Effective Inter-agency working in Healthcare Health, Medicine Essay

please the essay should be linked to Adult nursing and should be written in 3rd person, also enough citations should be included in the body of the essay. references not more than 5-10 years please as an evidence base practice, matching with the references. please evidence findings and references should focus mainly from UK/ Scotland.

NUR08101 (4A) Effective Interagency Working in Healthcare Summative Assessment 2019/2020 (BN) “Drawing on relevant evidence, critically examine how improved inter-agency working could enhance person-centred care for vulnerable people” To include: Word count (approx.) Title Page Include the title of your essay, your name, matriculation number, and tutorial group. State your total word count. Not included in your word count. Introduction Introduce the concept of inter-agency working in health and social care. Discuss the drivers behind the current move to health and social care integration in Scotland, with reference to relevant policy and legislation. State the aim of the essay. 400 words Main Body (please see the hints and tips advice in relation to this section) Identify a vulnerable population to focus on in your essay. Critically explore how improved inter-agency working could enhance person-centred care for your chosen patient/client group. You should do this by considering some of the topics covered in the module. You need to search academic databases to find relevant evidence, then, use the relevant evidence you have identified to inform and support your discussion (an example of one of your literature searches from an academic database should be included in your appendix). Whilst you might refer to policy, legislation and guidelines in this section, your narrative should mainly be supported by academic research evidence. 1400 words Conclusion Draw the key points you have made together, and comment on their implications. Finish by making recommendations for future research and/or practice. 200 words References Include a full reference list in the School referencing style Not included in your word Appendix You should include one database search strategy in your appendix. count. This should detail the search terms you used, how they were combined, and the results you obtained. Details of how to do this are given below. Hints and tips to help you write the main body of your essay: Main Body TIP: You may find this assignment more interesting and relevant if you can relate this to your field of practice and experiences on placement. Vulnerable populations include the frail elderly, people with learning disabilities, those with mental health issues, children and young people, homeless people, people who use drugs etc... TIP: In your main body, we’re looking for you to critically discuss a wide variety of evidence to illustrate your understanding of the topic, and answer the question at hand. To find this evidence we want you to conduct at least three separate literature searches as below: - First, conduct a search for academic evidence using an academic database like CINAHL or MEDLINE. You should consider some of the topics we have covered in the module when thinking about how inter-agency working can enhance person-centred care (i.e. safeguarding; inter-agency communication; team working; record keeping; stigma; social inclusion). We recommend only focusing on one or two of these topics and exploring them in depth. - Second, we encourage you to search this database twice: once including search terms that help you identify your target group, and again without terms related to your target group. This is a good approach because some groups may have been researched more than others. Don’t worry if you find research on topics related to inter-agency working, but which doesn’t explicitly mention the vulnerable group you have chosen. That research may still be applicable and relevant to your essay. Remember: not all academic databases contain exactly the same academic papers so searching another database may help you find more papers to support your essay. - Finally, conduct a search for relevant policy and legislation around your chosen group and the role of inter-agency working in supporting their needs. This may mean that you draw on documents from government departments, relevant charities and/or think tanks. These documents are not academic evidence as they may be biased according to the aims of the organisation that wrote them, and you shouldn’t rely on these documents to form the basis of your main body. TIP: We recommend completing all your searches and reading the evidence you find prior to starting to write your essay. The more successful essays are those that manage to comment on the body of literature as a whole and offer some critique, so it’s a good idea to get a feel of what the evidence is telling you before putting pen to paper (fingers to keyboard…).