Adult nursing - Care Pathway

Adult nursin" rel="nofollow">ing - Care Pathway Order Description Patient Pathways of Care in" rel="nofollow">in Adult Nursin" rel="nofollow">ing I Guidance notes for assessment Type of Assessments: - Case study - a case study drawn from concurrent clin" rel="nofollow">inical placement in" rel="nofollow">in which the stu-dent draws on the evidence base for practice in" rel="nofollow">in order to analyse the assessment and care plannin" rel="nofollow">ing process. - Practice Assessment Document Description of task Task – 3000 word case study analysin" rel="nofollow">ing the assessment and care plannin" rel="nofollow">ing process. The student must: ? Select a patient pathway from current clin" rel="nofollow">inical placement experience. ? Justify the selection of the pathway with reference to national and local agendas. ? Analyse the assessment strategies utilised within" rel="nofollow">in the selected pathway from a bio-psycho-social perspective. This discussion should be underpin" rel="nofollow">inned by reference to contemporary evidence. ? Providin" rel="nofollow">ing examples from practice, consider ways in" rel="nofollow">in which the assessment of the pa-tients on the pathway impacts upon the care plannin" rel="nofollow">ing process. NB -Please remember to main" rel="nofollow">intain" rel="nofollow">in confidentiality of your health trust & patient The student should remember: These guidance notes should be used in" rel="nofollow">in conjunction with the assessment specification found in" rel="nofollow">in your handbook & the assessment lecture slides .that you clearly cover For this assignment you will need to ensure that you clearly cover all of the components identified in" rel="nofollow">in the assessment criteria. What does `analyse` mean? ? Evaluate ? Examin" rel="nofollow">ine ? Interpret ? Unpick ? Judge ? Critique ? Consider ? What are the consequences? ? Separate ? Thin" rel="nofollow">ink through ? How can I relate contemporary research to my case study? Your work MUST be underpin" rel="nofollow">inned by relevant & contemporary research. By con-temporary this means try & use literature which is no more than 5 years old. There are certain" rel="nofollow">in circumstances when older literature can be used, when usin" rel="nofollow">ing the semin" rel="nofollow">inal work of an author, or where there is a lack of research in" rel="nofollow">in the field you are discussin" rel="nofollow">ing. You need to demonstrate that you have obtain" rel="nofollow">ined literature from a range of sources i.e. books, journals or websites. You need to make the judgement whether these sources are credible & academic. How many references do I use? I thin" rel="nofollow">ink it would be reasonable to say for a case study of this length approximately 20 references or more, would about right. 20 references would show evidence of wide readin" rel="nofollow">ing on the assignment subject. Assignment Structure Introduction First paragraph – in" rel="nofollow">include what you in" rel="nofollow">intended to in" rel="nofollow">include in" rel="nofollow">in this assignment – re- word the criteria presented in" rel="nofollow">in your handbook. A defin" rel="nofollow">inition of an in" rel="nofollow">integrated care, pathway. Main" rel="nofollow">in body You will need to cover all the components of your assignment. Select a defin" rel="nofollow">ined patient pathway from clin" rel="nofollow">inical placement area. There are many to choose from as covered in" rel="nofollow">in the lecture sessions. Justify the selection of this pathway with reference to national & local agen-das. You need to discuss prevalence of this condition/ illness/ procedure in" rel="nofollow">in the population as a whole and tell the marker why this has relevance to your nursin" rel="nofollow">ing practice. Also state the national agenda, this could be the NICE guidelin" rel="nofollow">ines/pathway for this condition/illness/procedure and how this in" rel="nofollow">informs your local health trust on how they assess and care for patients with this condition/illness/procedure. Now in" rel="nofollow">introduced your patient (this is a case study), give a brief account of the clin" rel="nofollow">inical scenario you are goin" rel="nofollow">ing to discuss. Analyse the assessment strategies utilised within" rel="nofollow">in this selected pathway from a bio-psycho-social perspective. This discussion should be underpin" rel="nofollow">inned by refer-ence to contemporary evidence. Chose 3 assessments from chosen pathway , one that illustrates a biological assessment , one that illustrates a psychological assessment & one assessment that illustrates a social assessment. Give a rationale . Why you chose this particular assessment & the relevance to your patient in" rel="nofollow">in your case study. Try to in" rel="nofollow">include assessment tools, if you do not give a rationale for not in" rel="nofollow">in-cludin" rel="nofollow">ing them. When you analyse the assessment process, you must un-derpin" rel="nofollow">inned this with relevant contemporary evidence. Providin" rel="nofollow">ing examples from practice, consider ways in" rel="nofollow">in which the assessment process of the patients on the pathway impacts upon the care plannin" rel="nofollow">ing proc-ess. Tell the marker what was the result of your assessments? How did this in" rel="nofollow">inform your nursin" rel="nofollow">ing care? How did this in" rel="nofollow">inform you care plan? What would have been the consequence of you not assessin" rel="nofollow">ing your patient as you did? How do these assessments in" rel="nofollow">interrelate? Again" rel="nofollow">in underpin" rel="nofollow">inned this section with relevant contemporary evidence. Conclusion For this part of your essay you will be summarisin" rel="nofollow">ing the main" rel="nofollow">in poin" rel="nofollow">ints of your case study, do not brin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in here any new ideas, comments or research. This is not a lengthy section; a few lin" rel="nofollow">ines will suffice here. NB It is up to you whether you use sub-headin" rel="nofollow">ings or not within" rel="nofollow">in your work. Please ensure you proof read your work, to make sure it flows well, is coherent and the grammar is correct. This guidance will be given to the markers of your case study.