Nursing Care for Dementia Patients

THE NURSE PROFESSIONAL
ASSESSMENT 1
RESEARCH PROJECT
GAS Group discussion 1 Student Name: Student Number:
Person-centred/Transformational conceptual framework
Create a diagram that demonstrates how you would combine evidence-based leadership traits
with the person-centred care framework.
Person-centred/Transformational conceptual
framework
V2 Term 3 2020
Transformational leadership
Charismatic leadership Individualized Consideration Intellectual Stimulation
Person centered care
framework
Care process
Providing holistic approach
Having sympathetic presence
Shared decision making
Engagement
Working with patient’s beliefs and values

The Nurse Professional Assessment 1 Research Project
GAS Group discussion 2
Research Topic:
Creating the question
Brief explanation of the nursing care plan topic you chose (no more than 1 paragraph):
Nursing care plan topic chosen for this research project is “to develop a nursing care
plan for dementia patient”. Dementia is a health disease that directly impacts ability of
a person to carry out daily activities. It further impact memory of a patient as well. Due
to this it is important to develop an effective nursing plan for dementia patients.
Submission 1 What do you want to know about the topic?
I want to know ways in which proper and effective care through effective nursing plan
can be provided to patients. I want to know effectivity of treatment which is being
provided to such patients, what role nursing care plays in it and reason because of
which mortality rate of dementia patient is increasing. But most importantly I want to
know impact of Covid-19 on care of dementia patients.
Are you looking for opinions, experiences etc? (PEO)
I am looking for experience of nurses where experienced nurses can provide ways
though which effective care and treatment can be provided to dementia patients
Please complete the appropriate search tool
(make sure you refer to the course content on how to do this properly)
P:
I:
C:
O:
P: patients suffering from dementia
E: provide effective nursing care
O: improvement within overall health of
Dementia patients can be enhanced though
effective nursing care plan.
What is your PICO/PEO question?
(make sure you refer to the course content on how to do this properly)
How health outcome of dementia patients can be enhanced with the help of effective
nursing care plan?
Which databases will you use for your search?
Google Scholar, Emerald, science Direct, and medline
What filters will you use for your search and why?
Year filer i.e. none of the articles should be more than 5 years old.
Language filter i.e. all the selected articles should be in English language.
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The Nurse Professional Assessment 1 Research Project
5 Articles and Analysis
APA reference Article 1:
Schüssler, S., Dassen, T., & Lohrmann, C. (2016). Care dependency and nursing
care problems in nursing home residents with and without dementia: a cross-sectional
study. Aging clinical and experimental research, 28(5), 973-982.
Does this article directly relate to your PICO/PEO
question? Yes/No
If no – is there a good reason
for including it?
This study partially related to PEO question because in
this study nursing care dependency of both people with
and without dementia have been focused upon
Study Aim:
To compare the degree of care dependency and the prevalence of nursing care problems
between residents with and without dementia and between the stages of dementia.
Study Population: Briefly describe the study
method (20 words max):
Total of 277 residents with and 249 residents without
dementia from nine Austrian nursing homes
Quantitative research methods
were selected in this study.
Results:
Significantly more residents without dementia are more care dependent
Explain how the results are useful to your question?
Results of this study clearly explains that nursing care plays a vital role in
enhancing overall efficiency and health of patient whether they are suffering from
dementia or not. This study clearly explains that residents who do not have dementia
require additional care as compared to dementia people.
Demonstrate how can the results be applied to the Australian healthcare context?
These results can be used by Australian healthcare context as it clearly explains
importance of nursing care for individuals who are suffering from dementia. It also helped
in understanding need of nursing care for dementia patients in different sectors that are
required to be focused upon.
Describe any limitations of the research?
One of the main limitation of this study was that it did not explain percentage till which
nursing care is effective for dementia patients.
GAS Group
discussion 4 APA reference Article 2:
Pinkert, C., & et.al. (2018). Experiences of nurses with the care of patients with dementia
in acute hospitals: A secondary analysis. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 27(1-2). 162-172.
Does this article directly relate to your PICO/PEO If no – is there a good reason
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