Graduate Certification in Aged Care Nursing

Running head: NURSING
Nursing:
Name of the student:
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Section 1:
The graduate certification in Aged Care Nursing is a program of the Australian College
of Nursing that focus on teaching the principles of age care nursing practice. The aim of this
program is to improve skills and knowledge related to provide evidence based nursing care to
elderly patients. Completing the course can help nursing students gain knowledge related to
professional and ethical skills needed to enhance health status of elderly patient group. By
participating in this program, the nurse can learn about ageing related changes and its impact on
health. Students can also explore about specific area of interest in aged care such as continence
and wound management (Australian Collage of Nursing, 2019). The significance of this program
is that it is made in a way to help nursing students acquire knowledge about complex needs of
the older person within a diverse clinical environment. The key attributes, skills and knowledge
required during care of older can be gained through participation in this program.
I am nursing student in my first year of graduate education. I have the aspiration to take
care of older patients as I thinking professionally aged care nursing will be in demand because of
the increase in ageing population. Hence, completing the Aged Care nursing program will help
me to fulfil my goal of entering into hospitals that specially provide care to elderly clients. My
personal interest in serving for older adults with disability and multiple ailments are relevant
with the features and value of the program. The program aims to provide knowledge and skills
related to age care nursing so that nurses are empowered and they gain the exposure required for
career development and progression. Therefore, my personal interest in this field will ensure that
I can acquire advanced skills by participating in the program and integrate specialist knowledge
to maintain effective therapeutic relationship with aged care clients (Australian Collage of
Nursing, 2019).

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Section 2: Clinical question
2.2
After identifying pressure injury (Grade 2) witnessed for a patient during repositioning,
the main responsibility as a nurse will be to take all actions to promote safety of patient. As part
of this goal, the assessment of the pressure injury will be necessary to find out the nature and
severity of injury. This will help to implement appropriate pressure care intervention to prevent
deterioration of patient’s condition. The following assessment will be critical to implement
appropriate nursing action for patient:
 Firstly, skin assessment of patient will be necessary to determine the skin related factors
that resulted in pressure injury for the patient. This will involve assessment of
abnormalities in the entire skin of patient based on the parameter of temperature, colour,
moisture level, turgor and skin integrity.
 Increased temperature will indicate sign of skin problem and skin colour can be detected
by signs of paleness and cyanosis which will indicate increase in pressure and severity of
injury. Darker skin or redness will also give an indication of infection
 To check the moisture level of skin, the skin will be touched to identify if it is dry or wet.
Moisture might also be the cause behind pressure injury
 Skin integrity assessment will involve identifying signs of pruritis, scratches, bruising
and disruptions in the skin (Borzdynski, McGuiness & Miller, 2016). Signs of redness
and moist skin with ruptured serum will confirm stage 2 pressure injury.
 Apart from skin assessment, assessment of pain in the areas of body exposed to pressure
will help to identify level of nursing care support needed by the patient.