The Open University of Sri Lanka Department of Health Sciences

Concepts in Nursing - NSU !"# -$"!#%$"!&

Dear All,
Welcome to the course of Concepts in Nursing (NSU3104) hich ill pro!i"e #ou ith a
strong theoretical foun"ation of nursing an" strengthen #our a$ilit# of critical thin%ing& 'n
or"er for #ou to complete the course successfull#, #ou must compulsoril# get pass mar%s
in to continuous assessments( )*ome assignment+*A (compulsor#) an" the No ,oo%
-est+N,- #ou score the highest mar%. an" pass the final e/amination& -he continuous
assessments are orth 001 of #our final mar% an" final e/amination is orth 001 of the
final mar%&
Continuous 'ssignment Due Dates(
)irst 'ssessment *N+T ,- $#th .une $"!#
Secon/ 'ssessment *H'- $
n/
.uly $"!# *Compulsory-
Thir/ 'ssessment *N+T ,,- &
th
'ugust $"!#
When riting assignments #ou must follo the A2A (American 2s#chological Association) format& A2A
format lectures are sche"ule" ith the $eginning of #our "a# schools to assist for further impro!ements in
riting #our assignments& 0lease note that '0' format lectures are very important in scholarly
1riting especially in research so that you nee/ to atten/ if you /o not have soun/ kno1le/ge a2out it3
3olloings are some important information regar"ing #our home assignment an" N,-s&
Assignment shoul" $e typed, double spaced and be according to the APA format& ('t shoul"
inclu"e title page, ta$le of contents, intro"uction, clearl# presente" $o"#, conclusion an" the list of
references&)
-he length of the assignment shoul" $e appro/imatel# 1400 + 1000 or"s or 05 t#pe ritten pages
from introduction to conclusion& 'f #ou e/cee" the page limit 02 marks will be deducted per
page&
*ome Assignment shoul" $e han"e" o!er to the respective 4egional Centers that the course
offere"6"a# school con"ucte" on or before the due date $# #ourself or #our representati!e&
2lease "o not "rop #our assignments into the 7Assignment ,o/8 in the Department of *ealth
Sciences, or sen" the assignments $# post& -he Date Stamp of the Department ill en"orse on the
"ate of the assignment reach to the "epartment onl# an" /o not consi/er the original poste/ /ate
as postal /elay3
'f #ou su$mit assignments late5 1hatever the reason5 two marks (02) will be deducted for each
day up to five (0) days an" assignment will be re!ected thereafter&
-he No ,oo% -est consists of multiple choice 9uestions, structure", an" essa# t#pe 9uestions&
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2&W&:&D&2& Samarase%ara&
Course Coor"inator
Case Stu/y
=r& >atna#a%e is 00 #ears ol" an" or%ing as a go!ernment ser!ant in a regional office&
When he as coming $ac% after "ropping his son an" the ife to the school a lorr# as
coming !er# fast hit his motor$i%e& *e as thron aa# from the $i%e an" fell into a
"rain& 2eople ho ere at the place of the acci"ent lifte" an" put him in to a !an an" sent
to hospital& *e "i"n?t lose his consciousness& ,ut his han"s an" legs ere a little num$ an"
he as %ept immo$ile& No he cannot mo!e all four lim$s as a result of the acci"ent& =r&
>atna#a%e is in the orthope"ic ar" for a perio" of to months an" he is ith a cer!ical
collar an" a urinar# catheter&
-his is an e/perience that he ne!er e/pecte" at all& 3ort# eight #ears ol" his ife is a
primar# teacher an" all his three chil"ren are still atten"ing school& -he el"est "aughter is
in A"!ance" ;e!el class, ne/t one is in :ra"e nine an" one an" onl# son is in gra"e se!en&
*is ife has to loo% after him hile "oing her @o$ an" helping three chil"ren in their
e"ucation& =r& >atna#a%e felt that it?s a sa" situation that something li%e this happene" at
a time here help is nee"e" for the chil"ren in their e"ucation& *e is afrai" that he might
get $e" sores in the $ac% as se!eral other patients ho are aroun" him are suffering from
$e" sores&
Home 'ssignment *Due Date $
n/
.uly $"!#-
>ea" carefull# the case stu"# gi!en a$o!e& Appl# the nursing process for a$o!e patient an"
"iscuss the each step of the process applie"& A"here to follo the instructions gi!en $elo hen
#ou rite #our assignment to ma%e it more successful& Aour assignment shoul" $e in #our on
or"s "escri$ing the process applie" to the a$o!e patient&
,ntro/uction - *!" marks- - Shoul" inclu"e the $ac%groun", purpose, an" the outline
of #our assignment, short "escription of the patient an" #our o$@ecti!es&
'ssessment - *!& marks- - A "escription of the collecte" su$@ecti!e an" o$@ecti!e "ata of
the patient an" the metho"s #ou use" to gather particular "ata& (Aour assessment shoul"
$e the pro$lem oriente" one&)
Nursing /iagnosis - *!" marks- - Anal#Be gathere" "ata an" formulate nursing "iagnoses&
3ollo the NANDA (North American Nursing Diagnosis Association) "iagnosis s#stem to
rite nursing "iagnoses& 't shoul" $e $ase" on #our assessment ith consi"ering
internal6e/ternal an" actual6 possi$le6potential health pro$lems of the patient& (Aour
nursing "iagnosis shoul" consist of the cause an" effect or the pro$lem i"entifie" an" the
un"erl#ing cause&)
0lanning - *$" marks- Set goals (ma# $e short term or long term) $ase" on
formulate" "iagnosis an" consi"er the priorit# nee"s& State clearl# the set of actions
#ou plan to meet #our goals& (Acti!e participation of #our client is !er# important in
setting goals an" planning actions&)
,mplementation - *!" marks- - 2ut the set of planne" actions in to practice& ('t is !er#
important to clearl# mention here, hat #ou ha!e reall# "one out of #our planne"
actions&)
6valuation- *!& marks- - Aou ma# e/amine hether #ou ha!e met #our planne" goals or
to hich e/ten" #ou ha!e met #our goals& C/plain ho #ou e!aluate the outcomes of #our
nursing inter!entions hich #ou put into practice un"er the implementation phase& Dustif#
#our "ecisions ith e!i"ence& 'f #ou ha!e not met some of #our goals, ho coul" #ou re+
e/amine #our original assessment6planning&
Conclusion - *"& marks- - Summar# of the paper& Aou ma# $rief "on #our clients?
achie!ements an" #ours& 'nclu"e the suggestions an" recommen"ations for practice&
)ormat - *!& marks- - Aour presentation shoul" "emonstrate #our a$ilit# to( organiBe
a te/t in a formal a#, thin% criticall#, present logicall#, e/press clearl# an" concisel#,
rite scholarl# manner& (use of appropriate page limits, a!oi" grammatical an"
t#pological errors, correct reference citations)
-he length of the assignment shoul" $e restricte/ to "7 pages
inclu"ing the intro"uction&