Homework: Nursing and the Aging Family
Text Book: American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN]. (2008). The essentials of baccalaureate education for professional nursing practice. Washington, DC: Author.
Directions:
I. Introduction (minimum 1/2 page):
Write an introduction but do not use "Introduction" as a heading in accordance with the rules put forth in the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (2010, p. 63).
Headers:
o Course Reflection
o Conclusion
Introduces the purpose of the reflection and addresses BSN Essentials (AACN, 2008) pertinent to healthcare policy and advocacy.
Purpose:
The purpose of this assignment is to provide the student an opportunity to reflect on selected RN-BSN competencies acquired through the course.
o The students will identify the physiological process of aging.
o The students will be able to differentiate the adaptative human response to the aging process.
o The student will be able to manage and care older adults and their families.
II. Body (minimum 2 pages):
The BSN Essentials (AACN, 2008) outline a number of healthcare policy and advocacy competencies for the BSN-prepared nurse. Reflect on the course readings, discussion threads, and applications you have completed across this course and write a reflective essay regarding the extent to which you feel you are now prepared to Nursing and the Aging Family and:
• "Conduct comprehensive and focused physical, behavioral, psychological, spiritual, socioeconomic, and environmental assessments of health and illness parameters in patients, using developmentally and culturally appropriate approaches.
• Recognize the relationship of genetics and genomics to health, prevention, screening, diagnostics, prognostics, selection of treatment, and monitoring of treatment effectiveness, using a constructed pedigree from collected family history information as well as standardized symbols and terminology.
• Implement holistic, patient centered care that reflects an understanding of human growth and development, pathophysiology, pharmacology, medical management, and nursing management across the health illness continuum, across the lifespan, and in all healthcare settings.
• Communicate effectively with all members of the healthcare team, including the patient and the patient's support network.
• Deliver compassionate, patient centered, evidence-based care that respects patient and family preferences.
• Implement patient and family care around resolution of end of life and palliative care issues, such as symptom management, support of rituals, and respect for patient and family preferences.
• Provide appropriate patient teaching that reflects developmental stage, age, culture, spirituality, patient preferences, and health literacy considerations to foster patient engagement in their care.
• Implement evidence-based nursing interventions as appropriate for managing the acute and chronic care of patients and promoting health across the lifespan.
• Monitor client outcomes to evaluate the effectiveness of psychobiological interventions.
• Facilitate patient centered transitions of care, including discharge planning and ensuring the caregiver's knowledge of care requirements to promote safe care.
• Provide nursing care based on evidence that contributes to safe and high-quality patient outcomes within healthcare microsystems.
• Create a safe care environment that results in high quality patient outcomes.
• Revise the plan of care based on an ongoing evaluation of patient outcomes.
• Demonstrate clinical judgment and accountability for patient outcomes when delegating to and supervising other members of the healthcare team.
• Manage care to maximize health, independence, and quality of life for a group of individuals that approximates a beginning practitioner's workload
• Demonstrate the application of psychomotor skills for the efficient, safe, and compassionate delivery of patient care.
• Develop a beginning understanding of complementary and alternative modalities and their role in health care.
• Develop an awareness of patients as well as healthcare professionals' spiritual beliefs and values and how those beliefs and values impact health care.
• Manage the interaction of multiple functional problems affecting patients across the lifespan, including common geriatric syndromes. 20. Understand one's role and participation in emergency preparedness and disaster response with an awareness of environmental factors and the risks they pose to self and patients
• Engage in caring and healing techniques that promote a therapeutic nurse patient relationship.
• Demonstrate tolerance for the ambiguity and unpredictability of the world and its effect on the healthcare system as related to nursing practice." (pp. 31-32).
III. Conclusion (minimum 1/2 page)
An effective conclusion identifies the main ideas and major conclusions from the body of your essay. Minor details are left out. Summarize the benefits of the pertinent BSN Essential and sub-competencies (AACN, 2008) pertaining to scholarship for evidence-based practice
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the homework, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.