Subject Code & Title :- NUR272 Palliative Rehabilitation And Continuing Care
Assessment Type :- Assignment 1
Weighting :- 50% of total mark
Individual/Group :- Individual
Goal :- To locate and critique current literature relevant to a selected topic in palliative and end of life care and report the findings.
Word count :- 2000 words (including in-text citations and text in the table but excluding Reference List).±10% margin applies.
NUR272 Task 1 Palliative Rehabilitation And Continuing Care – AU.

Course Learning Outcomes assessed :-

1.Explore the literature on the physical, psychological social and spiritual well being of those persons living with life limiting illnesses and their families.

2. Learn of and apply core values as recognised by industry standards and discuss the importance of these core values with relevance to caring for those at the end of life.

Task instructions :-

1. Read these Instructions and the Rubric very carefully.

2.Select one (1) of the three topics on the next page to address in your Literature Review.

3.You are encouraged to use the Assignment Calculator to plan your work this is explained in the Sway.

4.Use the format below to structure your document, including the table.

5.Follow the steps in the sway to work through the Review.

6.Submit first for the Turn It In check submitting your work as a Word document A Turn-It-In report will be generated indicating any inadvertent plagiarism. Amend your work if required.

7.When you are ready to submit your final version, upload your completed work as a Word document.

NUR272 Assignment 1 Palliative Rehabilitation And Continuing Care – AU.

Presentation requirements :-
• Conform to the requirements of academic writing including academic language and document layout font style and size line spacing and margins).
• Use the structure and table provided in these Instructions.
• Use APA7 referencing style (see the sway in the Assignments section).

Assessment criteria :-
1.Relevance of selected topic Selected topic is clear Explains its relevance to PEoLC.

2.Search strategy and information systems Manages information systems to identify relevant peer-reviewed literature to explore the selected topic. 8-10 peer-reviewed journal articles are included.

3.Appraisal of articles. Critically appraises the selected articles to identify key issues in the selected topic. Includes use of table.

4.Critical analysis of findings. Critically analyses findings to address the selected topic and its relationship to the regulation of PEoLC provision.

5.Structure presentation and clarity of expression Submission as per Task Instructions Logical organisation of ideas and writing Spelling grammar and punctuation accurate. Clear and concise introduction and conclusion.

6.Ethical use of intellectual property Compliance with APA7 guidelines for paraphrasing referencing and citation Literature cited is contemporary relevant and academically credible.

CHOOSE ONE TOPIC
In selecting one of the three topics below, you will identify three key issues within that topic to enable you to search and analyse the peer-review literature to understand the issues better.

NUR272 Task 1 Palliative Rehabilitation And Continuing Care – AU.

To do this you will:
• select one of the three topics below
• identify key search terms
• construct your search strategy
• present your findings using the table provided, and
• critically analyse the three key issues making clear links to the topic you’ve selected and demonstrating how the Standards and Guidelines that regulate palliative and end-of-life care relate to the key issues you identify.

Topic 1: A lifespan view of palliative and end-of-life care
Palliative and end-of-life care can be provided across the lifespan from neonates to children to adole scents and young adults to adults and to older persons. Select one of these age groups and identify three key issues that relate specifically to that group. For example you might choose from these issues: access to services types of illnesses; trajectories of illness specific care needs settings of care communication approaches to patients and families working in teams self-care for healthcare professionals. If you identify other issues you are free to examine them as part of your selection of three key issues.

Topic 2: Skilled communication by nurses in palliative and end-of-life care
Skilled communication by nurses is a core activity in palliative and end-of-life care. Yet for many nurses it is a challenging and confronting task particularly in settings of care where expected deaths of patients are
uncommon. What are three key issues relating to skilled communication by nurses in palliative and end-of-life care?

For example you might choose from these issues: settings of care demographics of patient groups stage of illness proximity to death existential distress practice experience of nurses self-care of nurses. If you identify other issues you are free to examine them as part of your selection of three key issues.

Topic 3: Multidisciplinary teamwork in palliative and end-of-life care
Working with in multi disciplinary teams is a central characteristic of the provision of palliative and end-of life care in many settings. Yet these teams sometimes struggle to work cohesively. What are three key issues in the operation of multidisciplinary teams in palliative and end-of-life care?

NUR272 Task 1 Palliative Rehabilitation And Continuing Care – AU.

For example you might choose from these issues: settings of care; location of healthcare services; use of
communication frame works referral pathways; interdisciplinary conflict communication skills. If you identify other issues you are free to examine them as part of your selection of three key issues.

STRUCTURE OF REVIEW :-
The approach described below uses a particular structure to literature reviews that you would commonly find in many journal articles and books. Follow this structure in writing your review. Word counts for each section are indicative only the final word count is the one that is measured.

Review the Sway relating to this Assessment Task. It provides step by step instructions on how to under take a review of the literature.

NUR272 Task 1 Palliative Rehabilitation And Continuing Care – AU.

Introduction :-
Provide two or three paragraphs informing the reader of the focus of the literature review This should include why the topic is important in the healthcare system generally and in palliative and end-of-life care specifically. Do not simply cut and paste the topic into the Introduction.

Search strategy :-
Tell the reader how you went about finding the relevant literature for this review This should include key search terms (ie: specific words) and the databases used (eg: CINAHL, PubMed, etc).

NUR272 Task 1 Palliative Rehabilitation And Continuing Care – AU.

You should end up with a selection of between 8-10 articles published from 2016 onwards that inform your under standing of the topic you selected.

NUR272 Assignment 1 Palliative Rehabilitation And Continuing Care .
Tell the reader what you discovered in your search from your reading, choose between 8-10 articles published since 2016 and provide a short explanation of these issues. Using the table template below map out the key issues they raise relating to the selected topic:

• Note the authors’ names and year of publication like you would for an in-text citation in the left column.
• Note the key issues in the other three columns – brief, bullet point comments that show the information
you’ve identified. It’s not necessary to provide lengthy explanations in the table. It’s also possible that not
all articles will discuss all three key issues, but articles are able to be included if they are clearly relevant.
• EXAMPLE ONLY: The sample topic in the table below explores how decisions about care are made in
palliative and end-of-life care. Each publication provides some insights into this, which are noted in the
bullet points.