Collaborative Partnerships and Chronic Disease.

Task description:

TASK.

Your task for this piece of assessment is to critically discuss a complex chronic disease scenario from the perspective of a collaborative partnership*.

Part A.

Chronic Illness.

From a chronic disease and disability perspective, critically discuss the ongoing health problems for the person in the chosen scenario.

Part B. The Interdisciplinary Collaborative Team.

Explain the roles and responsibilities of 3 key health care professionals (not nursing) who would be part of the interdisciplinary collaborative support team for the person in the chosen scenario.

Part C. The Nurses role in the collaborative partnership.

As one of the interdisciplinary collaborative team members, critically discuss the registered nurses’ health promotion role when caring for the person in the scenario. Particularly focus on the nurse’s role to empower the person to self-manage their own health and wellness. *Work with the collaborative partnership definition from your prescribed textbook” (Smith et al., 2018.p.15).

Choose one of the scenario based case studies below. Only work with the chosen case study.

Please Note: The chapters highlighted are from your prescribed textbook, Living with Chronic Illness and Disability. Principles for nursing practice. 3Ed. (2018). Eds. Chang and Johnson. The chapter may not be specific to the developmental age or needs of the person in the case study but will be a good starting point for you. 

Paediatric: 10-year-old schoolboy, Joshua with chronic asthma (diagnosed at 4 years of age), who has become resistant to taking his preventor medications in the past 6 months. As a result, he has had regular asthmatic events and acute admissions to hospital. His mother is asking for assistance from the collaborative team to address his resistance. Ch.18. (Stumbles, Andrus Allen & von Garnier, 2018)

Young adult: 21-year-old female professional violinist, Abbey diagnosed with insulin dependent Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus 9 months ago. Due to her irregular working hours, she is struggling to stabilize her Blood Glucose Level and is also noted to be in the obese BMI range weighing 90 kgs with a height of 189cms. She has also been feeling very low and is concerned that she is developing some symptoms of depression. She would like to address both problems and is asking for assistance from the collaborative team. Ch.26 (Dunning 2018).

Adult: 45-year-old primary school teacher, Sylvia wheelchair bound due to paraplegia as the result of a motorcycle accident 5 years ago. She is self-caring and able to continue working as a teacher but is experiencing chronic back and shoulder musculo skeletal pain which she can’t manage with her current medication regime. As a result she must take regular days from work, which is impacting on her relationship with her students. She is asking for assistance from the collaborative team to address her chronic pain and her student relationship concerns. Ch.9 (Chisengantambu & McDonald 2018). 

Older Adult: 85-year-old man, Ron diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease 8 years ago. His ability to communicate and mobilise has become progressively more difficult. His wife is concerned as he is becoming more frustrated with her and himself when she cannot understand his requests, when he can’t independently self-care. She is asking for assistance from the collaborative team to address their communication issues. Ch17. (Ray & Kavanagh, 2018.)