Critical Synopsis
This written assessment requires you to provide a critical synopsis of a chosen aged care related to a media item. It is designed to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your ability to acquire and apply knowledge that forms the basis of contemporary evidenced based practices. You are also expected to reflect on how this knowledge is important for your future nursing practice as a soon to be New Graduate Nurse.The task includes:· Source a news item for a related to aged care from a popular media source – this could be a newspaper article, radio interview, blog or another source of online or hardcopy media (suitable online sites and hardcopy resources will be clarified by your tutor)· Provide a synopsis (with the integration of key literature into this summary) that states the relevance of the media topic to aged care and describes why this is important knowledge for you in your role as a Student Registered Nurse and soon to be New Graduate Nurse.· Review the content of the media item to identify the authors argument.· Critically examine the strengths of their claims against the current aged care literature.· Identify any gaps in the information presented, implications for how this knowledge impacts on the care of older people and possible solutions for future care.· Reflect on how this knowledge can influence your future nursing practice as a soon to be New Graduate Nurse.· The task is to be supported with literature published within 5 years unless referring to a core document (please see your tutor for assistance)
