Nursing Assignment: Clinical Project on Dementia Care at University

This nursing assignment is a clinical project focusing on dementia care, framed within the context of the World Health Organization's statistics on dementia and Alzheimer's disease. The project aims to improve the student's understanding of dementia care by utilizing Gibb's reflective cycle to analyze their care approach. The learning objectives include enhancing the ability to understand and implement effective care strategies for dementia patients, as well as evaluating and modifying care processes based on insights and experiences. The project outlines the resources needed, including human resources (experienced nursing professionals), literary resources (research articles), and other resources such as community halls and access to the internet. The proposed method involves discussion sessions, distribution of informational materials, and a timeline for these sessions. The report also includes references to support the research and methodologies used in the project.

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CLINICAL PROJECT NURSING ASSIGNMENT
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author note

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Clinical Area of Interest
As per the World Health Organization (2017), dementia is a syndrome which
progressively decreases the ability of a person to process his/her thoughts by deteriorating the
cognitive functionality. The reports of WHO, determined that more than 50 million people are
affected with dementia within which 60 to 70% of the cases are identified as Alzheimer’s disease
(World Health Organization, 2017). As per Hessler et al. (2018), dementia is a health concern
which not only affects the social, cognitive, psychological and physical aspects of the patient but
also disrupts the carer’s values, their family and society. This is because the social stigmas and
barriers prevent the proper identification and treatment of the condition. Hence, it has been
chosen as the clinical area of interest for this project.
Conceptual Reflective Framework
Reflection is the tool using which professionals could assess their abilities their strengths
and weaknesses so that by processing any critical situation, they can improve their skills. While
working with dementia patient, to improve my care process I will utilize the Gibb’s reflective
cycle as a reflective frame work as it will help me to process my feelings and analysis of the
situation, and then will help me to find out the conceptual solutions to improve my abilities as a
dementia care nurse (Husebø, O'Regan & Nestel, 2015). This framework has six stages such as
description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion and action plan that outlines the complete
framework of the reflective process (Karlsson et al., 2015).
Learning objectives
Learning objectives, which will be obtained through this project, are as follows:

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 After this project it will be easier for me to understand the aspects of care which
could be more beneficial for the patients affected with dementia and I will be able
to implement my thinking abilities and understanding while working with such
patients.
 I will be able to evaluate the care approach I used while caring for dementia
patients will be able to utilize my insights and experiences to modify the care
process depending on the situation.
Resources
Human resources:
As human resources, all the nursing professionals who have more than a year experience
of caring for dementia patient will be involved. This is because they will be able to share their
experiences and care approach and with amalgamation of their care method, it will be easier to
address each aspect of care.
Literary resources
All the research articles with evidence of intervention to treat patients with dementia will
be included in the project so that through those resources modification and implementation of
care strategies and approaches appropriate for every patient affected with dementia could be
obtained.
Other resources
A community hall for meets and discussions, access to internet to gather information and
senior nursing staff and psychology experts so that understand patient and their mindset becomes

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easier for nursing professionals. This will be ensures by seeking permission and grants from the
healthcare facility supervisors.
Proposed method
To complete the project, all the staff and professionals will be asked the discussion and
conversation sessions so that transfer of ideas and skills could be obtained. Further, posters and
pamphlets will be distributed within the facility.
Proposed timeline
These sessions will be organised for 48 hours or 2 days and each day will comprise of 4
sessions. These sessions will be 45 to 60 minutes long.

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References
Hessler, J. B., Schäufele, M., Hendlmeier, I., Junge, M. N., Leonhardt, S., Weber, J., & Bickel,
H. (2018). Behavioural and psychological symptoms in general hospital patients with
dementia, distress for nursing staff and complications in care: results of the General
Hospital Study. Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences, 27(3), 278-287.
Husebø, S. E., O'Regan, S., & Nestel, D. (2015). Reflective practice and its role in
simulation. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 11(8), 368-375.
Karlsson, S., Bleijlevens, M., Roe, B., Saks, K., Martin, M. S., Stephan, A., ... &
RightTimeCarePlace Consortium. (2015). Dementia care in European countries, from the
perspective of people with dementia and their caregivers. Journal of advanced
nursing, 71(6), 1405-1416.
World Health Organization. (2017). Dementia. Retrieved from
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/dementia