Due Date: 5pm (AEST) Wednesday 30th August 2023 (Week 7)

Weighting: Pass/Fail

Length: 2500 words + 10% (excluding reference list)

Unit Coordinator: Ms Hellen Kaneko

Aim

The aim of this assessment is for you to demonstrate your knowledge, understanding, and critical thinking, using written reflection to self-assess your clinical practice.

Instructions

Reflect on your professional nursing practice and analyse how you demonstrate effective communication and role model professionalism in your clinical work setting. Identify one scenario from your clinical practice to base your reflection on. Your reflection should identify examples of your personal contributions as evidence of your professionalism and positive impact on patient outcomes. Substantiate your reflection using current literature.

Please follow the steps below to complete your assessment task:

Step 1. Review the video explaining reflective writing to guide your reflection.

Step 2. Provide a brief introduction outlining the aim of your assessment and the approach your reflection will take (approximately 150 words).

Step 3. Discuss examples of your professionalism and communication in your clinical setting (approximately 800 words).

Step 4. Using critical self-reflection, discuss how your personal contributions impact patient outcomes (approximately 1,400 words).

Step 4. Substantiate your discussion using current, relevant, peer reviewed literature.

Step 6. Provide a concise conclusion summarising the main concepts from your assessment (approximately 150 words).

Literature and references

In this assessment use at least 15 contemporary references (<5 years) sourced from the CQUniversity library 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 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 from government, university, or peak national bodies: for example, the Australian College of Nursing. Note, websites such as Stat Pearls, Life in the Fastlane, and Wikipedia are not suitable for this assessment task.

Requirements

• Have a cover page for your assignment that includes your name, student number, unit code, and in-text word count.

• Use a conventional and legible size 12 font, either Times New Roman or Arial, with 2.0 line spacing and 2.54cm margins (standard pre-set margin in Microsoft Word).

• Include page numbers on the top right side of each page in a header.

• Write in the third-person perspective; examples provided may be in the first-person perspective.

• Use formal academic language.

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

• References must be used to support the reflection on the ethical and legal implications as well as the identified decisions and actions taken.

• Start your reference list on a separate page to the body of your assignment.

• The word count excludes the reference list but includes in-text references and direct quotations, including paraphrasing and direct quotes. Please note, direct quotes should be avoided in Post Graduate assessments.

Resources

• 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. Please note, lecture notes are not primary sources of evidence.
• We recommend that you access your discipline specific Nursing Resource Guide.
• 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.
• 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.
• · Submit at least one draft before the due date to review your Turnitin Similarity Score before uploading your 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.

To achieve a passing grade for this unit you are required to pass this assessment item. If you do not pass this assessment item, you may have an opportunity to re-attempt.

A re-attempt is where you are given a second opportunity to demonstrate your achievement of one or more of the unit’s learning outcomes before you can progress to new learning or participate in subsequent learning activities. You may be given the opportunity to re-attempt an assessment but will only achieve a mark no greater than the minimum for a pass standard for the assessment.

You must:

• have shown a reasonable attempt to complete the initial assessment task
• be granted a re-attempt by your Unit Lead/Coordinator
• make changes to the nominated assessment task which you have failed and resubmit the revised work for marking within seven consecutive days, no assessment extensions will be approved.

Please note: Only one opportunity for a re-attempt is allowed.

Learning Outcomes Assessed

1. Demonstrate role modelling of professional attributes.

2. Communicate effectively with patients and co-workers to improve patient outcomes.

4. Reflect critically on personal outputs and professionalism within the clinical workplace.

References

Academic Skills, The University of Melbourne. (2017). Reflective writing [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SntBj0FIApw

NURS20172 Introduction to Specialty Practice – Assessment One Rubric.

Student name: Student number:

To achieve a pass in this assessment students must be successful in each of the 4 major criteria (Structure, Presentation and Professional Writing; Reflection; Reflection; Professionalism and Communication; and Referencing.

To be successful in each of the major criteria students must be successful in one half of the given minor criteria, i.e., 4/7; 3/5; 2/4.

NURS20172 Introduction to Developing Specialty Practice

Assessment 2 – Portfolio

Type: Part A: Curriculum Vitae

Part B: Specialty Standards assessment

Due date: Part A: 5pm (AEST) Wednesday 26th July (Week 3)

Part B: 5pm (AEST) Wednesday 4th October 2023 (Week 12)

Weighting: Part A: Pass/Fail

Part B: Pass/Fail

Length: Part A: No more than 5 A-4 pages

Part B: 2,500 words +/- 10% (excluding reference list)

Unit Coordinator: Ms Hellen Kaneko

Aim

The aim of this assessment is to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate how your professional practice meets the nursing standards of your chosen speciality.

Instructions

For this assessment, you are asked to use the nursing specialty standards of your chosen specialty to demonstrate professionalism in your practice. You need to provide an example for each of the standards on how your professional practice demonstrates that you meet the standard. Your discussion will include two changes or strategies that you can apply to improve your professional practice to align with your specialty nursing standards.

Please follow the steps below to complete Part A of your assessment task:

• Write your professional Curriculum Vitae (CV) aligning your CV to your Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) Registered nurse standards for practice (2016) and Specialty Standards.

• Your CV should provide a clear, succinct summary of your career, and include the citation of your qualifications and professional experience/s to demonstrate insight into your current professional associations and capabilities.

Please follow the steps below to complete Part B of your assessment task:

• To complete your speciality standards essay, in Week 1, access your specialty standards document and Portfolio (on Moodle). The standards documents are available on Moodle or via your specialty professional organisation. If your specialty does not have standards of practice, please contact your Unit Coordinator in Week 1.

• Your speciality standards essay should include the following:

o Demonstration of your professionalism as a registered nurse in specialty.

o A discussion on how you have met the standards of specialty including examples and supporting evidence including current literature.

Literature and references

In this assessment use at least 15 contemporary references for Part B (5 years or less) sourced from the CQUniversity library 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 government, university, or peak national bodies: for example, the Australian College of Nursing. Note, websites such as Stat Pearls, Life in the Fastlane, and Wikipedia are not suitable for this assessment task. Lecture notes are not primary sources of evidence and should not be used in this assessment.

Requirements

Part A

• Be creative with your assessment, however, make sure it is legible and not overcrowded.

• Use a conventional and legible font.

• Write in the first-person perspective.

• Use formal academic and discipline specific language.

• Your CV should be no longer than 4 A4 pages in total.

Part B

• Include a cover page for your assignment that includes your name, student number, unit code, and in-text word count.

• Use conventional and legible size 12 font, either Times New Roman or Arial font, with 2.0 spacing and 2.54cm margins (standard pre-set margin in Microsoft Word).

• Include page numbers on the top right side of each page in a header.

• Write in the third-person perspective.

• Use formal academic language and essay structure.

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

• The word count excludes the reference list but includes in-text references and direct quotations, including paraphrasing and direct quotes. Please note, direct quotes should be avoided in Post Graduate assessments.

Resources

• 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. Please note, lecture notes are not peer reviewed primary sources of evidence.

• We recommend that you access your discipline specific Nursing Resource Guide.

• 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.

• 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.

• For information on using PowerPoint please go to the Academic Learning Centre Computing Basics section – How to use PowerPoint.

• You may wish to submit a draft to Studiosity.

• Submit at least one draft before the due date to review your Turnitin Similarity Score before uploading your final submission. Instructions are available here.

Submission

Submit Part A and Part B of 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. Assessment re-attempt is not available for Assessment Two – Parts A and B.

Once your assessment has been marked, please make your corrections, and submit to your e-Portfolio (also called Portfolium) within two weeks of assignment feedback. You will need to add new pages titled Curriculum Vitae profile and Professional Standards to your e-Portfolio so that you can upload your documents.

Learning Outcomes Assessed

1. Demonstrate role modelling of professional attributes.

2. Communicate effectively with patients and co-workers to improve patient outcomes.

3. Demonstrate advanced clinical skills in clinical assessment and evaluation, and the implementation of evidence-based nursing interventions, in clinical settings.

NURS20172 Assessment 2 Rubric Student name:

To achieve a pass in this assessment students must be successful in each of the four major criteria: Part A: Curriculum Vitae (CV), Part B: Speciality Standards Assessment, Presentation, Structure & Professional Writing and Referencing.

To be successful in each of the major criteria students must be successful in one half of each criteria, i.e., 4/7; 1/2.

The specialty standards essay does not demonstrate logical and coherent flow.
The specialty standards essay deviates from the presentation requirements with less than three errors.
The specialty standards essay has more than three different spelling errors.
The specialty standards essay has more than three different grammatical errors.
The Specialty standards essay has more than three different punctuation errors