Aim

The aim of this online quiz is to demonstrate your understanding of the law-making processes used to enact laws, the Australian legal system and the ethical principles that are applicable to the delivery of Australian health care.

Instructions

You are completing an online quiz. This is an open-book quiz designed to assess your understanding of the learning content from weeks one to three. 

Access the quiz via the Assessment tile on NURS13140 Moodle. This quiz can only be attempted once, and it must be completed in one sitting. Once you commence the online quiz, you will have 60 minutes to complete the assessment. After 60 minutes, the quiz will close, and all responses will be automatically submitted. 

Please ensure you have a stable internet connection before attempting the quiz. There will be no opportunities to attempt this assessment once the quiz closes at 1800h on 25 March 2024. Extensions will not be approved for this assessment except under exceptional circumstances supported by valid evidence in alignment with policy.

If you have any technical issues let the unit coordinators know immediately. Take a screenshot or photo of the issue and email it to the unit coordinators. We will assist you with resolving the problem or refer you to TaSAC for further assistance (TASAC toll-free phone number 1300 666 620).

Results of the quiz will be available at 1900h on 25 March 2024.

This is an official assessment item and the rules of academic integrity apply. You are expected to complete this assessment independently and adhere to the conditions associated with undertaking an assessment task. You must maintain academic integrity and comply with the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. Acting honestly and with integrity means avoiding behaviour that may breach academic honesty, such as plagiarism, collusion, cheating, and other forms of academic misconduct. If any academic misconduct is detected, it will be managed per the policy and may result in penalties. 

Learning Outcomes Assessed

1.  Demonstrate an informed understanding of the basic concepts and principles that underpin Australian healthcare law (LOC 1).

The online quiz is timed and automatically gets submitted at the set time.

Aim

The aim of this assessment is to present an analysis of the key ethical and legal issues involved in withholding clinical information from a patient.

Instructions

You are required to prepare a 5 -7 minute oral presentation using 5-7 PowerPoint slides. The information presented on the slides must be supported by relevant in-text citations, and your final slide must include your reference list in APA 7th edition referencing style. You must be visible on the recording of the presentation. 

The presentation must address the following question:

Should nurses in Australia have the right to withhold clinical information from a patient if it goes against the nurse’s own personal values?

Literature and references

In this assessment, use at least seven contemporary references (no more than 5 years old) to support your discussion. You may also use seminal scholarly literature where relevant.

Suitable references include peer-reviewed journal articles, textbooks, and credible websites. The journals you use must be accessible from the CQU library database. The quality and credibility of your sources are important and used appropriately within your work.

We recommend you access your discipline-specific library guide: the Nursing and Midwifery Guide, Social Work and Community Services Guide. When sourcing information, consider the five elements of a quality reference: currency, authority, relevance, objectivity, and coverage. Grey literature sourced from the internet must be from reputable websites such as government, university, or peak national bodies, such as the Australian College of Nursing.

Submission

Submit your assessment via the unit Moodle site.

Learning Outcomes Assessed

2. Analyse and reflect on healthcare problems and identify relevant ethical and legal issues.

3. Develop a broad and coherent body of knowledge of how legislation, policies, frameworks, codes, and guidelines are applied to nursing practice in Australia. 

Weighting: 60% 

Length: Approximately 2000 words

Aim

This assessment aims to develop the knowledge of ethical and legal issues pertaining to nursing practice in Australia.

Instructions

Please follow the steps below to complete your assessment task:

1.      This workbook consists of 9 modules representing the learning material from weeks 4 to 12.  Each module consists of several tasks/activities. 

2.      You are required to download the workbook document and complete all tasks/activities using this document as your template.

3.      Some activities require short answers to questions; others require the application of the theory to a given scenario.  A suggested word count has been indicated for some of the activities. 

4.      All your responses must be based on credible evidence derived from peer-reviewed literature or credible websites.  Please provide references as indicated.

5.      Please abide by the rules of academic integrity, and work independently.  This is NOT a group assessment. 

6.      Please submit your completed workbook as an MS Word document.    

Literature and references

In this assessment, where references are required, you must use contemporary references (<5 years) to support your discussion as noted below.  You may also use seminal scholarly literature where relevant.  Suitable references include peer-reviewed journal articles as well as textbooks, and credible websites.  When sourcing information, consider the 5 elements of a quality reference: currency, authority, relevance, objectivity, and coverage.  Grey literature sourced from the internet must be from reputable websites such as from government, university, or peak national bodies: for example, the Australian College of Nursing or the Australian Association of Social Workers.

Requirements 

·    Use a conventional and legible size 12 font, such as Times New Roman, with 2.0 line spacing and 2.54cm page margins (standard pre-set margin in Microsoft Word).

·     Write in the third-person perspective.

·     Use formal academic language.

·     Use the seventh edition American Psychological Association (APA) referencing style.  The CQUniversity Academic Learning Centre has an online CQU APA Referencing Style Guide.

·     We recommend that you access your discipline-specific library guide: the Nursing and Midwifery Guide and Social Work and Community Services Guide.

·     For information on academic communication, please go to the Academic Learning Centre Moodle site.  The Academic Communication section has many helpful resources, including information for students with English as a second language.

Learning Outcomes: 

1.              Demonstrate an informed understanding of the basic concepts and principles that underpin Australian healthcare law.

2.             Analyse and reflect on healthcare problems and identify relevant ethical and legal issues.

3.             Develop a broad and coherent body of knowledge of how legislation, policies, frameworks. 

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