Overview
This unit continues from Nursing and Professional Practice 1 and extends your nursing knowledge and skills to consolidate your professional nursing confidence and competence in managing complex patient problems. You will be able to validate your nursing judgements and clinical decisions through professional reflection and critical thinking. You will also be able to support others in the management of technologies in a variety of clinical contexts and advocate for the patient and their family in the interprofessional context. This unit will be undertaken in the hospital health service where you are employed.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: NURS20171 Nursing and Professional Practice 1
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 1 - 2021
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 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.
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.
- Demonstrate advanced clinical skills within a health context
- Advocate for patients and families within the interprofessional context
- Initiate clinical evaluations and interventions in clinical settings
- Support others in the management of treatment technologies
- Use evidence based practices to improve patient outcomes
- Role model professional attributes
- Apply reflection-in-action to ensure person centered care and the necessity of self-care.
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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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| 1 - Practical Assessment - 0% | |||||||
| 2 - Portfolio - 0% | |||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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| 1 - Knowledge | |||||||
| 2 - Communication | |||||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | |||||||
| 4 - Research | |||||||
| 5 - Self-management | |||||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | |||||||
| 7 - Leadership | |||||||
| 8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1 - Practical Assessment - 0% | ||||||||
| 2 - Portfolio - 0% | ||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- CQUniversity Library
- CQUniversity Library website
- Endnote bibliographic software. This is optional for formatting references.
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 7th Edition (APA 7th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
j.m.shaw@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Welcome to the Unit
Self-directed Learning
Moodle site
Student Support
Something about the Unit
Chapter
Check out the Moodle site and click on all the links.
Assessment?
Whats in the Library?
Visit the Academic Learning Centre
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom: Mondays 6pm
Module/Topic
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Board - Scope of Nursing Practice
Advanced clinical skills of new graduates.
Specialty and advanced clinical skills
Demonstrating advanced clinical skills within a health context
Chapter
Readings and activities in Moodle
Activities: Self-rating and self-development of skills and communication related to advanced clinical skills.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom Mondays 6pm
Module/Topic
Advocate for patients and families within the inter-professional context
Inter-professional team roles and responsibilities
Chapter
Readings and activities in Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom Mondays 6pm
Submit Artefact 1- your updated CV - to your e-Portfolio on Moodle. Due 5pm (AEST) Friday 26th March 2021.
Module/Topic
Initiate clinical evaluation and interventions in clinical settings
Deliberate practice and upskilling
Chapter
Readings and activities in Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom Monday 6pm
Module/Topic
Current issues in clinical interventions and evaluations
Initiate clinical evaluation and interventions in clinical settings
Identifying commonly missed care in clinical practice
Chapter
Readings and activities in Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom Monday 6pm
Due Date Assessment 1: 5pm (AEST) Wednesday 7th April 2021 (Week 5)
Reflective Practice Assignment Due: Week 5 Wednesday (7 Apr 2021) 5:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Support others in the management of treatment technologies
The future of technology
Chapter
Readings and activities in Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom Monday 6pm
Module/Topic
Support others in the management of treatment technologies
Clinical teaching and learning strategies
Chapter
Readings and activities in Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom Monday 6pm
Module/Topic
Using evidence-based practices to support improved patient outcomes
Using evidence to develop your skill to improve patient outcomes
Developing a professional portfolio
Chapter
Readings and activities in Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom Monday 6pm
Module/Topic
Using evidence-based practices to support improved patient outcomes
Background to Evidence-Based Practice
Team approach to implementation
Chapter
Readings and activities in Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom Monday 6pm
Module/Topic
Role model professional attributes
Exploring professional attributes of nursing
Personal attributes for role modelling
Chapter
Readings and activities in Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom Monday 6pm
Module/Topic
Apply reflection-in-action to ensure person centred care and the necessity for self-care
Differentiation and discussion of reflection-in-action and reflection-on-action
Interdisciplinary reflection
Chapter
Readings and activities in Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom Monday 6pm
Due date: 5 pm (AEST) 28th May 2021 (Week 11) ensure both Artefact 1 & 2 are uploaded.
e-Portfolio Due: Week 11 Friday (28 May 2021) 5:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Apply reflection-in-action to ensure person centred care and the necessity for self-care
Self-care during transitions in nursing
Transition shock – theory and practice
Chapter
Readings and activities in Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom Monday 6pm
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Ensure you have uploaded your documents to your portfolio by 5pm 30th June 2021 after addressing to corrections.
1 Practical Assessment
Type: Written assessment
Due date: 5pm Time (AEST) Wednesday 7th April 2021 (Week 5)
Weighting: Pass/Fail
Length: 3000 words + 10%
Unit Coordinator: Dr Julie Shaw
Learning Outcomes Assessed
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1. Demonstrate role modelling of professional attributes.
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2. Communicate effectively with patients and co-workers to improve patient outcomes.
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4. Reflect critically on personal outputs and professionalism within the clinical workplace.
Aim
The aim of this assessment is to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate how you role model professional nursing and use effective communication to improve patient outcomes.
Instructions
Reflect on your professional nursing practice and analyse how you demonstrate effective communication and role model professionalism. In your reflection, you will provide examples of your personal outputs as evidence of your professionalism and positive impact on patient outcomes. Substantiate your analysis with the current literature.
Please follow the steps below to complete your assessment task:
Step 1: Introduce your essay and the approach your reflection will take.
Step 2: Research the current literature on nursing professionalism and effective communication to inform and substantiate your reflection.
Step 3: Review the video explaining reflective writing to guide your reflection.
Step 4: Analyse your examples of professionalism and communication.
Step 5: Analyse how your personal outputs impact patient outcomes.
Step 6: Substantiate your discussion using current, relevant, peer reviewed literature.
Step 7: Conclude with a succinct summary of your essay.
Literature and references
In this assessment use at least 15 contemporary references (<7 years) to support your discussion. 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
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Use a conventional and legible size 12 font, such as Times New Roman or Arial, with 1.5 line spacing and 2.54cm page margins (standard pre-set margin in Microsoft Word).
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Include page numbers on each page in a footer.
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Write in the third-person perspective, examples provided may be in the first person.
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Use formal academic language.
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Use the seventh edition American Psychological Association (APA) referencing style. The CQUniversity Academic Learning Centre has an online APA Referencing Style Guide.
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The word count is considered from the first word of the introduction to the last word of the conclusion. The word count excludes the reference list but includes in-text references and direct quotations.
Resources
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You can use unit provided materials and other credible sources (e.g. journal articles, books) to reference your argument. The quality and credibility of your sources are important.
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We recommend that you access your discipline specific library guide: the Nursing and Midwifery Guide.
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We recommend you use EndNote to manage your citations and reference list. More information on how to use EndNote is available at the CQUniversity Library website.
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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.
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Submit a draft before the due date to review your Turnitin Similarity Score before making a final submission. Instructions are available here.
Submission
Submit your assessment via the unit Moodle site in Microsoft Word format only.
Marking Criteria
Refer to the marking rubric on the Moodle site for more detail on how marks will be assigned.
References
Academic Skills, The University of Melbourne. (2017). Reflective writing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SntBj0FIApw
Week 5 Wednesday (7 Apr 2021) 5:00 pm AEST
submit online via Moodle
Week 7 Wednesday (28 Apr 2021)
online
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| ALLOCATED GRADE – PASS / FAIL MARKER | |
- Demonstrate advanced clinical skills within a health context
- Advocate for patients and families within the interprofessional context
- Initiate clinical evaluations and interventions in clinical settings
- Support others in the management of treatment technologies
- Use evidence based practices to improve patient outcomes
- Role model professional attributes
- Apply reflection-in-action to ensure person centered care and the necessity of self-care.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
2 Portfolio
Type: Written assessment
Due date: 5 pm (AEST) 28th May 2021 (Week 11)
Weighting: Pass/Fail
Length: 2500 words +/- 10%
Unit Coordinator: Dr Julie Shaw
Learning Outcomes Assessed
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1. Demonstrate role modelling of professional attributes.
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2. Communicate effectively with patients and co-workers to improve patient outcomes.
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3. Demonstrate advanced clinical skills in clinical assessment and evaluation, and the implementation of evidence-based nursing interventions, in clinical settings
Aim
The aim of this assessment is to add artefacts to your professional portfolio to demonstrate your knowledge, experience, skills, abilities and professional development in your specialty.
Instructions
You will complete the following artefacts and add them to your portfolio.
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Artefact 1 Curriculum Vitae (CV) – the CV provides a summary of your career covering your qualifications and experience and provides insight into your current professional associations and capabilities.
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Artefact 2 Specialty NMBA Standards document (available on Moodle) to demonstrate your professionalism as a registered nurse in specialty.
Step 1: Access your specialty standards document and Portfolio (on Moodle) by the end of Week 1. The standards documents are available on Moodle or via your specialty organisation. If your specialty does not have standards of practice, please contact your Unit Convenor in Week 1.
Step 2: Artefact 1 - Add your updated Curriculum Vitae to your e-Portfolio (Portfolium) by the end of Week 3 - Friday 26th March 2021.
Step 3: Using Artefact 2 your Specialty NMBA Standards document, discuss how you have met the standards of specialty practice including examples and supporting evidence substantiated with the current literature.
Step 4: Submit Artefact 2 via the assessment portal on the unit Moodle by Friday 28th May 2021 (Week 11) for grading.
Step 5: Once marking has been completed and any corrections made, add the document to your Portfolio by 30th June 2021.
Literature and references
In this assessment use at least 15 contemporary references (<10 years) to support your discussion. 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.
Requirements
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Use a conventional and legible size 12 font, such as Times New Roman or Arial, with 1.5 line spacing and 2.54cm page margins (standard pre-set margin in Microsoft Word).
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Include page numbers on each page in a footer
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Write predominantly in the third-person perspective and use first person where appropriate.
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Use formal academic language.
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Use the seventh edition American Psychological Association (APA) referencing style. The CQUniversity Academic Learning Centre has an online APA Referencing Style Guide.
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The word count is considered from the first word of the introduction to the last word of the conclusion. The word count excludes the reference list but includes in-text references and direct quotations.
Resources
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Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) registered nurse standards for practice (2016).
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You can use unit provided materials and other credible sources (e.g. journal articles, books) to reference your argument. The quality and credibility of your sources are important.
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We recommend that you access your discipline specific Nursing Resource Guide
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You may like to manage your citations and reference list. Information on how to use academic referencing software (EndNote) is available at the CQUniversity Library website should you wish to learn how to use it.
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For information on academic writing and referencing 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.
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Submit a draft before the due date to review your Turnitin Similarity Score before making a final submission. Instructions are available here.
Submission
Submit your assessment via the unit Moodle site in Microsoft Word format only.
Marking Criteria
Refer to the marking rubric below for more detail on how marks will be assigned.
Standard Exemplar of standards document (238 words)
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Standards of Practice (NMBA, 2016) |
How does your practice demonstrate the standard? |
What do you need to demonstrate change or advancement in your practice to ensure that the standard is consistently met? |
How could you further develop evidence of competency or strengths in areas of particular interest or aptitude in relation to this standard? |
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Standard 3: maintains the capability for practice RNs actively engage with the profession and lifelong learning for the benefit of self and others. RNs educate others. They are accountable for their practice and the practice of those they have delegated. RNs demonstrate capability of practice and respond constrictively to feedback on practice. |
As a nurse currently working in neonatal care, I strive to maintain clinical competency and my capability for practice. Soroush, Zargham-Boroujeni, and Namnabat (2016). Identify the importance of nurse’s clinical competency as essential in the care of preterm infants. I ensure I attend relevant study days and lead and participate in the monthly journal club held in the neonatal unit. I ensure I maintain competency in all relevant nursing interventions for example, intravenous administration of medications. |
I am required by the NMBA to complete a minimum of 20 hours of CPD per registration period, as well as educating students and colleagues. There are a number of technological advancements in neonatal care and it is essential for all nurses to ensure they deliver safe, quality (Häggman‐Laitila, Mattila and Melender 2016). This is an area of interest to me and one where I need to ensure I am aware of current research, and evidence- based practice in order to meet the standard. |
Soroush, Zargham-Boroujeni, and Namnabat (2016) identify the need for neonatal nurses to be competent in the application of technical and communicational skills, knowledge and clinical reasoning. It is the area of recent technological advances in CO2 monitoring that I would like to present at the next journal club. These meetings are identified by Häggman‐Laitila, Mattila and Melender (2016) as applicable to a variety of nursing contexts and provide the dissemination of evidence- based practice. |
Week 11 Friday (28 May 2021) 5:00 pm AEST
Assessment is negotiated at your local health service
Review/Exam Week Friday (11 June 2021)
online
Please add more rows if your specialty has more than 7 standards. Students may have a second attempt if unsuccessful in the first attempt
To achieve a pass in this assessment students must be successful in half of the major criteria. To be successful in each of the major criteria students must be successful in half of the minor criteria e.g. 1/2; 2/4; 3/6.
| PASS | FAIL |
| Artifact 1 – CV - Week 3 Professional Portfolio (Portfolium) contains a current CV Contact details provided Education qualification included Professional Portfolio contains a list of current competencies Previous employment detailed Professional body memberships detailed Awards identified | Artifact 1 – CV - Week 3 Professional Portfolio (Portfolium) does not contain a current CV Contact details not provided Education qualifications not included Professional Portfolio does not contain a list of current competencies Previous employment not detailed Professional body memberships not detailed Awards not identified |
| Artefact 2: Specialty Standards artefact - Week 11 The professional portfolio contains the completed Specialty Standards artefact The Specialty Standards artefact has an introduction identifying the nursing specialty and the standards to be addressed | Artefact 3: Specialty Standards artefact - Week 11 The professional portfolio does not contain the Specialty Standards artefact The Specialty Standards artefact does not have an introduction identifying the nursing specialty and the standards to be addressed |
| Standard 1: Good outline of current practice relevant to standard. Clear indication of evidence required to demonstrate competency / strengths development. Overall, the standards artefact demonstrates critical analysis of the professional self. | Standard 1: Very limited or no outline of current practice relevant to standard. Very limited indication of evidence required to demonstrate competency / strengths development. Overall, the standard’s artefact does not demonstrate professional self, critical analysis |
| Standard 2: Good outline of current practice relevant to standard. Clear indication of evidence required to demonstrate competency / strengths development. Overall, the standards artefact demonstrates critical analysis of the professional self. | Standard 2: Very limited or no outline of current practice relevant to standard. Very limited indication of evidence required to demonstrate competency / strengths development. Overall, the standard’s artefact does not demonstrate professional self, critical analysis. |
| Standard 3: Good outline of current practice relevant to standard. Clear indication of evidence required to demonstrate competency / strengths development. Overall, the standards artefact demonstrates critical analysis of the professional self | Standard 3: Very limited or no outline of current practice relevant to standard. Very limited indication of evidence required to demonstrate competency / strengths development. Overall, the standards artefact portfolio does not demonstrate critical analysis of the professional self |
| Standard 4: Good outline of current practice relevant to standard. Clear indication of evidence required to demonstrate competency / strengths development. Overall, the standards artefact demonstrates critical analysis of the professional self. | Standard 4: Very limited or no outline of current practice relevant to standard. Very limited indication of evidence required to demonstrate competency / strengths development. Overall, the standards artefact does not demonstrate professional self, critical analysis. |
| Standard 5: Good outline of current practice relevant to standard. Clear indication of evidence required to demonstrate competency / strengths development. Overall, the standards artefact demonstrates critical analysis of the professional self | Standard 5: Very limited or no outline of current practice relevant to standard. Very limited indication of evidence required to demonstrate competency / strengths development. Overall, the standards artefact does not demonstrate professional self, critical analysis |
| Standard 6: Good outline of current practice relevant to standard. Clear indication of evidence required to demonstrate competency / strengths development. Overall, the standards artefact demonstrates critical analysis of the professional self. | Standard 6: Very limited or no outline of current practice relevant to standard. Very limited indication of evidence required to demonstrate competency / strengths development. Overall, the standards artefact portfolio does not demonstrate professional self, critical analysis |
| Standard 7: Concise outline of current practice relevant to standard. Clear indication of evidence required to demonstrate competency / strengths development. Overall, the standards artefact demonstrates critical analysis of the professional self | Standard 7: Very limited or no outline of current practice relevant to standard. Very limited indication of evidence required to demonstrate competency / strengths development. Overall, the standards artefact does not demonstrate professional self, critical analysis. |
| Presentation & Structure Writing within the portfolio is coherent and logically structured. There is no more than 3 different grammatical and 3 different punctuation errors. The Portfolio is consistently substantiated with reference to the current literature. APA6 referencing is used throughout with 5 or less different citation errors. | Presentation & Structure Writing within the portfolio is not coherent nor logically structured There is more than 3 different grammatical and 3 different punctuation errors. The Portfolio is not consistently substantiated with reference to the current literature. APA6 referencing is not used throughout with more than 5 different citation errors |
- Demonstrate advanced clinical skills within a health context
- Advocate for patients and families within the interprofessional context
- Initiate clinical evaluations and interventions in clinical settings
- Support others in the management of treatment technologies
- Use evidence based practices to improve patient outcomes
- Role model professional attributes
- Apply reflection-in-action to ensure person centered care and the necessity of self-care.
- Knowledge
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Leadership
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?
