70158R: Patient Monitoring and Clinical Skills
BTEC Assignment Brief
Qualification BTEC Level 4 Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Services and Therapeutics
Unit number and title
Unit 2 – 70158R – Patient Monitoring and Clinical Skills
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Assignment title Patient Monitoring and Clinical Skills
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Vocational Scenario or Context The aim of this unit is to provide learners with an underpinning knowledge of the main diagnostic testing and patient/ clinical monitoring used with different patient groups for the initiation, maintenance, and management of drug therapies. Learners will understand how to interpret the results of diagnostic testing, patient monitoring tests, develop clinical assessment skills, and apply the information to patient drug therapy, enabling them to assist the wider healthcare team in advising on appropriate medicine-related issues.
Task 1 Assignment Brief
Select TWO types of patient/ clinical monitoring tests from the lessons in unit 2 or those relevant to your own practice. Research these to explore the importance to patient centred care, and discuss possible limitations attached to them.
Analyse a patient monitoring system and records/ documentation used either from your practice or from the lessons in unit 2 to explain their purpose, effectiveness, and possible limitations.
Furthermore, complete a review of the chosen patient monitoring tests and documentation system for patient monitoring chosen for your assignment work to analyse their effectiveness, and make possible recommendations on how the documentation systems for patient monitoring systems could be improved.
Case studies or workplace reports can be used to support your task 1 assignment work to elaborate on key areas.
Your assignment should be referenced using the Harvard Referencing System. Any visuals such as tables, diagrams, graphs, clinical pictures etc. should be clearly referenced and signposted to your appendix appropriately.
Checklist of evidence required 2000 word (suggested) assignment
Criteria covered by this task:
Unit/Criteria reference To achieve the criteria, you must show that you are able to:
1.1 Explain the importance of effectively monitoring patients to improve person-centred care
1.3 Discuss the limitations of patient monitoring in own clinical pharmacy services
2.1 Explain the purpose of records and clinical documentation used in patient monitoring
2.2 Analyse the effectiveness of documentation used in own patient monitoring systems
2.3 Discuss the limitations of monitoring systems in own clinical pharmacy services
Task 2
Assignment Brief
In the assignment explore the importance of patient monitoring and assessing patient factors diligently in interpreting test results to ensure appropriate therapeutic management options in a specific patient group. Examples to choose from include:
Paediatrics,
Pregnancy,
Elderly/ Frail,
Renal Impairment,
Hepatic Impairment,
COVID-19 at risk groups who require COVID-19 treatments
Other examples can be used, but discuss this with your course tutor to ensure suitability
-If you choose to examine another relevant area discuss this with your course tutor to confirm the appropriateness.
Consider pharmacokinetic issues in the choices above. Explain and evaluate the importance of therapeutic management in the chosen patient group with consideration to patient monitoring tests interpretation.
Explore any patient factors that may impact the monitoring or analysis of its results
Evaluate how therapeutic management is used as a strategy to plan patient care.
Your assignment should be referenced using the Harvard Referencing System. Any visuals such as tables, diagrams, graphs, clinical pictures etc. should be clearly referenced and signposted to your appendix appropriately.
Checklist of evidence required 1500 word (suggested) assignment
Criteria covered by this task:
Unit/Criteria reference To achieve the criteria, you must show that you are able to:
1.2 Evaluate the use of patient monitoring to plan strategies of care for appropriate therapeutic management
3.1 Examine how patient factors can affect patient monitoring, and interpreting results
3.2 Analyse the impact of different patient groups in patient monitoring, and interpreting results