Overview
In this unit you will consolidate knowledge gained throughout the Bachelor of Nursing course and be introduced to concepts aimed at transitioning you to the registered nurse role. You will build on your critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills through the development of professional, legal and ethical knowledge to facilitate safe delivery of nursing care to individuals, families and communities. This unit will provide you with theoretical knowledge that will complement Clinical Nursing Practice 5.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisites Students must have completed 120 credit points and NURS13133 Clinical Nursing Practice 4 or NURS13126 Critical Care Nursing
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2017
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 12-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
- Analyse the professional, legal and ethical governance and their application to the leadership role of the registered nurse.
- Critique conflict and change management strategies within organisational cultures and the impact this may have on nursing and members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Consider the transitional challenges and coping strategies required by the graduate registered nurse entering the workforce.
- Define the scope of practice and the delegation roles of the registered nurse and integrate these into nursing practice.
The learning outcomes are linked to the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Standards for registered nurses and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia competencies.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 20% | ||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 50% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 20% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 50% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
Additional Textbook Information
This Unit does not require students to purchase a textbook.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 6th Edition (APA 6th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
j.connor@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
The profession of Australian nursing
Chapter
National registered nurse guiding documents for practice in Australia.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Becoming a competent, confident, professional graduate nurse
Chapter
Relevant journals and text readings as made available in the weekly module
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Why is Teamwork important?
Chapter
Relevant journals and text readings as made available in the weekly module
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Communication for effective nursing
Chapter
Relevant journals and text readings as made available in the weekly module
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Safety & Quality in Nursing
Chapter
Relevant journals and text readings as made available in the weekly module
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Legal and ethical considerations in nursing practice
Chapter
Relevant journals and text readings as made available in the weekly module
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Organisational culture in healthcare
Chapter
Relevant journals and text readings as made available in the weekly module
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Nursing Leadership
Chapter
Relevant journals and text readings as made available in the weekly module
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Reflective practice
Chapter
Relevant journals and text readings as made available in the weekly module
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Establishing and maintaining a professional profile in nursing
Chapter
Relevant journals and text readings as made available in the weekly module
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Information and Links - Graduate Programs
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Relevant journals and text readings as made available in the weekly module
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Revision and Assessments
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1 Online Quiz(zes)
Online Quiz - Assessment One (20% weighting)
Please carefully read and answer the following multiple choice questions.
Each question is worth 1 mark and you will have 20 questions in total.
Attempts allowed: 1
The quiz will not be available until Monday, 7 August 2017, 12:01 AM
This quiz will close at Friday, 11 August 2017, 11:59 PM
Time limit: 3 hours
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Other
Week 5 Friday (11 Aug 2017) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 7 Friday (1 Sept 2017)
No Assessment Criteria
- Analyse the professional, legal and ethical governance and their application to the leadership role of the registered nurse.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Written Assessment
Assessment Item 2 –Short Answer Questions
| Due date: | 8th September 2017 | |
| Weighting: | 30% | |
| Length: | 1500 words |
Details
Answer the following assessment item using Arial font size 12 and double line spacing. APA referencing is required.
There are 3 Tasks to be completed in Assessment TWO - Task 1, Task 2 and Task 3.
Task 1 and Task 2 relate to the following scenario. The scenario is to be used as the stimulus for your short answer responses.
Scenario
You are a graduate registered nurse and are asked to cover the patient load for Registered Nurse X whilst she is on a meal break. You observe Patient B has intravenous fluids ordered and running at 125mls/hr with Dextrose Saline. You recognise immediately that the intravenous fluid order is for Normal Saline 125ml/hr. You cease the fluids and immediately advise Registered Nurse X what has happed and an incident report is required - but she states ‘that isn’t necessary, the fluid was only running for 10 minutes.’ You believe an incident report should be completed in response to this error but are not confident to escalate the issue to the supervising nurse as you don’t want to cause trouble with the more experienced and senior Registered Nurse X.
Task 1
· Explain how Standard 4 Medication Safety applies to this example.
· Explain how this situation could be managed and improved using Standard 4 Medication Safety.
Your responses should be based upon quality and safety requirements for Australian health care practice.
Task 2
Discuss organisational culture in a health care organisation and explore factors that would contribute to a positive organisational culture.
Task 3
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) declares ‘all registered health practitioners have a professional and ethical obligation to protect and promote public health and safe healthcare.’ As such, it is the responsibility of practitioners to make notification of any competency concerns. As a graduate registered nurse, your responsibility is to familiarise yourself with mandatory reporting responsibilities.
· Explore what is meant by mandatory reporting, notifiable conduct and reasonable belief in relation to the registered nurse.
Your responses should be based upon guidelines and legislative requirements for Australian health care practitioners.
Week 8 Friday (8 Sept 2017) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 11 Friday (29 Sept 2017)
| HD 85 – 100% | D 75 – 84% | C 65 – 74% | P 50 - 64% | F <50% | Marks |
| Structure (15%) | |||||
| Clear and succinct introduction that introduces the topic and outlines the direction of the paper. | Clear and appropriate introduction that introduces the topic and outlines the direction of the paper. | Appropriate introduction that introduces the topic and outlines the direction of the paper. | Introduction is apparent and the topic is introduced but there is no clear direction to the paper. | No recognisable – introduction of the topic is not apparent and/or there is no direction offered in respect of the paper. | /5 |
| Clear and succinct conclusion that outlines the main points and brings the argument to a logical close. | Clear and appropriate conclusion that outlines the main points and brings the argument to a close. | Conclusion outlines most of the main points and brings some sense of closure. | Conclusion apparent – outlines most of the main points and endeavours to bring the argument to a close –some incongruity. | No recognisable conclusion – little reference to the main points, does not offer a clear conclusion to the paper. | /5 |
| Consistently accurate with spelling, grammar, use of punctuation. Excellent presentation of assignment, double spaced with 12 point Arial font. | Generally accurate (1-3 inaccuracies) with spelling, grammar, use of punctuation. Well-presented assignment, double spaced with 12 point Arial font. | Occasional inaccuracies (4-6) with spelling, grammar, use of punctuation. Well-presented assignment, double spaced with 12 point Arial font. | Frequent inaccuracies (6-8) with spelling, grammar, use of punctuation. Well-presented assignment, double spaced with 12 point Arial font. | Many inaccuracies (>8) with spelling, grammar, use of punctuation. Poorly presented assignment, double spacing not used, 12 point Arial font not used. | /5 |
| Approach and Argument (75%) | |||||
| Comprehensive explanation and analysis of Australian standards in relation to medication safety and quality use of medicines | Detailed explanation and analysis of Australian standards in relation to medication safety and quality use of medicines | Adequate explanation and discussion of Australian standards in relation to medication safety and quality use of medicines | Basic explanation of Australian standards in relation to medication safety and quality use of medicines | Minimal explanation of Australian standards of medication safety and quality use of medicines | /25 |
| Comprehensive explanation and analysis of organisational culture in health care and factors that may contribute to a positive culture | Detailed explanation and analysis of organisational culture in health care and factors that may contribute to a positive culture | Adequate explanation and analysis of organisational culture in health care and factors that may contribute to a positive culture | Explanation of organisational culture in health care and factors that may contribute to a positive culture | Minimal explanation of organisational culture in health care and factors that may contribute to a positive culture | /25 |
| Comprehensive explanation and analysis of registered nursing practice competency within Australian regulations | Detailed explanation and analysis of registered nursing practice competency within Australian regulations | Adequate explanation and discussion of registered nursing practice competency within Australian regulations | Basic explanation of registered nursing practice competency within Australian regulations | Minimal explanation of registered nursing practice competency within Australian regulations | /25 |
| Referencing (10%) | |||||
| Consistently integrates up to date references to support and reflect all ideas, factual information and quotations. | Generally integrates up to date references to support and reflect ideas, factual information and quotations, with 1 or 2 exceptions. | Frequently integrates up to date references to support and reflect ideas, factual information and quotations, with 3 to 5 exceptions. | Occasionally integrates up to date references to support and reflect ideas, factual information and quotations with 6-10 exceptions. | Fails to or infrequent attempts to integrate up to date references to support and reflect ideas, factual information and quotations (>10). | /5 |
| Consistently accurate with referencing. Reference list adheres to APA presentation guidelines. Evidence of reading widely on the topic through an extensive reference list. All of which are used in the body of the text. (>/= 20 relevant sources) | Frequently accurate with referencing. Reference list adheres to APA presentation guidelines. Evidence of reading widely on the topic through a ample number of refernences included on the reference list. All of which are used in the body of the text. (>/= 15 relevant sources) | Mostly accurate with referencing. Reference list adheres to APA presentation guidelines. Evidence of reading widely on the topic through an adequate number of references included on the reference list. All of which are used in the body of the text. (>/= 10 relevant sources) | Occasional inaccuracies with referencing. Reference list adheres to APA presentation guidelines. Evidence of reading widely on the topic through a passable number of references included in the reference list. All of which are used in the body of the text. (>/= 5 relevant sources) | Many inaccuracies with referencing. Reference list does not adhere to APA presentation guidelines. No evidence of reading widely on the topic through a brevity of references on the reference list. Not all of which are used in the body of the text. (< 5 relevant sources) | /5 |
| Mark/100 | |||||
| Mark/30 | |||||
| Alpha Grade | |||||
- Critique conflict and change management strategies within organisational cultures and the impact this may have on nursing and members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Consider the transitional challenges and coping strategies required by the graduate registered nurse entering the workforce.
- Define the scope of practice and the delegation roles of the registered nurse and integrate these into nursing practice.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
3 Written Assessment
Assessment Item 3 --Essay
| Due date: | 6th October 2017 | |
| Weighting: | 50% | |
| Length: | Individual Essay: 2000 words |
Details
There is no perfect leadership style, which means there is more than one way to lead effectively.
There is however, a leadership style that matches you - your strengths and weaknesses, values and beliefs, personality and tendencies. A big part of your personal leadership development process is determining this style and then developing in that direction.
Task
Undertake the Leadership Styles Questionnaire found below (Moodle assessment) and determine the type of leadership style that represents your style.
Discuss this leadership style and its application in response to;
• workplace challenges,
• change management,
• conflict resolution.
Consider leadership resilience and resiliency development strategies in the workplace in your response.
Week 12 Friday (6 Oct 2017) 11:45 pm AEST
Certification of Grades
| HD 85-100% | D 75-84% | C 65-74% | P 50-64% | F <50% | Marks |
| Structure -15% | |||||
| Excellent presentation of assignment with inclusion of all correct components, double line spaced, 12 point font, page numbers, well-structured academic abstract and a contents page. Consistently accurate with spelling, grammar and paragraph structure. | Well-presented assignment, double line spaced, 12 point font, page numbers, concise abstract and a contents page, 1 or 2 errors in spelling, grammar or paragraph structure. | Well-presented assignment, double line spaced, 12 point font, page numbers, abstract and a contents page, 3 or 4 consistent errors with spelling, grammar or paragraph structure | Adequate assignment presentation, double line spaced with 12 point font. No abstract or contents page included or page numbers, 4 to 7 consistent errors with spelling, grammar or paragraph structure. | Poorly presented assignment. Double spacing not used, 12 point font not used. No abstract or contents page included. Many inaccuracies in spelling, grammar or paragraph structure. | /5 |
| Clear and succinct introduction that introduces the topic and outlines the direction of the paper. Clear and succinct conclusion that outlines the major elements identified to bring the paper to a close. | Clear and appropriate introduction that introduces the topic and outlines the direction of the paper. Appropriate conclusion that outlines the major elements identified to bring the paper to a close | Appropriate introduction that introduces the topic and outlines the direction of the paper. The conclusion provides some outlines of the major elements identified and brings some sense of closure to the paper. | Introduction is apparent although consists only of a list of the contents of the paper. Topic not clearly introduced. Conclusion provides cursory outline of the major elements identified and endeavours to bring the paper to a close – there may be some incongruity | No recognisable introduction— the topic is not introduced and/or there is no direction offered in respect of the paper. No recognisable conclusion or summary – little reference to the main elements identified and does not offer a clear sense of closure to the paper. | /5 |
| Organisation and structure is clear and easy to follow. Content is clearly relevant to the topic, the approach clearly and comprehensively addresses the topic and the argument proceeds logically. Well linked to supporting literature. | Organisation and structure is clear. Content is relevant to the topic, the approach clearly addresses the topic and the argument proceeds logically. Supporting literature is used appropriately. | Organisation and structure is appropriate. Content is appropriate and addresses the topic and the argument for the most part proceeds logically. Minimal omissions in links to supporting literature. | Organisation and structure allows misinterpretation of the meaning of the content. Content addresses the topic the argument is at times repetitive or lacks cohesion. Frequent omissions in links to supporting literature. | Organisation and structure detract from the meaning of the content. Content is irrelevant and or does not address the topic. There is a lack of cohesion. Little to no links to supporting literature. | /5 |
| Approach and Argument (75%) | |||||
| Content is clearly relevant to the topic. The approach comprehensively answers the question and the argument proceeds logically. Content provides comprehensive and clear discussion of chosen leadership style including exploration of its application in response to workplace challenges, change management and conflict resolution. | Content is relevant to the topic, the approach clearly answers the question and the argument proceeds logically. Content provides strong discussion of chosen leadership style and includes its application in response to workplace challenges, change management and conflict resolution. | Content is appropriate and answers the question and the argument for the most part proceeds logically. Content provides adequate discussion of chosen leadership style and includes its application in response to workplace challenges, change management and conflict resolution. | Content answers the question although the argument is at times repetitive or lacks cohesion. Content provides some discussion of chosen leadership style and includes its application in response to workplace challenges, change management and conflict resolution. | Content does not address all aspects of the assessment task. Inadequate description of required content. Little or no discernible critical thought. No or minimal discussion of chosen leadership style or its application in response to workplace challenges, change management and conflict resolution. | /40 |
| Comprehensively includes a detailed discussion including a clear definition of leadership resilience and examination of resiliency development strategies in the workplace with succinct, coherent and convincing critical thought displayed. | Extensively includes a thorough discussion including sound definition of leadership resilience and examination of resiliency development strategies in the workplace with well-developed critical thought evident. | Generally includes a reasonable discussion including satisfactory definition of leadership resilience and examination of resiliency development strategies in the workplace with critical thought developed and presented. | Demonstrates a limited discussion including passable definition of leadership resilience and examination of resiliency development strategies in the workplace. Perceptible critical thought. | No or minimal discussion evident, including unacceptable definition of leadership resilience and minimal examination of resiliency development strategies in the workplace | /35 |
| Referencing - 10% | |||||
| Consistently accurate with in-text referencing to support and reflect all ideas, factual information and quotations. | 1 or 2 consistent in-text referencing errors identified to support and reflect all ideas, factual information and quotations. | 3 or 4 consistent in-text referencing errors identified to support and reflect all ideas, factual information and quotations. | 5 or 6 inconsistent in-text referencing errors identified to support and reflect all ideas, factual information and quotations. | Referencing is not consistent with APA style. Many inaccuracies with in-text referencing to support and reflect all ideas, factual information and quotations. | /5 |
| A minimum of 20 up-to-date references used including 10 up-to-date journal articles as well as relevant books and web sites. Reference list appears in alphabetical order and fully adheres to reference list presentation guidelines APA style. | A minimum of 15 references used including 10 up-to-date journal articles as well as relevant books and web sites. Reference list appears in alphabetical order and consistently adheres to reference list presentation Guidelines APA style. | A minimum of 10 references used including 5 journal articles as well as relevant books and web sites. Reference list appears in alphabetical order and mostly adheres to reference list presentation guidelines APA style. | A minimum of 7 references used including 4 journal articles as well as relevant books and web sites. Reference list appears in alphabetical order and occasionally adheres to reference list presentation guidelines APA style. | Fails to or infrequent attempts to integrate up-to-date references to support and reflect ideas, factual information and quotations. Less than 10 journal articles not sourced. Relevant web sites not used. Reference list appears in no alphabetical order and does not adhere to reference list presentation guidelines APA style. | |
| /5 | |||||
| Mark/100 | |||||
| Mark/50 | |||||
| Alpha Grade |
- Critique conflict and change management strategies within organisational cultures and the impact this may have on nursing and members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Consider the transitional challenges and coping strategies required by the graduate registered nurse entering the workforce.
- Define the scope of practice and the delegation roles of the registered nurse and integrate these into nursing practice.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
