Subject Learning Outcomes Evaluate the nursing assessment, care and management of people requiring key and common treatment modalities and relate it to the underlying pathology.
Discuss the cancer pathway including cancer control, rehabilitation and survivorship.
Select one cancer for both assessments 2 and 3, for example, bowel cancer, melanoma, breast cancer, lung cancer etc,
You are to critique 6 current and reputable sources of information about your selected cancer. The 6 sources are from academic journals, or a mixture of journal articles with a maximum of 2 official websites.
You are to analyse the articles by asking questions such as: What is good, what is bad about each source? How useful & relevant to nursing practice is the information from the source about your chosen cancer?
Evaluate the nursing assessment, care and management of people requiring key and common treatment modalities and relate it to the underlying pathology.
Discuss the cancer pathway including cancer control, rehabilitation and survivorship.
Explore the experience of a person living with cancer
Integrate the physiological impact of cancer treatment to the clinical presentation of people experiencing key adverse effects of cancer treatment.
Demonstrate an understanding of concepts of population health in cancer control.
Apply nursing theory to the psychosocial and spiritual care of people living with cancer.
Examine ethical issues arising from the care of people living with cancer.
Use and critique current evidence and research to support clinical decisions.
You are to create an educational resource for registered nurses about this cancer.
Imagine you are an experienced RN. You are tasked with developing a double-sided A4 handout for new nursing staff about this cancer. Your work area can be oncology, general wards, community, city or rural, ethnic or indigenous etc. Clearly state the circumstances of your work place, eg, Broken Hill Hospital, medical ward. Make the information in your resource relevant to your work place.
From your extensive research into your chosen cancer, decide what information for new staff needs to be in the resource. Convey this information in a user-friendly format. The information needs to be appropriate for nursing staff. If you want you can use illustrations – just don’t overdo it.
Evaluate the nursing assessment, care and management of people requiring key and common treatment modalities and relate it to the underlying pathology.
Discuss the cancer pathway including cancer control, rehabilitation and survivorship.
Explore the experience of a person living with cancer
Integrate the physiological impact of cancer treatment to the clinical presentation of people experiencing key adverse effects of cancer treatment.
Demonstrate an understanding of concepts of population health in cancer control.
Apply nursing theory to the psychosocial and spiritual care of people living with cancer.
Examine ethical issues arising from the care of people living with cancer.
Use and critique current evidence and research to support clinical decisions.
Selection and justification of six current and reputable sources of information about the chosen cancer (20%) Selects six appropriate, contemporary primary sources relating to the cancer, Each source is very well summarised and justified.
Selects six appropriate, contemporary primary sources relating to the cancer, Each source is reasonably well summarised and justified Selects six appropriate, contemporary primary sources relating to the cancer,
Most sources are reasonably well summarised and justified Mostly selects sources that are appropriate, contemporary primary sources relating to the cancer, Most sources are well summarised and justified Several sources are not appropriate, contemporary or primary sources relating to the cancer, Most sources are not well summarised and justified Most sources are not appropriate, contemporary or primary sources relating to the cancer,
Most or all sources are not well summarised and justified Most or all sources are not appropriate OR there is an absence of sources.
Critically analyses and synthesise sources (60%) Provides a critical review of the relevant literature.
Demonstrates outstanding levels of critical thinking by drawing together and summarising the strengths and weaknesses across the sources. Reveals what is known about the cancer and where the gaps in knowledge are.
Provides a critical review of the relevant literature. Demonstrates critical thinking by drawing together and summarising the strengths and weaknesses across the sources.
Reveals what is known about the cancer and where the gaps in knowledge are.
Provides a reasonable review of the relevant literature.
Demonstrates critical thinking by drawing together and summarising similar aspects across the sources. Reveals what is known about the cancer and where the gaps in knowledge are.
Limited evidence of critical thinking. Over-reliance on description rather than analysis & critique. The text does not fully reveal what is known about the topic, nor clearly identify any gaps in knowledge.
