1.Critically understand developmental and disease processes and the ways in which this manifests in people in the field.
2.Criticallyevaluatethesafetyandeffectivenessofcarewhenplanningandimplementingcareforadultnursing.
Whatisacasestudy?Theterm‘casestudy’doeshaveanumberofdefinitionsincludingbeingaresearchmethodology,whichsomeofyoumayhaveseen.Asfarastheessayisconcerned,thecasestudy(sometimesreferredtoasacasereport)isamethodofsharinginformationaboutthecircumstances(forexample,theillness/injury,theinvestigationsandthecare)ofaparticularindividual(thecase).Yourcasestudyisliterallyanessaybasedonanindividualpatient.
Casestudy•
You, will need to critically discuss the illness/condition/disease process,including any relevant applied physiology ,and the treatment and nursing interventions/careincluded.
•You may wish to choose a particular focus for your essay,forexample,the safe administration of oxygen at home for a patient withCOPDorpainmanagementinapostoperativepatient.•Ifyoudochoosetofocusonaparticularaspect,tellusyouaredoingsoandprovidesomerationaleinyouressay.–Forexample,ifIstickwiththeCOPDexampleabove,youcouldbrieflydiscusswhatCOPDis,includingtherelatedphysiology(i.e.howitaffectsthestructureofthealveoliandhowthisaffectsoxygendeliveryandcarbondioxideelimination).–Youcouldthenwritesomethingalongthelinesof,“TheremainderofthisessaywillfocusonthesafeadministrationofoxygentoMrs_____inherownhome.Thiswasaparticularissueinthiscasebecause…”
•Rememberthatyouarenotsimplytellingastory.Thiswillleadtocommentsthatyouhavebeentoodescriptive.–Instead,you aretocritically discussthe issues involved,for example,was thecaregiven inlinewith current evidence? If not, whynot?–Remember that we discussed criticalthinking andcriticalwriting duringthe introduction to the module.The recordings and slides for this session are still available via Brightspace a
