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80-100%
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Assignment – Questions
Assessment weight: 80%
Instructions
Students are to answer all questions below (16 questions)
Answers are to be presented academically with appropriate referencing using Harvard Style referencing system. Overall word count for this assignment is 1500-1800 words approximately.
Please see marks for the general description criteria allocated to each question (see marking guide for this assignment).
1. Explain the principles of confidentiality in the health care environment. /4 marks
2. What are the types of small groups and work teams that nurses are likely to be involved in?
/3 marks
3. What is group dynamics and what are the attributes that aid groups in working effectively? /4marks
4. Describe the communication strategy that could be implemented when establishing a therapeutic relationship with the following types of clients. /5 marks
? Cultural differences
? Religious practices
? Language barriers
? Physical disabilities
? Intellectual disability/emotional disorders
5. Health records are legal documents. What are the requirements of documentation in the health care environment? /5 marks
6. Discuss the meaning of a nurse’s duty of care. /3 marks
7. Briefly explain five (5) potential constraints to effective communication? /5 marks
8. What is e-Health and what are the advantages of e-Health? /3 marks
9. Explain the meaning of informed consent and give an example of informed consent in the health setting. /3 marks
10. Define open disclosure and briefly explain the key principles of open disclosure. /8 marks
11. Clinical Handover can pose a high risk scenario for the client’s safety. There are dangers of discontinuity of care, adverse events and legal claims of malpractice. Describe the SBAR framework for handovers. /4 marks
12. Describe the role of the Australian Health Practitioners Regulatory Agency (AHPRA). /4 marks
13. Briefly describe two (2) nursing Codes and two (2) nursing Guidelines relevant to professional practice as an Enrolled Nurse? /4marks
14. What is the function of performance appraisal and development in the workplace? /4 marks
15. Using the example given below as your guide, research the following medical terms. Provide a definition for each and where possible, break the word down into the meanings of the prefix, word root and suffix. /6 marks
Example:
Hyperglycaemic (Hyper/glyc/aemia)
Hyper-: hyper-above; excessive Prefix meaning high, beyond, excessive, or above normal
glycos/o glucose; sugar
aemia blood condition (Note American spelling will omit the ‘a’ and cite ‘emia’)
Definition: high sugar in the blood
(Medical Terminology, prefixes, roots and suffixes, Website)
(http://www.globalrph.com/medterm4b.htm)
i. Hypertonic (Hyper/ton/ic)
ii. Hypoglycaemia (Hypo/glyc/aemia)
iii. Hypotonic (Hypo/ton/ic)
iv. Appendicitis (Appendic/itis)
v. Gastritis (Gastr/itis)
vi. Osteotomy (Oste/otomy)
16. Read the following case study and document the events that occurred. Be objective and keep to the facts, you are documenting as you would in the clients progress notes following an incident. Use the Focus Charting system outlined in Koutoukidis, Stainton and Hughson, 2013.
/5 marks
You arrived at work at 0645 for a 0700 start on Wednesday 10th July, 2013. You are the Enrolled Nurse in charge this morning on the high care section of Casuarina Aged Care. There is a Registered nurse working the morning shift in the hostel. You are in the office sorting your morning tasks when you hear a crash and someone cry for help. Outside, you find Mrs James an 84 year old resident sprawled on the pavement beside a bench seat; her wheelie walker is on the ground beside her. The Casuarina home’s pet cat sits nearby. Her chin has a deep gash in it which is steadily bleeding. Her left forearm is sitting at a 45% angle and you suspect is fractured. She is alert to time and place but visibly distressed and in pain. You take the scene in at a glance and suspect that Mrs James has tripped up on the home’s cat and hit her chin on the bench seat as she went down. You shout for help and instruct the AIN that arrives to call an ambulance. She does so whilst another nurse collects the blood pressure cuff and the dressing trolley. You apply a pad and bandage to Mrs James Chin to stop the bleeding, and carefully support her arm in a sling. You take a set of observations which are as follows: BP 160/90, Pulse 96, Respirations 18, Temperature 36.5°. The RN from the hostel comes to help and calls the locum GP for the home and gets a phone order for subcutaneous morphine 2.5mg from Doctor Gray. Leaving Mrs James with the AIN, You listen to the phone order and together draw up and administer the pain relief. At 0700 the ambulance arrives and after giving handover to the ambulance officers, they transfer Mrs James to the nearby hospital for treatment. You call Mrs James son who lives interstate, and is her only next of kin. You call Dr Cathcart who is Mrs. James GP and alert him of the fall. You call Rhonda, the Director of Care at the Casuarina home to report the incident. She advised you to complete an incident report and to document the event in Mrs James notes. You then photocopy Mrs James prescribed medications and nursing care plan and fax then to the admitting hospital. Whilst you have been dealing with Mrs James, the RN from the hostel has commenced your medication round for you. Before going back to your tasks you document the incident in Mrs James notes, it is now 0745, you write ‘Falls Incident’ and highlight the heading as is the procedure at Casuarina Aged Care Facility.
Please write an entry in the client’s progress notes using the Focus Charting system.
This assignment will be marked as per this written assessment marking guide.
Criteria Percentage
General description
• Correctly interprets question/task
• Comprehensive and thorough discussion of all requirements
• Demonstrates understanding of important requirements 70%
(see marks
allocated to each question)
Reading & research
• Identify, analyse and evaluate information from a variety of sources
10% (overall)
Referencing
• As per Referencing Guide (Harvard system)
10% (overall)
Writing
• Clearly conveys concepts. Spelling grammar, punctuation and logical structure.
10% (overall)
Total 100% (overall)