Assessment : Literature Review
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Type of Collaboration Individual Assessment
Length 6 x 250 words (1500 in total)
Details
Select one cancer for both assessments 2 and 3, for example, bowel cancer, melanoma, breast cancer, lung cancer etc,
You are to critique 6 current and reputable sources of information about your selected cancer.
The 6 sources are from academic journals, or a mixture of journal articles with a maximum of 2 official websites.
You are to analyse the articles by asking questions such as:
What is good, what is bad about each source? How useful & relevant to nursing practice is the information from the source about your chosen cancer?
Suggested structure for the Literature Review is:
⦁ Introduction
⦁ Analysis of sources
⦁ Discussion
⦁ Conclusion
Style and format Essay
Subject Learning Outcomes
⦁ Evaluate the nursing assessment, care and management of people requiring key and common treatment modalities and relate it to the underlying pathology.
⦁ Discuss the cancer pathway including cancer control, rehabilitation and survivorship.
⦁ Explore the experience of a person living with cancer
⦁ Integrate the physiological impact of cancer treatment to the clinical presentation of people experiencing key adverse effects of cancer treatment.
⦁ Demonstrate an understanding of concepts of population health in cancer control.
⦁ Apply nursing theory to the psychosocial and spiritual care of people living with cancer.
⦁ Examine ethical issues arising from the care of people living with cancer.
⦁ Use and critique current evidence and research to support clinical decisions.
