Essay Jones’ Clinical Reasoning Cycle – Mixed Dementia – Nursing Assignment Help

Assignment Task:

Assessment

My placement is in mercy care, from my placement I selected this case study please write according to comprehensive discussion and justification identifying the first two care priorities within a clinical scenario using the Levitt-Jones’ Clinical Reasoning Cycle.

General Instructions for the Assessment

The case study word limit is 1500 (plus or minus 20%). All words are calculated towards the word limit except for the cover page, title page, direct quotes, and end-text references. If you write less or more than this, penalties will apply.

• Students must adhere to the Assessment Guidelines when writing the essay
• All assessments should include a Turnitin Assessment Cover Sheet.
• Assessment will be written in academic essay format with an introduction, body and conclusion.
• Students required to use the APA referencing system and select seven to ten refereed articles that provide the strongest evidence for your topic.
• All articles must be ≤ 5 years old.
• Please use Turnitin to submit your assessment for marking and check for plagiarism before making a final submission. At the same time, download a copy of your final submission and the Similarity report and upload both files in Student Hub before the due date. 

Case Study 

This assessment will require you to submit a case study whilst on Professional Experience Placement. The case study must be completed on a patient you are caring for who has a chronic condition.

• You need to list all the care priorities from this scenario and present a comprehensive discussion and justification identifying the first two care priorities within a clinical scenario using the Levitt-Jones’ Clinical Reasoning Cycle.
• Students are required to provide critical analysis and justification of the care priorities using appropriate literature support.

Mixed Dementia

George is 85-year-old Non indigenous man. He admitted Acute care in Mercy care on 16/08/2019 and he was diagnosed as Mixed Dementia, NIDDM, Bowel cancer, HTN, Cataracts, Alcoholism, Vitamin deficiency and Osteoporosis.  

He underwent colorectal surgery 2012 and later on metastasis 2013 and he refused  further treatment.

George lives alone with his own private residence. He is allergic to sulphur, Elastoplast, Bee stings. His nutritional status is Diabetic diet.

GP prescribed following medication  Ardixgliclazide, Axit, calcium carbonate, celapram, Diaformin, Paracetamol, Aspirin and Vitamin D and tablets has been given  by crushed and mixed with yogurt.