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The purpose of this assessment is to promote both problem solving and care provision, including prioritising, within a clinical scenario.

For this assessment task, students must use Miller’s Functional Consequences Theory of Healthy Ageing as a theoretical framework.

2, 3, 7, 8, 10

Submission of assignments is by the Turnitin Assessment Dropbox in the unit LEO site only. Assessments may not be submitted by email.

Please be aware of the 24 hour lockout period for Turnitin and ensure you allow enough time for reporting and resubmission. Please also be aware if students all try to submit in the final 15 minutes before due time, the system may not accept your assignment on time and you may receive a late penalty. Issues with submission in the final hour before due time will not be considered as extenuating circumstances.

Marks for the assessment will be published on LEO. Marked assessments will be available online via drop box.

Please see over the page for Criterion Referenced Rubric for this assessment task.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ONLINE RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS

The LEO page for this unit contains further readings/ discussion forums.

TEXTS AND REFERENCES:

Required text(s)

There is no set text for this unit
Refer to the library requirements for reference lists (http://www.acu.edu.au/12292)

Recommended references

Hunter, S. (Ed). (2012). Miller’s nursing for wellness in older adults. Sydney: Wolters Kluwer/ Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins.

Levett-Jones, T. (Ed.). (2013). Clinical reasoning: Learning to think like a nurse. Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson.

Any comprehensive anatomy and physiology textbook Any comprehensive pharmacology textbook

Further references

Bayliss, J. (2008). Counselling skills in palliative care [rev. ed.). Salisbury, UK: Quay Books. Bolton, G. (Ed.). (2008). Dying, bereavement and the healing arts.London: Jessica Kingsley.

[ebook]
Boog, K., & Tester, C. (2008). Palliative care: A practical guide for the health professional: Finding

meaning and purpose in life and death. Edinburgh: Elsevier.
Brown, P. (2010). Health care of the older adult: An Australian and New Zealand perspective.

Warriewood, NSW: Woodslane Publishing. [ebook]

Carter, M-A. (2009). Childhood grief and loss: Exploring childhood bereavement. Brisbane: M.A. Carter Consultancy.

Touhy, T. A., & Jett, K. (2012). Ebersole and Hess’s toward healthy aging: Human needs and nursing response (8th ed.). St Louis, MO: Mosby.

King, C. R., & Hinds, P. (Eds.). (2012). Quality of life: From nursing and patient perspectives: Theory, research, practice (3rd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett.

McMurray, A. (2013). Healthy communities: The evolving roles of nursing. In J. Daly, S. Speedy & D. Jackson, D. (Eds.). Contexts of nursing: An introduction (4thed.). (Chapter 18). Sydney: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier. [ebook]

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McMurray, A., &Clendon, J. (2011). Community health and wellness: Primary health care in practice (4thed.). Chatswood, NSW: Elsevier.

Miller, C. A. (2015).Nursing for wellness in older adults: Theory and practice (7th ed.). Philadelphia, PA. : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Nay, R., & Garratt, S. (Eds.). (2009). Older people: Issues and innovations in care (3rd ed.). Chatswood, NSW: Elsevier. [ebook]

Payne, S., Seymour, J., &Ingleton, C. (2008).Palliative care nursing: Principles and evidence for practice (2nd ed.). Maidenhead, UK: Open University Press. [ebook]

Pomeroy, E. C., & Garcia, R. B. (2009). The grief assessment and intervention workbook: Strengths perspective. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning.

Ragan, S. L., Goldsmith, J., Wittenberg-Lyles, E. M., & Sanchez-Reilly, S. (2008). Communication as comfort: Multiple voices in palliative care. New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group. [ebook]

 

 

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