Examine common health conditions and issues related to older adulthood and identify strategies to implement

NURS7125 – Presentation
Assessment Overview:
This assessment item is a presentation exploring the Australian National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards
(NSQHS) and how these relate to the care of older adults. The NSQHS provide a consistent statement on the level of
care that consumers can expect from a Health Service. There are currently eight (8) NSQHS, additionally, a Sepsis
Clinical Care Standard has recently been launched.
Course learning objectives related to this assessment item
1. Examine common health conditions and issues related to older adulthood and identify strategies to implement
person centred care across a range of healthcare settings
2. Explore and critique nursing roles and inter-professional roles and relationships within health and community
care settings used by older adults
3. Demonstrate cultural responsiveness when working with older adults from Aboriginal and Torres Strait
communities and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, including older adults from lesbian,
gay, bisexual, transsexual and intersex communities
In preparation for the assessment:
• Access the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care on:
https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/standards/nsqhs-standards and study the NSQHS.
• Attendance at lectures and tutorials plus working steadily through the Blackboard modules for week 1-12 will
position students well to succeed in this assessment
• Read the clinical scenario provided.
Clinical scenario
Mrs Kale is an eighty (80) year old Torres Strait Islander woman admitted to the acute medical ward with left sided
hemiparesis post a Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA). Mrs Kale’s medical history includes Insulin Dependent Diabetes
Mellitus, Depression and Congestive Cardiac Failure. The treatment plan for Mrs Kale is to treat the CVA conservatively.
The estimated duration of admission in the acute medical ward is seven (7) days.
Your presentation:
• Provide an overview of two (2) NSQHS Standards relevant to the care of Mrs Kale during her admission.
• Critically describe how the identified NSQHS Standards support safety and quality in the care of Mrs Kale for the
duration of her admission. Your response should demonstrate a person-centred, culturally safe and
comprehensive approach to the care of Mrs Kale.
• Your presentation is recorded using Voice Over PowerPoint (or similar software) and the recording is uploaded to
Blackboard