You will have the opportunity to identify and interview a caregiver.

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Assignment Directions:

This project will require you to complete several components of which the culmination will be the development of a final paper. Each of these components is designed to contribute to the final paper. You will have the opportunity to identify and interview a caregiver. You will choose someone who is experiencing a role transition while providing care of a family member recently diagnosed with a chronic condition. The chronic condition must be new or recently diagnosed (less than one year), thus the occurrence of role transition will also be new. Through the interview process, you will apply your knowledge by providing education and resources to the caregiver/advocate and family member.

This paper will be a compilation of the information learned over the previous weeks. The application of knowledge acquired will be applied as you conduct the interview, educate and provide resources and synthesize the information in the paper.

SA Caregiver Assignment – Content to be covered:

Describe the scenario of caregiver/advocate and patient -refer to as caregiver and family member. Describe briefly, the interview: such as where it took place, whom did you talk with, how long was the interview, what was the overall feeling?

Briefly identify and summarize the chronic condition that is affecting the family member. Give a short overview of the chronic health condition: what it is, treatment and expected outcomes. Describe the health status of the family member, if not addressed in the introductory paragraphs. Appropriately cite this information

Describe what a caregiver is. Describe your caregiver needs and/or burdens and/or stresses. Identify and relate any needs, stresses, or burdens the caregiver has identified during the interview. Describe usual caregiver coping mechanisms. Describe the coping methods this caregiver uses. Appropriately cite this information.

Advocacy: Provide information regarding advocacy and essential information about advocates. Use examples from your interview with the caregiver that demonstrate how that person advocates for the family member. Appropriately cite this information.

Describe typical, expected, or usual resources for caregivers to help themselves (not the family member). Describe what resources the caregiver is currently utilizing and how they are helping. What two (2) new resources can you provide as referral / support options for the caregiver? How did they respond to your suggestions? These resources need to pertain directly to the situation. Provide specific information about the identified resources such as; what services do they provide? Where are they located? Is there any cost associated with using these resources? Are they accessible to the caregiver? The resources can be local and/or national. Appropriately cite this information.

Describe how YOUas the registered nurse can be an advocate for the caregiver in this scenario. Information needs to be specific to the situation. (This section written in first person, the previous sections must be in third person.)

Paper Format:

1. 4-6-page APA formatted paper. Limited page numbers encourage the student to be organized and concise in their writings. The total number of pages excludes the title and reference pages.

2. The paper formatting must include a correctly formatted title page, headings, an introductory paragraph, the body of the paper, a conclusion paragraph, and a reference page. An abstract is not required.

Introductory paragraph- State clearly the purpose of the paper. What is the main reason for writing the paper? Explain briefly the major points to be covered in the paper and why readers should be interested in the topic.

Body of paper- Present the required information. Every point should be supported with examples. Cite the information and include the cited references on the reference list. Use APA formatted headings that reflect the six (6) content areas listed above.

Conclusion paragraph – Summarize the key points in the body of the paper. Do not introduce new information in the conclusion.

Headings- Follow correct APA formatting for all headings.

3. The paper should have a minimum of five (5) peer-reviewed journal articles. You are welcome to use informational websites but they will NOT count towards the minimum five peer-reviewed journal articles. All references must be cited within the paper. Required readings from the units may be used but do NOT count towards the minimum five peer-reviewed journal articles.

4. The paper should be written in third person, not first person. The information for section 6 listed above, can be written in first person. Although the paper will be based on an interview, do not write the paper in a conversational format.

5. Do not cut and paste the information from the literature review into this paper. It disrupts the flow of the paper and points have already been received for this section of the assignment. It is expected that pertinent information from the literature review will be selected and correlate with the information in the paper.

6. Use scholarly terminology in the paper. Avoid use of colloquial expressions and slang. Because some students may choose to interview a family member who is a caregiver, the paper may tend to take a more casual approach. Please maintain professionalism and scholarly terminology at all times.

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