CW1:
You are to choose one of the following scenarios for your 3000-word (+/- 10%) essay-based scenario:
Question 1
Fazia is a 52-year-old woman who has been taking regular Ibuprofen tablets for her rheumatoid arthritis.
Fazia has been experiencing abdominal discomfort for the past 24 hours but has continued taking her over
the counter ibuprofen to ease the pain. This morning Fazia experienced three episodes of vomiting fresh
blood.
Fazia is brought into the Medical Assessment Unit by Ambulance with a provisional diagnosis of a gastro
intestinal bleeding.
You go to see Faiza and she appears pale and looks drained and lethargic. She complains of
epigastric pain and feeling dizzy. When you check her vital signs, you find the following parameters:
• Respiratory rate: 24 breaths per minute
• Oxygen Saturations: 90% on room air
• Pulse: 120 beats per minute
• Blood pressure: 85/53 mmHg
• Capillary refill time: 3 seconds
• Temperature: 35.4 degrees centigrade
OR
Question 2
Monty is a 44-year-old man who has a respiratory tract infection and was commenced on oral
antibiotics four days ago. He calls his GP today as he feels his condition is worse. The GP is very
concerned about his breathless condition and refers him to the medical assessment unit.
On arrival he feels very unwell, unable to speak in full sentences, looks flushed and is shivering.
Monty is diagnosed with community acquired pneumonia. His vital signs are as follows:
• Respiratory rate 28 breaths per minute
• Oxygen saturations 89% on room air
• Pulse 125 beats per minute
• Blood pressure: 87/40 mmHg
• Capillary Refill Time: 4 seconds
• Temperature: 38.7 degrees centigrade
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Instructions:
Critically discuss, with reference to the relevant pathophysiology, the nursing assessment, priorities of care
and nursing management of this acutely unwell patient for the first 24 hours following admission.
Your answer should also demonstrate your underpinning knowledge of relevant pharmacology, psychosocial
aspects as well as any potential complications.
You are required to provide a cover sheet
• Module code and Module title
• Module Leader
• Seminar Leader
• Font Size 12 and Ariel, 1.5-line space
• Word Count declared
The essay must be submitted before: 2 pm on 18
th January 2022
This is a 3000-word assignment. The front page provided should be used.
The word count can be +/- 10% of the total and should be declared on the front page.
1.5-line spacing and double spacing between paragraphs. Font and size: Arial, 12
The assignment should be present in an academic essay format, with a clear introduction, body and
conclusion. It should demonstrate and appropriate formal academic style, avoiding contractions (e.g. don’t,
won’t, etc.) informal or spoken forms of language.
Headings and subheadings should not be included.
Your work should be written in the third person
Ensure you do not identify any individual or organisation, directly or by implication, in your work (NMC,
2018). Equally, unless crucial to the argument and or where the information is already in the public domain,
refer to organisation only in general term e.g. an NHS Trust.
Referencing and research requirements
Please reference your work according to the Harvard style as defined in Cite Them Right Online
(http://www.citethemrightonline.com). This information is also available in book form: Pears, R. and
Shields, G. (2019) Cite them right: the essential reference guide. 11
th edn. Basingstoke: Palgrave
Macmillan. Copies are available via the University library.
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How your work will be assessed
Your work will be assessed on the extent to which it demonstrates your achievement of the stated learning
outcomes for this assignment (see above) and against other key criteria, as defined in the University’s
institutional grading descriptors. If it is appropriate to the format of your assignment and your subject area,
a proportion of your marks will also depend upon your use of academic referencing conventions.
This assignment will be marked according to the grading descriptors for Level 6.
More information about CW1 will be given during your assignment support seminar.
Referral Information:
All marks released are provisional until they are confirmed at the next assessment board for your cohort. If
you have not achieved the pass mark of 100% for exam 1 and/or 40% for CW1, a decision will be made
about whether you are permitted to resubmit the work. Registry will normally post the Board results within 5
working days after the Board (via the organisational shell) and these will confirm whether you are permitted
to resubmit, and the confirmed deadline. An announcement will be made once the Board results are
posted.
You are strongly advised to seek referral support from the AN623 module team.
Submission details
Electronic submissions
• This assignment should be submitted electronically. Please use the relevant Turnitin submission
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the following file types: Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint, PostScript, PDF, HTML, RTF,
OpenOffice (ODT), Hangul (HWP), Google Docs, or plain text. Your file must also contain at least
20 words of text, consist of fewer than 400 pages and be less than 40MB in size.
• You can submit your work as many times as you like before the submission date. If you do submit
your work more than once, your earlier submission will be replaced by the most recent version.
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Work submitted after this period will not be marked and will be treated as a non-submission.
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