COMM81000: The role of the Registered nurse in Providing safe Quality care has been Critical to the Management of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Personal and Interpersonal Skills Assignment, OU, Ireland

Assignment Title: The role of the registered nurse in providing safe quality care has been critical to the management of the Covid-19 pandemic.

You are required to present an academic paper that critically debates the above statement with support from contemporary literature. You are required to use ONE theme from the Framework for Improving Quality in our Health Service (Health Service Executive, 2016).

Introduction:

In the introduction, you are expected to refer to the essay title and place it within a contemporary healthcare context. You should outline the aims of your assignment and signpost your reader to how these will be achieved. Introduce the theme from the framework document that will guide your critical discussion on the use of quality in managing the Covid -19 pandemic.

Main Body:

Use the main body to develop your argument supporting or refuting the role of the nurse as critical in managing the pandemic. Use your chosen theme from the Quality Framework (HSE, 2016) to guide this critical debate.

Explore how through this theme how the nurse excelled or struggled in providing safe quality care in the management of Covid 19.

Critically develop and support your argument with reference to contemporary, relevant literature. It is critical that you apply theoretical insights to clinical practice and include the challenges that the registered nurse experiences in the delivery of high-quality patient care in the context of the pandemic. In doing so, you develop a strong critical argument rather than solely descriptive content.