analyse the health challenges that may arise across this woman’s lifespan as a result of her moderate intellectual disability and epilepsy
CASE HISTORY: Students are to focus on the following case history: an adult woman of 45 yearswith a moderate intellectual disability. This woman also has a chronic illness which is epilepsy.This woman lives in a community group home that is staffed by support workers and she attends adisability-specific day program Monday to Friday. You are the community nurse managing the holisticcare needs of this woman.QUESTION: Review the literature and write a 1500 word essay based on the case history listedabove that answers the following statement: “Critically analyse the health effects on a person ofhaving intellectual disability and a chronic illness and the impact of the nurses’ ability topromote the health and wellbeing of the person”.401014 – Health Variations 2Reassessment Task – Spring 2015©School of Nursing and Midwifery Page 2 of 5University of Western SydneyThe assessment criterion consists of the following guided statements:1. Critically analyse the health challenges that may arise across this woman’s lifespan as a resultof her moderate intellectual disability and epilepsy. Interpret how these health challenges mayimpact on her health and wellbeing. (10 marks: approximately 300-350 words)2. Using the ICF Model, discuss how the woman’s activity and participation are potentiallyaffected across her lifespan. (10 marks: approximately 300-350 words)3. Identify x1 nursing intervention/strategy for managing epilepsy from the peer reviewed literature(journals only). How will you as the community nurse adapt and implement thisstrategy/intervention to ensure optimal health and wellbeing across the woman’s lifespan?That is, what will YOU DO as the nurse for this woman and the staff who support her and HOWwill you do it in order to better manage her epilepsy and to make sure that the woman isincluded as much as possible? Examples of interventions/strategies include, but are not limitedto: self-management of medication, dietary modifications, managing day-to-day risk, relaxationtherapy, counselling, seizure first aid education, and epilepsy education. Students need to firstname and describe the intervention/strategy and then discuss in detail how, as the nurse, theywill adapt and then implement this intervention/strategy (20 marks: approximately 700-750words).4. Academic writing style. (5 marks)5. Referencing. (5 marks)NOTE:1. Students must write an essay that consists of an introduction, a body and aconclusion plus a reference list in APA 6th Edition style with a minimum of 6 peerreviewed academic references. Reference list and in-text citations are NOTincluded in the word count. The introduction and conclusion will be approximately 100words each. It is appropriate to cite the literature in your introduction and conclusion.2. There is a word limit of 1500 words. Use your computer to total the number of wordsused in your assignment. However, do not include the reference list at the end of yourassignment in the word count. In-text citations will be included in the additional 10%word count. If you exceed the word limit by more than 10% the marker will stopmarking at 1650 words plus 10%.
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