NSB303 Partnerships in Health and Illness. Semester 1. 2020. Dr Helen Donovan UC.
NSB303 Partnerships in Health and Illness.
Assessment 2. Collaborative Partnerships in Chronic Disease.
Choose one of the scenario based case studies below. Only work with the chosen
case study.
Please Note: The chapters highlighted are from your prescribed textbook, Living with Chronic Illness and Disability.
Principles for nursing practice. 3Ed. (2018). Eds. Chang and Johnson. The chapter may not be specific to the
developmental age or needs of the person in the case study but will be a good starting point for you.
Paediatric: 10-year-old schoolboy, Joshua with chronic asthma (diagnosed at 4 years of age),
who has become resistant to taking his preventor medications in the past 6 months. As a
result, he has had regular asthmatic events and acute admissions to hospital. His mother is
asking for assistance from the collaborative team to address his resistance. Ch.18. (Stumbles,
Andrus Allen & von Garnier, 2018)
Young adult: 21-year-old female professional violinist, Abbey diagnosed with insulin
dependent Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus 9 months ago. Due to her irregular working hours, she is
struggling to stabilize her Blood Glucose Level and is also noted to be in the obese BMI range
weighing 90 kgs with a height of 189cms. She has also been feeling very low and is
concerned that she is developing some symptoms of depression. She would like to address
both problems and is asking for assistance from the collaborative team. Ch.26 (Dunning
2018).
Adult: 45-year-old primary school teacher, Sylvia wheelchair bound due to paraplegia as the
result of a motorcycle accident 5 years ago. She is self-caring and able to continue working
as a teacher but is experiencing chronic back and shoulder musculo skeletal pain which she
can’t manage with her current medication regime. As a result she must take regular days
from work, which is impacting on her relationship with her students. She is asking for
assistance from the collaborative team to address her chronic pain and her student
relationship concerns. Ch.9 (Chisengantambu & McDonald 2018).
Older Adult: 85-year-old man, Ron diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease 8 years ago. His
ability to communicate and mobilise has become progressively more difficult. His wife is
concerned as he is becoming more frustrated with her and himself when she cannot
understand his requests, when he can’t independently self-care. She is asking for assistance
from the collaborative team to address their communication issues. Ch17. (Ray & Kavanagh,
2018.)
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