Research Project on Nursing Care Plans for Dementia Patients

This research project focuses on developing an effective nursing care plan for dementia patients, exploring the impact of the disease on daily activities and memory. The project outlines the researcher's objectives, including understanding effective care methods, treatment efficacy, the role of nursing care, and the impact of COVID-19. It utilizes the PEO tool to frame the research question: 'How health outcomes of dementia patients can be enhanced with the help of effective nursing care plan?' The project identifies relevant databases and filters used for the literature search, followed by an analysis of a selected article. The article's study aim, population, methods, and results are detailed, along with their relevance to the research question and applicability to the Australian healthcare context. The project also acknowledges the limitations of the research and provides a list of references.

RESEARCH PROJECT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
Brief explanation of the nursing care plan topic you chose.........................................................1
What do you want to know about the topic.................................................................................1
Are you looking for opinions, experiences etc?..........................................................................1
PEO tool.......................................................................................................................................1
PEO question...............................................................................................................................1
Which databases will you use for your search.............................................................................1
What filters will you use for your search and why?....................................................................1
Article 1...........................................................................................................................................2
Reference.....................................................................................................................................2
Does this article directly relate to your PICO/PEO question?.....................................................2
Study Aim....................................................................................................................................2
Study Population..........................................................................................................................2
Results..........................................................................................................................................2
Briefly describe study method.....................................................................................................2
Explain how the results are useful to your question....................................................................2
Demonstrate how can the results be applied to the Australian healthcare context......................2
Describe any limitations of the research......................................................................................2
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

Introduction
Brief explanation of the nursing care plan topic you chose
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.
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?
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
PEO tool
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.
PEO question
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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Article 1
Reference
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?
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
Total of 277 residents with and 249 residents without dementia from nine Austrian nursing
homes
Results
Significantly more residents without dementia are more care dependent
Briefly describe study method
Quantitative research methods were selected in this study.
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.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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.
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