Assessment 1 has two parts:

Part 1: Before attending your residential school or first clinical learning session, it is highly recommended that you revise and practise previously taught medication calculations undertaken in NURS12156 Clinical Nursing Practice 2. You will be required to achieve 100% in an online medication administration quiz using the Med+Safe software program in a computer laboratory in the first hour of your residential school or clinical learning session. If you score less than 100% in your first attempt, you will be provided with an additional two (2) opportunities to achieve a Pass. The second attempt will be before completing your residential school or your final clinical learning session. The third attempt will be required to be completed by the Thursday before your scheduled clinical placement. If you are one of these students, you will need to contact the unit coordinator for guidance. If you are not successful on this third attempt, you will not be able to proceed to clinical placement and will be a Fail for the unit.

Part 2: Practical Assessment of clinical skills - This assessment will be a simulation assessment activity focusing on your clinical abilities and safe nursing practice. You will be allowed 20 minutes to complete this section of the assessment. You will be required to demonstrate your ability in a number of clinical skills while at the NURS12158 Clinical Nursing Practice 3 on-campus learning sessions. This assessment will take the form of clinical skills assessments within a simulation assessment activity along with a written component about the care you provided. You are required to write and submit a personal debrief using a template provided within three days of completing your on-campus activities.

You will need to achieve 100% in the medication administration assessment.

Practical Assessment of Clinical Skills: Pass/Fail.

You will be formatively assessed on a number of clinical skills and be provided with support and feedback.

This reflection is part of your ongoing clinical learning that extends to include developing skills in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of a care plan that promotes confidence in developing the professional standards required of a registered nurse according to the NMBA.

During clinical placement, you will be required to write a reflection for each clinical setting. For example, you can choose from an interesting clinical experience, a clinical case study, a clinical scenario or a difficult clinical situation. The word limit for each clinical setting reflection is 1000 words. There is a leeway of +/-10% allowable for this word limit and includes in-text referencing.

Two reflective pieces will be required: one on the complex care component and one on the mental health component. The reflection should include what happened and any suggestions that may have improved the clinical situation. Did the situation have an impact on you, your patient and/or a staff member? Did the situation affect other family members?

This assessment item should be in MS-Word document format and submitted to the unit Moodle site.

The clinical situation is clearly identified.

The reflective piece must apply the principles from the nursing process to deliver evidence-based, person-centred nursing care to in consumers, families, carers and members of the multidisciplinary team experiencing complex alterations in health status.

You are required to choose one of the seven Registered Nurse Standards for Practice as a basis for this clinical experience reflection.

Ability to demonstrate cultural sensitivity and advanced communication skills in collaborating effectively with consumers, families, carers and members of the multidisciplinary team.

Gibbs reflective cycle was used to reflect on the clinical learning experience and the nursing process approach was used to provide clinical care to the patient.

NURS12158 Clinical Nursing Practice 3 - Assessment Criteria — Assessment Task 2 – Clinical Placement Reflective Writing

Complex Care/Mental Health

The Clinical Competency Performance Assessment Tool requires the completion of two clinical components. One component is complex care requiring 80 hours and a mental health component requiring 80 hours. A total of 160 hours of clinical placement is required for this unit where you will demonstrate your ability to perform the nursing role within your scope of practice as measured against the NMBA Registered Nurse Standards for Practice.

You must meet both academic and professional requirements at all times while undertaking nursing studies. If your progress is deemed to be unsatisfactory at any time during this clinical placement unit as per the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework) and Work Integrated Learning Student Placement Policy and Procedure, you will not be eligible for a supplementary assessment and may receive a fail grade for NURS12158 Clinical Nursing Practice 3.

The Clinical Competency Performance Assessment Tool has been designed to enable you to demonstrate the development of professional attributes required by the registered nurse. The criteria in the Clinical Competency Performance Assessment Tool are based on the NMBA Registered Nurse Standards for Practice. These criteria will be used to evaluate your ability to perform your nursing role within your scope of practice and to determine your ability to meet the NMBA Registered Nurse Standards for Practice as per your current year level. For example, as you are a year-2 student it is expected that you will perform within the scope of practice of a year-2 nursing student and demonstrate critical thinking, problem-solving and clinical skills applicable to a year-2 nursing student.

Assessment criteria and performance standards for the Clinical Competency Performance Assessment Tool includes:

• successful completion of the required hours of clinical placement as set out in the unit profile and Bachelor of Nursing Handbook;

• a self-assessment of your own clinical performance against the NMBA Registered Nurse Standards for Practice at both formative and summative stages of the clinical placement; and

• assessment and recording of your performance by the identified preceptor/clinical facilitator at both formative and summative stages of the clinical placement.

Further information on the assessment criteria is outlined in the 'Clinical Competency Performance Assessment Tool' available of the Clinical Moodle site.

If you are identified as not achieving the required standards or competency for your year level you may be required to complete further learning as outlined in an individual support plan. The unit coordinator in consultation with the student and clinical facilitator/preceptor will prepare the individual support plan. If you are still not able to achieve the required standards or competency level with the assistance and direction of the support plan a fail grade will be awarded.

Please see the CQUniversity Suitability for Clinical Placement policy on the Clinical Placement Moodle site for further information.

Students who fail to meet the Student Code of Conduct as outlined in the Clinical Competency Performance Assessment Tool document may be withdrawn from the clinical setting and a fail grade awarded.

IMPORTANT: It is important you refer to the Clinical Competency Performance Assessment Tool prior to and throughout your clinical placement.

The Portfolio consists of seven activities, all of which must be completed to a pass level as per the portfolio marking guide before a pass can be awarded. The portfolio marking guide is available on the unit Moodle site.

You are required to complete the following activities in order to meet the requirements for this assessment item:

• Online cultural - cultural awareness passport;
• Inpatient medication charts - Adults and Paediatrics;
• Hand hygiene;
• Medication safety;
• Blood Safe (Clinical Transfusion Practice);
• Blood Safe (Critical Bleeding); and
• Occupational violence prevention fundamentals.

Further details for Assessment 4 are available in the document “Guidelines and Requirements for Clinical Portfolio 2017” which can be accessed on the unit Moodle site.

This assessment item consists of seven activities, all of which must be completed to a pass level according to the Portfolio criteria before a Pass grade can be awarded.

A detailed marking guide is available in “Guidelines and Requirements for Clinical Portfolio 2017” which can be accessed on the unit Moodle site.

You must achieve a Pass grade for Assessment 4 to be eligible to pass the unit.

If you have completed some or all of the components of this Assessment 4 in previous units, you can demonstrate this by uploading the certificates to the unit Moodle site for grading/marking.