long term condition (LTC)
Your essay should critically analyse one specific health policy relating to a long term condition (LTC) and its influences on healthcare
1. identify and apply professional responsibilities according to the Code (NMC, 2015).
2. Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding, and a critical awareness of ethical and legal perspectives associated with complex and long-term care conditions.
3. Demonstrate a conceptual understanding when critically evaluate the effects of healthcare policy and organizational factors on healthcare in community settings.
4. Critically appraise and evaluate the various roles of the Registered Nurse within the public health agenda in response to changing demographics, organizational change and the workforce development.
5. Demonstrate a systematic understanding of the underlying pathology and the psychosocial impact of a selected long-term condition on people and their family.
The political and organizational issues and the NHS strategies that influence developments in primary care should be discussed and evaluated. You are advised to concentrate on one area of focus i.e. one contemporary policy, whilst acknowledging areas of overlap with other key issues in your discussion.
Graphs, tables and diagrams need to be referenced.
The policy the client has chosen is; an outcomes strategy for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma in England.
