sentence structure, grammar and punctuation. | /10 | Writes in an advanced style exhibiting highly coherent and logical flow of ideas. Organisation of material exhibits an advanced level of clarity. No errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation or sentence construction. | Writes clearly and succinctly with a coherent, logical flow of ideas exhibiting advanced clarity. No errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar or sentence construction. | Writes clearly and satisfactory use of language enables effective flow of ideas. Minor, infrequent errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar and sentence construction that do not impede flow of ideas. | Writing is reasonably clear, but at times the effective flow of ideas and meaning is hindered. Minor, frequent errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar and sentence construction sometimes impede the flow of ideas. | Writes in an elementary style with very basic use of language and poor articulation of ideas. It may be verbose, convoluted or difficult to read. Organisation of material and main points is unclear. The errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar and sentence construction impede meaning. |
| 10-8.5 | 8-7.5 | 7-6.5 | 6-5 | <4.5 | ||
| Sources Adequately and appropriately uses credible | /15 | Expert use of credible policies and peer-reviewed | Excellent use of credible policies and peer-reviewed | Very good use of credible policies and peer- | Good use of credible policies and peer- reviewed academic | Uses predominantly inappropriate or non- authoritative sources. |
| policies and peer-reviewed academic research and/or evidenced based journal articles to support evaluation and discussion. Referencing and in-text citations All sources of information must be clearly relevant and accurately cited applying conventions of in-text referencing for APA 7 style. A complete reference list is correctly formatted according to APA style. | academic research and/or evidenced based journal articles to support evaluation and discussion. Referencing technique is flawless and follows APA 7 convention both in- text and in the reference list. Evidence of cited sources is always clear and accurate. | academic research and/or evidenced based journal articles to support evaluation and discussion. Referencing technique follows APA 7 convention but contains infrequent minor errors. Evidence of cited sources is always clear and accurate. | reviewed academic research and/or evidenced based journal articles to support evaluation and discussion. Referencing technique follows APA 7 convention but contains infrequent errors. Evidence of cited sources clear and accurate. | research and/or evidenced based journal articles to support evaluation and discussion. There may be frequent minor errors in APA 7 referencing convention in in-text referencing and/or the reference list. Use of cited sources not always clearly evident. | or peer-reviewed academic research. Does not use evidenced based journal articles to support evaluation and discussion. There may be absent or incorrect use of APA referencing technique. Sources of information not correctly acknowledged. | |
| 15-13 | 12.5-11.5 | 11-10 | 9.5-7.5 | <7 |
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