Using a Family-centered Approach, Discuss the Management of a 40-year-old Woman: Women and Children Health Essay, NUS, Singapore

Topic:

Using a family-centered approach, discuss the management of a 40-year-old woman, who is newly diagnosed with Breast Cancer, and her 5-year-old child with an existing Bronchial Asthma condition: Its impact on the family and recommendation for clinical practice.

Breast Cancer is the most common cancer amongst women in Singapore (MOH, 2019), and the second most common cause of cancer in the world (WHO, 2018). Following diagnosis, the individual may display various physical and psychosocial needs/ problems.

In Singapore, about 20 percent of children have Asthma. This condition can be inherited and may be life-changing for the child and family. Untreated Asthma may cause permanent damage to the lungs and can be fatal.

The content of the written assignment should address BOTH woman and child issues and management according to the guidelines below:

Introduction

• Introduce the objectives of your essay
• Briefly describe the client’s case
• Describe the situation involving the client and her family.

You may define the client’s background and the situation involving the client and her family (include the child who has Asthma). Pertinent information may be which stage of breast cancer that the client has and her young child’s condition.

Main Body:

• Identify and critically discuss key health and psychosocial issues affecting the clients and family/caregivers (e.g. assessment, management, self-care, and support);
• Review existing literature, synthesize the evidence-based knowledge, discussion of the existing literature critically with own views;

This is where you make reference to your case scenario in the introduction to include the key health and psychosocial issues affecting the two individuals (i.e. woman with breast cancer and her child who has bronchial asthma AND on assessment, management, self-care, and support. Using evidence-based literature, identify and critically discuss the key health, psychosocial issues, and nursing management for the patients and family. Students need to conduct a search of the literature using appropriate keywords, and then synthesize the evidence-based knowledge based on the topic given for the written assignment. They are expected to discuss the various emotions /reactions to unexpected situations and the nursing management that may be used to provide support for the patient and/or her family.

• Make recommendations for management including existing resources for effective family-centered care.
• Describe the overall management for the conditions using a family-centered approach (who else are in her family) during this period.

Conclusion:

Briefly conclude your assignment i.e. include the evidence-based research summary on this topic, your recommendations to nursing practice.