CPC105 Care of Persons with a Chronic Condition

Task Summary

For this assessment, you are required to present your personal and reflective beliefs, values and attitudes in a reflective piece of 1000 words. You will reflect on how these beliefs, values and attitudes influence your approach to patient interactions and the nursing care you provide to patients. Furthermore, your learning and personal growth will be reflected upon and how such growth will influence future provision of care for patients experiencing chronic conditions.

For this individual assessment, you have been given a hypothetical case study of a patient suffering from a chronic condition (see Appendix 1A).

Context

This assessment task aims to develop your understanding of the key influences on the provision of nursing care and the care planning of patients with chronic conditions. It sets out to illustrate the professional and personal dilemmas registered nurses can face when developing therapeutic relationships with patients and delivering nursing care. Person‐centred care and the involvement of family members is also considered in this assessment task along with self‐care abilities of patients and families. The case study of Joi Anderson has been extended and will be used in this reflective writing piece.

This assessment task provides you the opportunity to communicate your beliefs, values and

attitudes, challenge such thinking and to discover ways in which you can provide person‐centred care to all patients, irrespective of social, cultural, religious, and/or political views. It is through such reflective thinking that you learn from your experiences, build upon them and become a competent registered nurse.

Task Instructions

You are required to reflect upon and analyse your own beliefs, values and attitudes and the influence these may have on the nursing care you provide to your patients with chronic illnesses. In reflective writing style and in 1000 words, consider the following:

1. Do you believe Joi and her family are able to engage in self‐care and lifestyle practices that promote her chronic health condition? Are there any religious or chronic disease barriers to this engagement in self‐care? Explain your
2. Reflect on how your beliefs, values and attitudes might affect the development of a therapeutic relationship with Joi and her family and the implementation of person‐centred
3. How will your respect for Joi and her family’s choices and lifestyle impact the nursing care provided to Joi?
4. Has completing this assessment changed, broadened, or challenged your beliefs and attitudes? Explain your answer?
5. Identify how you can use this learning in relation to the provision of nursing care and care planning for patients with chronic

Reflective writing

Reflective writing ordinarily occurs in the first person and works best when you think deeply about a topic and look at both the positives as well as opportunities to improve in a situation.

Please visit the Academic Skills Blackboard page for an overview of reflective writing in higher education: https://laureate‐ au.blackboard.com/webapps/blackboard/content/listContent.jsp?course_id=_20163_1&content_id

=_2498857_1&mode=reset

Please also be aware of the following requirements:

• Present your own original work using multiple academic references from academic books, peer reviewed scientific journal articles and other credible sources (.edu, .gov and .org webpages).
• No introduction and conclusion required for this assessment
• Headings can be used for this assessment No dot points allowed.
• Adhere to the word count (1000 words (+/‐10%) excluding the reference
• Academic references are to be included on a separate page using APA (7^th ) guidelines.
• Your assessment must be submitted as a word document and not in protected
• Your assessment should be in 12‐point font, Arial or Times New Roman, 5 line spaced and a minimum of 2.5cm margins.

Referencing

5+ references are required for this assessment task. Use recent, relevant and reliable resources to complete this task. These should be peer reviewed literature, related to the subject matter and no older than seven years.

It is essential that you use appropriate APA (7th ed.) referencing style for citing and referencing research. Please see more information on referencing here http://library.laureate.net.au/research_skills/referencing

Submission Instructions

Submit Assessment 1 Part B via the Assessment link in the main navigation menu in CPC105 Care of Persons with a Chronic Condition. The Learning Facilitator will provide feedback via the Grade Centre in the LMS portal. Feedback can be viewed in My Grades.