NSG2EHP – Education for Health Professional Practice
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ASSESSMENT Guidelines
Assessment 1. Clinical Case Study (1,500 words) 50%
Due dates are allocated according to your cohort -check table in
Assessment Block on LMS
Relevant SILOs:
1. Apply the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Board [ANMB] Standards of
Practice for a Registered Nurse when caring for individuals and their
families, with Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Endocrine disorders
2. Describe the impact of hospitalisation on individuals and their families.
3. Provide person-centred care, using the Clinical Reasoning Cycle to
individuals experiencing Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Endocrine
disorders.
Rationale:
The purpose of this assessment task is to assess the student nurses ability to think
critically and apply the clinical reasoning cycle to plan patient care.
As a Registered Nurse, you will be required to make judgments and prioritise your
patients care multiple times per shift. This assessment task is designed to develop
the sophisticated thinking abilities that are essential to prioritising, planning and
providing safe and effective patient centred, nursing care.
Task:
Nursing Problem Statements [ensure that you are aware of the co
ect problem
statement for your cohort -see table in Assessment block on LMS]
In this Clinical Case Study, you have been allocated, depending on your cohort,
one (1) of the nursing problems provided below. You are to discuss its relevance,
then plan and evaluate patient centred, nursing care. The nursing problems all
elate to Da
en Roberts’ care in the first 4 hours following his discharge from
PARU and return to the ward following his surgery.
1. Potential for respiratory depression related to anaesthesia and opioid
medications and would be evidenced by respiratory rate <10Rpm,
SpO2<95%on RA and shallow
eathing.
2. Potential for pain related to surgical incision as evidenced by grimacing and
a subjective pain score of >3/10 using the Numeric Pain Rating Scale.
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Required Sections:
• Discuss the importance of the Nursing Problem you have been allocated
and why it is a particular risk for Da
en in the first 4 hours of his return to
the surgical ward.
• Use Da
en’s data and documentation from the Enquiry to inform this
discussion; this does not require APA7 referencing.
• Use evidenced based nursing literature to support your discussion; this
does require APA7 referencing. Approximately 500 words
• Write one Patient Centred SMART Goal for Da
en’s Nursing Problem that
you have selected. Approximately 1 to 2 sentences
• Provide three (3) relevant Nursing Interventions designed to achieve the
selected SMART Goal.
Discuss each intervention separately and include evidenced based
ationales for the intervention; this does require APA7 referencing.
Approximately 600 words (200 for each intervention)
• Discuss the evidenced based assessments you would use to evaluate the
effectiveness of implemented nursing interventions; this does require
APA7 referencing. Approximately 400 words
Format:
• Provide a cover sheet with - your name, student ID, campus and workshop
facilitator -should be clearly visible.
• You may use headings to identify each section if you wish.
• Where you have been asked to ‘discuss’ will be expected to write in
academic fashion. i.e. –use paragraphs and sentences, not bullet points.
• Use APA7 referencing throughout –except when using Da
en’s
documentation provided on the LMS.
• Reference list in APA7 style to be included.
• As per APA7 guidelines – intext references and direct quotes will be
included in the word count.
• Suggested word count for each section is a guide only.
• You are not required to provide either an introduction or a conclusion.
• You do not have to submit the marking ru
ic, as we will be using the
Turnitin ru
ic for feedback.
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Your completed assessment may look like this:
Nursing Problem Statement [write your allocated nursing problem clearly at the
top of the page]
500-word [approx..] discussion on why this problem is a priority for Da
en’s care,
using APA7 referencing to acknowledge the evidenced based literature you are
using to support your discussion. You also need to connect this discussion to
Da
en in a Person centred way by using his data on LMS (which does not need
eferencing).
Patient Centred SMART Goal [this does not need discussion or referencing]
First Nursing Intervention and discussion of rationale with APA7 referencing of
evidenced based literature [approx. 200 words]
Second Nursing Intervention and discussion of rationale with APA7 referencing of
evidenced based literature [approx. 200 words]
Third Nursing Intervention and discussion of rationale with APA7 referencing of
evidenced based literature [approx. 200 words]
400-word [approx..] discussion of the evidenced based evaluation that you will
use to assess the effects of the nursing interventions you have provided for
Da
en. You need to use APA7 referencing to acknowledge the evidenced based
literature you are using to support your discussion.
Reference list –APA7 style
https:
latrobe.libguides.com/apa7
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General information: (hyperlinks to details in Subject Learning Guide)
Hyperlinks: Referencing Tool, Referencing at LaTrobe
• Academic Integrity/Originality
• Submission details/Turnitin
• Extensions
• Penalties
Refer to http:
www.latrobe.edu.au/policy/ for information about:
• Extension to Submission Dates
• Late Submission of Assessment Tasks
• Special Consideration
• Academic Integrity
• Academic Progress
• Assessment and Feedback
• Occupational, Health and Safety [OHS]
• Privacy
• Student Charter
• Use of Electronic Mail
https:
latrobe.libguides.com/apa7
http:
www.latrobe.edu.au/li
ary/assignment-thesis-support
eferencing
http:
www.latrobe.edu.au/students/academic-integrity
https:
lms.latrobe.edu.au/course/view.php?id=45809#section-1
http:
www.latrobe.edu.au/?a=668155
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policies.latrobe.edu.au
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NSG2EHP – Education for Health Professional Practice
1 | P a g e
ASSESSMENT Guidelines
Assessment 1. Clinical Case Study (1,500 words) 50%
Due dates are allocated according to your cohort -check table in
Assessment Block on LMS
Relevant SILOs:
1. Apply the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Board [ANMB] Standards of
Practice for a Registered Nurse when caring for individuals and their
families, with Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Endocrine disorders
2. Describe the impact of hospitalisation on individuals and their families.
3. Provide person-centred care, using the Clinical Reasoning Cycle to
individuals experiencing Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Endocrine
disorders.
Rationale:
The purpose of this assessment task is to assess the student nurses ability to think
critically and apply the clinical reasoning cycle to plan patient care.
As a Registered Nurse, you will be required to make judgments and prioritise your
patients care multiple times per shift. This assessment task is designed to develop
the sophisticated thinking abilities that are essential to prioritising, planning and
providing safe and effective patient centred, nursing care.
Task:
Nursing Problem Statements [ensure that you are aware of the co
ect problem
statement for your cohort -see table in Assessment block on LMS]
In this Clinical Case Study, you have been allocated, depending on your cohort,
one (1) of the nursing problems provided below. You are to discuss its relevance,
then plan and evaluate patient centred, nursing care. The nursing problems all
elate to Da
en Roberts’ care in the first 4 hours following his discharge from
PARU and return to the ward following his surgery.
1. Potential for respiratory depression related to anaesthesia and opioid
medications and would be evidenced by respiratory rate <10Rpm,
SpO2<95%on RA and shallow
eathing.
2. Potential for pain related to surgical incision as evidenced by grimacing and
a subjective pain score of >3/10 using the Numeric Pain Rating Scale.
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Required Sections:
• Discuss the importance of the Nursing Problem you have been allocated
and why it is a particular risk for Da
en in the first 4 hours of his return to
the surgical ward.
• Use Da
en’s data and documentation from the Enquiry to inform this
discussion; this does not require APA7 referencing.
• Use evidenced based nursing literature to support your discussion; this
does require APA7 referencing. Approximately 500 words
• Write one Patient Centred SMART Goal for Da
en’s Nursing Problem that
you have selected. Approximately 1 to 2 sentences
• Provide three (3) relevant Nursing Interventions designed to achieve the
selected SMART Goal.
Discuss each intervention separately and include evidenced based
ationales for the intervention; this does require APA7 referencing.
Approximately 600 words (200 for each intervention)
• Discuss the evidenced based assessments you would use to evaluate the
effectiveness of implemented nursing interventions; this does require
APA7 referencing. Approximately 400 words
Format:
• Provide a cover sheet with - your name, student ID, campus and workshop
facilitator -should be clearly visible.
• You may use headings to identify each section if you wish.
• Where you have been asked to ‘discuss’ will be expected to write in
academic fashion. i.e. –use paragraphs and sentences, not bullet points.
• Use APA7 referencing throughout –except when using Da
en’s
documentation provided on the LMS.
• Reference list in APA7 style to be included.
• As per APA7 guidelines – intext references and direct quotes will be
included in the word count.
• Suggested word count for each section is a guide only.
• You are not required to provide either an introduction or a conclusion.
• You do not have to submit the marking ru
ic, as we will be using the
Turnitin ru
ic for feedback.
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Your completed assessment may look like this:
Nursing Problem Statement [write your allocated nursing problem clearly at the
top of the page]
500-word [approx..] discussion on why this problem is a priority for Da
en’s care,
using APA7 referencing to acknowledge the evidenced based literature you are
using to support your discussion. You also need to connect this discussion to
Da
en in a Person centred way by using his data on LMS (which does not need
eferencing).
Patient Centred SMART Goal [this does not need discussion or referencing]
First Nursing Intervention and discussion of rationale with APA7 referencing of
evidenced based