Year 1 – Week 23

Time: 7:30 AM – 8:00 PM

Title of learning activity: Roper Logan and Tierney model of practice: Activities of Daily Living

Diary of Learning activity

The Roper Logan and Tierney’s model activities of daily living (ADLs) is valuable framework in healthcare that promotes holistic, individualized and patient-centred care. It emphasized the importance of assessing and addressing a person’s ability to perform essential daily activities to enhance their overall well-being. One of the fundamental principles of RLT is its holistic approach because it consider the physical, psychological, social and environmental factors that influence a person’s ability to perform ADLs. RLT emphasize the importance of care plans to each patient’s unique needs and circumstances.  RLT model centers on providing patient-centred care. It recognized that the individual preferences, values and goals should guide the care they receive, by promoting their independence and enhancing their overall quality of life.

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K1: Understand the Code: Professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses, midwives and nursing associates (NMC, 2018), and how to fulfill all registration requirements

K2: Understand the demands of professional practice and demonstrate how to recognise signs of vulnerability in themselves or their colleagues and the action required to minimise risks to health

K3: Understand the professional responsibility to adopt a healthy lifestyle to maintain the level of personal fitness and well-being required to meet people’s needs for mental and physical care

K9: Understand the aims and principles of health promotion, protection and improvement and the prevention of ill health when engaging with people

K10: Understand the principles of epidemiology, demography, and genomics and how these may influence health and well-being outcomes

K11: Understand the factors that may lead to inequalities in health outcomes

K18: Understand and apply the principles and processes for making reasonable adjustments

K19: Know how and when to escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice

K20: Know how people’s needs for safety, dignity, privacy, comfort and sleep can be met

K21: Understand co-morbidities and the demands of meeting people’s holistic needs when prioritising care

K22: Know how to meet people’s needs related to nutrition, hydration and bladder and bowel health

K23: Know how to meet people’s needs related to mobility, hygiene, oral care, wound care and skin integrity

K26: Understand where and how to seek guidance and support from others to ensure that the best interests of those receiving care are upheld

K30: Understand the principles of health and safety legislation and regulations and maintain safe work and care environments

S17: Protect health through understanding and applying the principles of infection prevention and control, including communicable disease surveillance and antimicrobial stewardship and resistance

S18: Apply knowledge, communication and relationship management skills required to provide people, families and carers with accurate information that meets their needs before, during and after a range of interventions

S21: Monitor the effectiveness of care in partnership with people, families and carers, documenting progress and reporting outcomes

S23: Work in partnership with people, to encourage shared decision making, in order to support individuals, their families and carers to manage their own care when appropriate

S35: Accurately undertake risk assessments, using contemporary assessment tools

S36: Respond to and escalate potential hazards that may affect the safety of people

B1: Treat people with dignity, respecting individual’s diversity, beliefs, culture, needs, values, privacy and preferences

B2: Show respect and empathy for those you work with, have the courage to challenge areas of concern and work to evidence based best practice

B3: Be adaptable, reliable and consistent, show discretion, resilience and self-awareness

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