NURS11169 Health Across Life Stages Short Assignment
- Subject Code :
NURS11169
Answers the following questions in Brief
1. Describe the stages and milestones of the lifespan.
2. Identify broad health challenges that may be associated with people at a particular life stage and consider individual differences to be able to ensure person-centred care.
3. Discuss individual circumstances that could impact on health outcomes and the provision of care to individuals such as those who may be homeless, identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer or Questioning (LGBTIQQ), those impacted by domestic and/or family violence, alcohol and/or other drug use, or disability, those from a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background, religion, refugees or other displaced persons.
4. Describe the impact of life stage on end of life experiences on a person, their significant others and yourself as a health professional.
Answers the following questions in Detail
1. Identify two (2) individual circumstances for Juli. For EACH individual circumstance:
· Discuss one impact that the individual circumstance may have on Juli’s health outcomes
· Describe one example of person-centred care you could provide to Juli, and explain how this is relevant to the individual circumstance
2. Identify the life stage that Juli is in according to Erikson’s eight stages of development (Harvey, 2021). Explain the impact that this life stage could have on end-of-life experiences for:
· Juli
· Juli’s significant others (e.g., husband, children – choose one)
3. Identify one (1) broad health challenge that Juli may have experienced at end of life. Explain how this broad health challenge may impact a person at end of life.
4. Juli died at home as a result of breast cancer. Do you think this was a ‘good’ death or a ‘bad’ death? Explain your answer.
5. Reflect on what you have learned from Juli’s story. Describe how it may impact your practice as a health professional. Use Borton’s reflective model (adapted by Rolfe and colleagues (2001) to structure your response.
