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Written Essay: Inter-professional Practice & Patient Safety
Word Limit: 2000 words
Weighting 50%
Due Date: Friday 1st March 2019, 5pm
Aim:
The purpose of this essay is to enable you to critically evaluate cu
ent research on the topic of
‘Failure to rescue’ as it relates to the deteriorating patient in the acute healthcare environment. You
will examine nursing strategies that can be used to prevent this occu
ence in a hospital including the
ole of inter-professional practice in promoting patient safety.
This assessment item will address all three (3) learning outcomes for this course.
1. Critically evaluate and apply cu
ent clinical research that will improve the quality of
complex nursing care or interventions and maintain patient safety.
2. Examine the role and influence that effective inter-professional practice, including
collaboration with the family has on patient (client) outcomes.
3. Demonstrate reflective, evidence-based nursing practice consistent with NMBA competency
standards relevant to complex care nursing.
Task description:
For this task you need to write a 2000-word essay. Using failure to rescue as the topic of your essay,
you are required to critically evaluate this issue. Your analysis should include a discussion of
incidence, consequences and then prevention strategies. The analysis should include the discussion of
two (2) nursing strategies that involve interprofessional practice and the identification of ba
iers
that affect the implementation of such strategies. Patient safety needs to underpin this analysis &
discussion.
Your essay MUST include the following components:
a. An introductory paragraph that identifies the aim of the assignment.
. A definition of failure to rescue.
c. A discussion of the incidence of adverse events linked to failure to rescue in Australian
hospital settings.
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d. An analysis of the consequences of failure to rescue for the patient, the patient’s family and the
health care system
e. A discussion of the potential ba
iers (discuss TWO) that can result in registered nurses failing
to rescue in a hospital setting.
f. A discussion about how registered nurses may overcome these potential ba
iers (TWO chosen)
in a hospital setting to promote patient safety.
g. A critical evaluation of TWO nursing strategies involving inter-professional practice that may
e used to prevent registered nurses from failing to rescue.
h. A conclusion with a final paragraph summarising the central points of your essay.
i. A Reference list formatted to APA6 style.
j. Reference to a minimum of 10 journal articles no more than five years old.
Other elements:
● Word limits for all assignments needs to be strictly adhered to. The word limit for an assessment
item includes in text citations, tables and quotations. The word limit does not include the
eference list. Please note the marker will cease marking your submitted work once they have
eached the allocated word limit.
● Ensure that you use scholarly literature (digitised readings, research articles, relevant Government
eports and text books) that have been published in in the last 5 years.
● Write in the third person and use academic language throughout.
● Refer to the marking criteria when writing your assignment. This will assist you in calculating
the weightings of the sections for your assignment.
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MARKING CRITERIA WRITTEN ESSAY
CRITERION
POSSIBLE
MARK
CRITERION ONE: Introduction
▪ Concise, opening paragraph that identifies the aim of the assignment
4
CRITERION TWO: Knowledge & Context
▪ Clearly and co
ectly defines the issue & term ‘Failure to rescue’
4
▪ Thorough discussion of the incidence of adverse events linked to failure
to rescue in Australian hospital settings
7
▪ Thorough analysis of the consequences of failure to rescue for the patient,
the patient’s family and the health care system
15
CRITERION THREE: Critical evaluation
▪ Thorough discussion of 2 potential ba
iers that can result in registered
nurses failing to rescue in a hospital setting
10
▪ Thorough discussion about how registered nurses may overcome these
potential ba
iers in a hospital setting to promote patient safety
10
▪ Critical evaluation of two (2) nursing strategies involving inter-
professional practice that may be used to prevent registered nurses from
failing to rescue
Note: each strategy critically evaluated will be worth up to 12 marks. You should include
the patient safety element in each strategy.
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CRITERION FOUR: Presentation and Structure
▪ Conforms to the Health Group Writing and Referencing Guide.
o Presents essay in a logical manner
o Adheres to word limit of 2000 words
o Uses academic language throughout
10
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o Essay is well presented, with co
ect spelling, grammar, and well-
constructed sentence and paragraph structure
CRITERION FIVE: Referencing5
▪ Essay is supported with no fewer than 10 scholarly relevant sources from
the last 5 years.
▪ In-text citations are appropriate and co
ect
▪ Referencing as per APA Style 6th Edition.
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CRITERION SEVEN: Conclusion
▪ Has a concluding paragraph that summarises the overall argument in the
assessment.
▪ Does not introduce any new information in the conclusion
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Total Marks
[weighted at 50%]
100
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MARKING CRITERIA WRITTEN ESSAY
CRITERION
POSSIBLE
MARK
CRITERION ONE: Introduction
▪ Concise, opening paragraph that identifies the aim of the assignment
4
CRITERION TWO: Knowledge & Context
▪ Clearly and co
ectly defines the issue & term ‘Failure to rescue’
4
▪ Thorough discussion of the incidence of adverse events linked to failure
to rescue in Australian hospital settings
7
▪ Thorough analysis of the consequences of failure to rescue for the patient,
the patient’s family and the health care system
15
CRITERION THREE: Critical evaluation
▪ Thorough discussion of 2 potential ba
iers that can result in registered
nurses failing to rescue in a hospital setting
10
▪ Thorough discussion about how registered nurses may overcome these
potential ba
iers in a hospital setting to promote patient safety
10
▪ Critical evaluation of two (2) nursing strategies involving inter-
professional practice that may be used to prevent registered nurses from
failing to rescue
Note: each strategy critically evaluated will be worth up to 12 marks. You should include
the patient safety element in each strategy.
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CRITERION FOUR: Presentation and Structure
▪ Conforms to the Health Group Writing and Referencing Guide.
o Presents essay in a logical manner
o Adheres to word limit of 2000 words
o Uses academic language throughout
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o Essay is well presented, with co
ect spelling, grammar, and well-
constructed sentence and paragraph structure
CRITERION FIVE: Referencing5
▪ Essay is supported with no fewer than 10 scholarly relevant sources from
the last 5 years.
▪ In-text citations are appropriate and co
ect
▪ Referencing as per APA Style 6th Edition.
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CRITERION SEVEN: Conclusion
▪ Has a concluding paragraph that summarises the overall argument in the
assessment.
▪ Does not introduce any new information in the conclusion
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Total Marks
[weighted at 50%]
100
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