Subject Code & Title: NUR2203 Nursing the Surgical Patient
Length: 2000 words +/-10% (including headings) (word length includes in-text referencing and excludes your reference list)
Assignment Objectives:
1.Demonstrate the use of research evidence for nursing practice applied to the care of a surgical patient
2.Augment skills in clinical decision making and reasoning through synthesising and analysing information required to care for a surgical patient
3.Apply appropriate assessment, problem solving, planning, prioritising of interventions to care for the selected client scenario chosen
4.Demonstrate the nurse’s role in monitoring and implementing prioritised nursing interventions in response to identified patient needs
5.Demonstrate the ability to communicate specific patient care issues succinctly according to scholarly writing and referencing conventions
NUR2203 Nursing the Surgical Patient Assignment- Southern Queensland University Australia.
Assessment Purpose:
Standard 1: Thinks critically and analyses nursing practice. RNs use a variety of thinking strategies and the best available evidence in making decisions and providing safe, quality nursing practice within person-centred and evidence-based frameworks.
Standard 4: Comprehensively conducts assessments. RNs accurately conduct comprehensive and systematic assessments. They analyse information and data and communicate outcomes as the basis for practice.
Standard 6: Provides safe, appropriate and responsive quality nursing practice. RNs provide and may delegate, quality and ethical goal directed actions. These are based on comprehensive and systematic assessment, and the best available evidence to achieve planned and agreed outcomes.
Standard 7: Evaluates outcomes to inform nursing practice.
RNs take responsibility for the evaluation of practice based on agreed priorities, goals, plans and outcomes and revises practice accordingly
Formatting Style:
Assignments should be presented using:
1.Double Line Spacing
2.Times New Roman, 12-point font
3.Use APA 7th formatting style. The first line of each paragraph is indented. The reference list starts on a new page with the heading References. References are listed alphabetically and have the second and subsequent
4.Present your assignment in a scholarly fashion i.e. academic writing conventions and written in the third person
5.Bullet points, numbering, use of tables or figures must not to be used
6.Use subheadings for each section
7.Separate page for references. The reference page is not included in the word count
8.Marking RUBRIC sheet attached as a separate document
NUR2203 Nursing the Surgical Patient Assignment- Southern Queensland University Australia.
Task description:
This assignment requires you to consider the case scenario of Wendy Green who has undergone a laparotomy.Your answer will concentrate on the first 24 hours of post-surgical care.
Subheadings are required for each question
1. Provide an Introduction
An introduction will provide clear scope about the direction of your assignment. This includes providing some background to your essay (not restating the case) and defining the issues that you will be addressing in your discussion.
Part A: Analyse the case to identify potential clinical issues and relevant nursing care
This section will focus on the first 24 hours of post-surgical care and involves prioritising nursing care for Wendy. Consider Wendy’s co-morbidities including obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), previous MI, asthma, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia in the context of having a general anaesthetic (GA) and in identifying your clinical issues.
1.Identify THREE (3) PRIORITY clinical issues for Wendy e.g. at risk of severe pain
2.Identify NURSING INTERVENTIONS for each of the three clinical issues e.g. Encourage deep breathing exercises hourly
3.Provide RATIONALES for each nursing intervention. Rationales justify your interventions and are referenced.Suggestion: Intervention: Encourage deep breathing exercises including use of the spirometry, hourly; Rationale:
Smith (2019) surmises that this promotes normal lung expansion increases oxygen levels, and is useful in preventing pneumonia and atelectasis
Part B: Discharge planning
1.Plan and prioritise discharge advice for Wendy.
2.In the discharge plan, consider the appropriate post-operative education for Wendy including the surgical procedure. Concisely provide a discharge plan and education around medication, prevention of post-operative
complications, psychosocial issues, and lifestyle modification.
3.Refrain from merely providing generic information. Be succinct and appropriate in your advice but also critically evaluate the information in the case and specifically relate this to your discharge plan.
NUR2203 Nursing the Surgical Patient Assignment- Southern Queensland University Australia.
Provide a CONCLUSION
Your conclusion succinctly summarises the main points of your assignment but this section is not an opportunity to introduce new information.
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