Assessment Task: Research Report In order to be competent in this assessment you must conduct…

Assessment Task: Research Report

In order to be competent in this assessment you must conduct research and write a report about Diabetes. This is an open book assessment and you may use learning resources, research or the internet to answer questions. You must reference all resources you use in Harvard Style Referencing format. Your research report must be compiled in four sections as detailed below. Your assessor will mark your work using the marking guide provided below, please review each point to ensure that you have covered the entire requirement of this report before handing it in to your assessor. There is no required word count as long as you cover all points. You should aim to keep this under 2000 words, it is recommended that you create this report using word processing software and print it for your assessor:

Section 1: The anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology of diabetes and related conditions.

You may wish to include diagrams to assist you with this section, but they are not a requirement. This section must include:

Type 1 diabetes

Type 2 diabetes

Gestational diabetes mellitus

Section 2: Diabetic issues

In this section, you must describe the potential problems and conditions that may arise when you are caring for a person with diabetes and how you can provide care and support to manage or overcome them:

Hypoglycaemia

Hyperglycaemia

Ketoacidosis

Hyper osmolar non-ketonic coma

Retinopathy

Infection (including gangrene)

Psychosocial issues

Microvascular and macrovascular disease

Self-esteem (and factors that influence it)

Section 3: Health Promotion Goals

In this section, you are to describe the following health promotion goals and their expected outcomes for a person with diabetes:

Exercise

Diabetic diet

Weight loss (body mass index or waist to hip ratio)

Quitting smoking

Foot and eye care

Section 4: Diabetes Care Delivery

In this section, you are to critically analyse common issues related to diabetes care delivery and diabetes-related services including:

Environmental factors that contribute to diabetes in the Australian general population

Underlying social factors contributing to diabetes in the Australian general population

Underlying factors involved with the higher rate of diabetic illnesses in the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander population.

Please make sure cover all points with Harvard reference approx. 2000 words.