Assignment Task
The purpose of this essay is to demonstrate your understanding of your chosen health condition from information you have obtained from your reading of the peer-reviewed, contemporary literature. You will discuss the relevant biopsychosocial factors of your chosen condition, discuss one current evidence-based psychosocial nursing intervention, and discuss relevant nursing education for this condition. Please read the following information carefully for further clarification.
In your essay, you are required to address the following:
Introduction
- Identify the chosen health condition and provide a brief introduction and background to the condition, e.g., what it is, its prevalence, its impact on health and the health system etc.
- Identify its relevance to your profession.
- Provide a navigation statement to your essay (e.g., this essay will discuss…).
Biopsychosocial factors – analyze your chosen health condition using biological, psychological, and social parameters. In your response, you may consider the following points
- Biological: Usual presentation, signs and symptoms, onset, aetiology, genetics, etc.
- Psychological: Mental health considerations, comorbid psychiatric illnesses, personality considerations, burden of illness, etc.
- Social: Impact on the person and their immediate family, cultural considerations, socioeconomic background, etc.
Intervention
- Discuss one current evidence-based psychosocial nursing intervention you could use to manage your chosen health condition.
Education
- Discuss one consideration that can impact (improve or worsen) the long-term health and well-being of a person and their immediate family in the context of your chosen health condition.
- Describe how you will provide education to improve their health outcomes.
Conclusion
- Provide a conclusion relevant to the purpose of your paper with a summary of the major content areas.