Roper Logan And Tierney Case Study Essay

My practice placement is within a local residential care home in Stirling. In order to complete my graded unit i have been asked to pick one of the residents within the care home and carry out an activity that will benefit my client. This graded unit consists of three different stages, planning, development and evaluation of a practical task. The practical task i have chosen is one of the activities of daily living used within the Roper Logan and Tierney model of nursing. This activity is washing and dressing as my client struggles to carry this out herself. Anne Farewell is a woman of 94 years and has been in the care home for some time now. She has arthritis within her knees and hand and irregular heartbeat. Due to this arthritis she struggles to carry out daily activities. Anne used to be a very sociable lady before moving into the care home and over the time she has lived within the care home she has developed depression and anxiety. Anne was born and brought up in Aberdeen, she was brought up with 5 sisters and she is the only one still living. Anne has a poor educational background leaving school at the age of 14 going onto work within a clothing warehouse. Earlier in her life Anne suffered from…

The Elements of Nursing The theory The Elements of Nursing was put together by Nancy Roper, Winifred W. Logan and Alison J. Tierney. This theory uses a set of twelve activities of living (AL’s), based on every person: healthy, sick, or dying. These twelve AL’s are considered a “model of living” (2014). The purpose of this model is for nurses to refer to, to make sure every patient receives the appropriate care, and is living a life that they are meant live. The Twelve Activities of Living The…

Adopts a holistic approach, to meet physical, intellectual, emotional, social, spiritual, and environmental needs. Numerical and statistical skills to justify evidence (for example, percentages, graphs, tables, numerical statistics) References a range of sources (for example, the NHS website, Public Health England, Care Quality Commission (CQC), local and central government sources, local and national charities) Adapt everything to them, if I have made a statistic always relate it back to the…