QU025398 Care Principles Essay Assignment Brief 2026

Task 1: You are required to write a 1500-word essay in which you must evidence thefollowing:

A summary of legislation/charters relating to confidentiality. You must make referenceto the General Data Protection Regulations (2018). You may include extracts of thiswithin an appendix (2.1)

•  An evaluation of the effectiveness of methods of giving, receiving and storinginformation (2.2)
  
  
• Using an example, analyse issues relating to confidentiality in the care setting as aNurse or Midwife, making reference to client choice and the right/need to know (2.3).
  
  
• Again, using an example, explain the personal contribution that you can make as aNurse or Midwife in promoting anti-discriminatory practice (3.1)
  
  
• summarising yourroles and responsibilities as a Nurse or Midwife in terms of accountability for Equalityand Diversity in the hospital or community setting, in meeting the equality objectives ofthe organisation for which you work (3.2)

Task 2: Within this task you have a case study which explores topics around individualrights, choice, personal beliefs and identity. Following each part of the case study you willhave some questions you will need to answer. You must consistently refer back to thegiven case study. You must back up all factual statements with reliable references.

Part One: Rosemary is a 72-year-old, Jamaican lady who has lived in the United Kingdom since earlychildhood. She married in the UK and raised her family here. Her husband passed awayprematurely in an industrial accident. She has since been fiercely independent, retiring at60 from her insurance work and then travelling the world with friends. She ceasedtravelling at 70 to help her daughter Winsome with childcare. Four months ago, after apersistently bad cough that wouldn’t go away, Rosemary visited her doctor. After manytests, it was discovered that she had lung cancer, which had spread to her bones. She wasput into the care of the palliative team, where you first met Rosemary. Due to the rapiddecline in her health, Rosemary has had to move in with Winsome and her family.Rosemary disclosed to you that she doesn’t want to be alive anymore, and she is going toask Winsome for assistance in dying. She feels that she is a burden to her daughter who isnow struggling for childcare as well as looking after her. She also disclosed that Winsomewould be better off if she wasn’t around because there is ‘a big insurance payout comingher way’ in the event of her death.

1. Differentiate between Rosemary’s personal rights and legal rights in this case (4.1)
2. Explain some of the factors which potentially may affect her rights (for example abuse,risks, socio-economic and cultural factors) (4.2)(300 words)

Part Two:After speaking at length with Rosemary and discussing support options that can be put intoplace, she explained that she was frightened, anxious and in pain, and wasn’t thinkingrationally. She particularly benefitted from speaking to her pastor as a Christian. Ittranspires she was also worried that her daughter’s only support, Rosemary’s sister, AuntiePearl, may be deported due to her passport status as she was part of the WindrushGeneration. She felt the insurance pay out would help the situation. Her pastor reassuredher that support was available for Pearl from the Home Office. Rosemary has always beenthe care giver of her family and found the change in her role particularly challenging.

1. Examine the factors that influence the development of identity- consider factorssuch as culture and ethnicity, gender role and family role (5.1)
2. Analyse how your care practices can support Rosemary’s basic human needs (5.2)
3. Analyse ways in which Rosemary’s beliefs and preferences may her affect caredelivery (5.3)(350 words)

To achieve a Merit:

The learner’s work orperformance:

a) Demonstrates a very goodgrasp of the relevantknowledge base

To achieve a Distinction:

The learner’s work orperformance:

a) Demonstrates an excellentgrasp of the relevantknowledge base

To achieve a Merit:

The learner’s work orperformance:

a) Makes use of relevant factsand concepts with

b) Depth that goes beyond theminimum required to pass andc) Very good levels of analysis

To achieve a Merit:

The learner’s work orperformance:

c) Generally appraises therelevance and value of newinformation
d) Shows a very good grasp ofthe meaning and significance ofnew information

To achieve a Distinction:

The learner’s work orperformance:

c) consistently appraises therelevance and value of newinformation accurately

d) shows an excellent grasp ofthe meaning and significance ofnew information

To achieve a Merit:

The learner’s work orperformance:

a) Is structured in a way that isgenerally logical and fluent

To achieve a Distinction:

The learner’s work orperformance:

a) Is structured in a way that isconsistently logical and fluent

Additional Guidance

To achieve a Merit: 

To achieve GD1 at a merit, you should use agood range of resources which you generallyreference consistently.

For GD2 at a merit, you will apply yourknowledge generally within the word count

For GD4 at a merit, your resources will begenerally current.

For GD7 at a merit, your work will be neatlypresented with generally good grasp ofsentence structure, paragraphing andreferencing and minimal spelling, punctuationand grammar errors

To achieve GD1 at a distinction youshould use high quality resources whichare referenced accurately and consistently.

For GD2 at a distinction, you will applyyour knowledge accurately to the wordcount (+/- less than 10%)

For GD4 at a distinction, your resourceswill be the most up-to-date and relevantresources

For GD7 at a distinction, your work will beneatly presented with an excellent graspof sentence structure, paragraphing andreferencing and evidence of proof readingwith very minimal spelling, punctuationand grammar errors.

Guidance:

Where all ACs are NOT met:

In this situation, provide only feedback which identifies which ACs are incomplete andwhat the student must produce in order to address the missing AC evidence.  Do notmake any summative comment, suggest any corrections or provide developmentalfeedback at this stage

Where all ACs are met:

Ensure that annotation appears on the student's work to show IV/EV where thisevidence is found. Confirm achievement of all ACs in the boxes below.