Due date Friday 9th August 2024, 1200 noon

Due date Friday 9th August 2024, 1200 noon

Task type Essay

Submission method Students will submit via a Moodle Assignment FolderAssessment Task 2: Essay SUBMIT HEREwith Turnitin enabled.

Weight 40%

Length 2500 words (+/- 10%) includes in-text citations

Referencing You will find and read a wide variety of scholarly sources on the topic, integrating a minimum of 15 peer-reviewed references. These should be no more than Seven (7) years old unless of historical significance and/or of specific relevance to the topic.

Include in-text citations throughout the essay to credit any information or ideas that are not your own.

This unit requires you to reference your article using APA 7th edition referencing style.Refer to Federation University FedCite website for more information:https://federation.edu.au/library/student-resources/fedciteTime allocation You should allocate approximately 18- 25 hours for researching and completing this task.

Task Overview

Students will choose a patient from a diverse population, based on their previous experiences in caring for a person from a diverse population, and will prepare a nursing practice report. Students will discuss the significance of diversity within that population and critically evaluate and reflect upon their nursing practice against the NMBA (2016) Registered Nurse Standards for Practice.

Task Purpose

This assignment will help students analyse and critically evaluate their nursing practice in the context of providing care to individuals from diverse populations. This task will foster a deeper understanding of the complexities and challenges associated with nursing in diverse settings and will promote culturally safe evidence-based practices across diverse settings.

Topic: Older people in residential care.

Introduction

Include a brief outline of the case. Include why you have chosen that patient, what was different or what did you find difficult in caring for a patient from this population.

Briefly outline the care that you provided to them remembering to de-identify all information.

(Approx 300 words)

Identify why your chosen population is considered diverse and include:

Social determinants of healthand how they impact this population.

Health inequalities(the differences in health status between population groups) such as differences in wellbeing, risk of disease, abuse/violence, healthy life expectancy, morbidity and mortality.

Health inequities(differences in health status between population groups that are socially produced, systematic in their unequal distribution across the population, avoidable and unfair) such as differences in access, affordability, income etc.

Health outcomes Discuss key health issues impacting this population i.e. certain diseases, mental health issues, injuries etc

Care Considerations- Using current evidence-based practice, discuss the nursing care considerations that would be important in caring for an individual of this population.

(Approx 700 words)

Critically reflect and evaluate:

Reflect upon your own practice whilst caring for this patient and identify your strengths and areas for development (including gaps, weaknesses, and bias). Did you find anything particularly difficult? Is there something that you feel you did well in relation to caring for this population?

Consider changes that you may need to make to your practice in the future and how you would apply these using evidence-based practice. Your discussion should highlight and link tothreeRegistered Nurse Standards.

For Example, Standard 2: Engaging in a therapeutic and professional relationship.

How to communicate effectively, and how to be respectful of your chosen populations dignity, culture, values, beliefs and rights.

How to provide support and direct your chosen population to resources to optimise their health-related decisions.

(Approx 1500 words)

PRESENTATION AND FORMAT

You are required to use headings to structure your report. However, your report should include logically structured discussion sections. The Report will be presented as a formal academic paper and academic writing should be formatted according to the following:

Cover page include student name, student ID, campus, campus coordinator name, and total word count (not including reference list).

The preferred layout of your paper should be 1.5/double spaced with block paragraphing (no indenting). Do not indent the first line of each paragraph.

Page numbers are to be included on the bottom left corner of the page.

12-point font.

Any task that is under or over the allocated limits by 10% will attract a deduction from the final mark for the task.