The purpose of this assessment is to facilitate your understanding of the theoretical aspects of caring assessing and educating people with a chronic skin condition. The assessment questions are designed to give you the opportunity to demonstrate your understanding of the content covered in the Learning guides for Themes 2, 3, 4 and 5 of this unit of study. Having created a concept map on a chronic skin disease and the associated affects, discuss strategies that may assist in assessing and educating people with the condition. Use current literature, including available assessment tools to support your discussion.
a. Describe the aetiology and pathophysiology of the chronic disease.
b. Discuss the elements of holistic assessment for the person with the chronic disease.
c. Critique the specific assessment tools utilised to assess this condition with reference to best practice