Nursing for health
Level 6 Nursing
SCase Study
The patient was a 60-year-old man who was diagnosed with moderate COPD three years ago. He was admitted due to dyspnoea and a chronic cough. The patient has been smoking for the last 15 years and was undertaking a smoking cessation course suggested by his GP. The patient was prescribed a long-acting bronchodilator and a course of inhaled corticosteroids. The patient needed to be encouraged to participate actively in his self-management plan.
May you please inform me if you are happy to use this patient for my assignment?
This patient sounds ideal for the purpose of the case study. Do have a little think about the principles of self-management support…. as this is much more about partnership working rather than encouraging someone to participate (which sounds a little like telling someone what to do). So do be careful to get the way of working correct.
Above are the details to use for the criteria below
ADULT HEALTH ASSESSMENT DETAILS
Step 1. Identify a person with a long-term condition from your practice experience. The person you choose for the focus of your assignment must be living with a long-term condition.
Step 2.
Design a plan of self-management support to meet the person’s needs.
Step 3.
Write a 3000-word essay that critically analyses the self-management support plan you have designed for the person you have chosen.
Your essay should address the following five areas:
1. Discuss the key principles of self-management support, placing this in the context of local and national long-term conditions policy and initiatives.
2. Discuss the chosen person’s experience of the long-term and the associated physical, psychological and social impact.
3. Analyse the evidence and underlying principles for the self-management support plan you have designed. Consider the associated benefits and potential challenges.
4. Evaluate the quality of the self-management support plan that you have suggested and conclude with evidence-based recommendations about how people could be best supported to self-manage their long-term condition.
5. Ensure your work is fluent, accurate written in an appropriate academic style and supported by relevant reference material.
Learning outcome 1 Critically evaluate the contribution that an individual’s lived experience makes to providing therapeutic nursing interventions, optimising health, facilitating choice and supporting self-care and management.
Learning outcome 2 Critically apply knowledge of the impact of societal influences such as discrimination, social exclusion and stigma on your nursing practice.
Learning outcome 3 Critically apply concepts of recovery and living well with conditions to nursing practice.
Learning outcome 4 With an understanding of the political context of healthcare and the evolution of the idea of an empowered health service user, critically discuss the corresponding implications for nursing practice.
