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INFORMATION SHEET
92448 Assessment 2 – Reflection – the Leader in You
As a newly graduated nurse you will be expected to work independently and as part of a team. It is
important for you to understand yourself in order to understand where you fit within the team to
ensure not only your patients' safety but also for your own wellbeing. This assessment will help you
self-reflect in order to learn techniques for effective communication, collaboration and self-care when
you commence your nursing career.
This assessment task addresses subject learning objective(s): A, D, E and F
Worth 40% of total grade
In Week 5 you will complete a short online test to determine your personality type. You will then
analyse this information using the SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats)
technique. You will then apply the results of the analysis to a case study related to nursing leadership
and use the Gi
's Model of Reflection to reflect upon the application. Finally, you will discuss how
this exercise has contributed to your ability to build personal resilience and identify self-care
strategies. These exercises will help you build information you could use in your essay.
Due: Sunday 6 October 2019
Preparation
1. Read the assessment guidelines, case study, essay question and ru
ic
2. Set goals to manage your time so you are able to upload your assessment early
3. Refer to the UTS Li
ary ‘HeadsUp’ Academic Writing module if you need help writing an
essay – remember co
ect sentence, paragraph and paper structure
4. Seek assistance from HELPS or UPASS if you need help with academic writing or written
English language
5. Research your ideas
6. Use activities completed in tutorials to assist in putting your information together (eg
personality testing, SWOT analysis, useful trigger questions)
7. Write draft essay
8. Review your draft and edit
9. Finalise your paper
10. Seek assistance from HELPS or UPASS if you need help with academic writing or written
English language
11. Upload your paper as a word document UTSOnline (before 6 October 2019)
12. Don’t leave it until the last minute – one minute late means late penalties apply
Assessment Guidelines
• 2000 words (+/- 10%) – marks will be lost if above or below
• 1.5 or double line spaced
• Essay format – introduction, body and conclusion (academic writing, first person where
appropriate)
• UTS Harvard Referencing XXXXXXXXXXpeer reviewed nursing references appropriate to support
your argument with most dated after 2014 unless a seminal paper)
• Support your opinion with evidence
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Essay Question
Using the case study as a starting point, analyse and evaluate the issues and factors that
impact on nursing leaders and professional practice; explain clinical leadership expectations
for beginning new graduate nurses and reflect on strategies to develop personal and
professional resilience that are important to your role as a leader.
Case Study
Kim, a Registered Nurse, graduated from the University of Technology Sydney in 2018. She
is now undertaking a Transition to Practice (TTP) program at a tertiary hospital in western
Sydney. Halfway through her program, she was involved in a cardiac a
est on the ward.
Fortunately, the patient was successfully resuscitated and transfe
ed to the Intensive Care
Unit. The resuscitation went smoothly apart from an incident where the attending Registrar
shouted at Kim, admonishing her for not knowing which equipment to provide for the
intubation. Up until that point, Kim had felt that she was “getting on top of things” and coping
quite well with the demands of ward work. Kim left the a
est feeling “hopeless” and “useless”
and incompetent as a nurse. These thoughts and feelings are causing her ongoing distress
and emba
assment, damaging her confidence and affecting her ability to conduct everyday
nursing tasks. For the first time in her career, she is considering leaving.
The following day, Kim’s Nursing Unit Manager (NUM) approaches her on the floor during the
usy morning shift (su
ounded by colleagues and patients). She says “I hear you were really
upset and might need some counselling after what happened during the a
est the other day.
I am free now, come into my office”. Kim follows the NUM into her office, feeling emba
assed
that the issue was raised in front of her colleagues and other patients. Kim also feels uneasy
about burdening her colleagues with her workload while she is in the office. Kim sits down
and begins to listen to the NUM….
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Trigger questions you could ask yourself to put this paper together….
Issues and factors that impact on nursing leaders and professional practice
How would you approach the situation if you were the Nurse Unit Manager (NUM)? How
would the RN Standards of Practice apply in the NUM’s case?
Clinical leadership expectations for beginning new graduate nurses: scope of practice,
legal and ethical boundaries
Did Kim meet her obligations as a new graduate nurse? How would the RN Standards of
Practice apply in Kim’s case?
Gi
s model of reflection: strategies to develop personal and professional resilience
How you would have felt in Kim’s situation. What strategies would you recommend to
develop personal and professional resilience?
Supportive elements in effective leadership: knowledge, evidence, communication and
networks
What knowledge, evidence, communication and networks could leaders, such as the NUM in
the case study, offer new graduate nurses to support their development as a leader?
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92448 Assessment 2 – Reflection Marks
Criterion (SLO) Not evident (0 marks) Developing XXXXXXXXXXmarks) Satisfactory XXXXXXXXXXmarks) Developed XXXXXXXXXXmarks) Excellent XXXXXXXXXXmarks) /20
Analyse and evaluate the
issues and factors that impact
on nursing leaders and
professional practice.
The student did not
analyse AND/OR did
not evaluate the issues
and factors that impact
on nursing leaders and
professional practice
AND/OR
has not refe
ed to
details in the case study
provided
AND/OR
has not refe
ed to research
and/or policies.
The student has
analysed AND/OR
evaluated the issues and
factors that impact on
nursing leaders and
professional practice
AND/OR
has not refe
ed to details
in the case study provided
AND/OR
has not refe
ed to research
and/or policies.
The student has
analysed AND evaluated
the issues and factors
that impact on nursing
leaders and professional
practice to a satisfactory
level only
AND
has refe
ed to details provided
in the case study
AND
has refe
ed to research and/or
policies.
The student has analysed AND
evaluated in some detail the
issues and factors that impact
on nursing leaders and
professional practice
AND
efe
ed to details provided in
the case study in depth.
AND
has integrated research and/or
policies into their answer
The student has fully
analysed AND evaluated in
detail the issues and factors
that impact on nursing leaders
and professional practice
AND
efe
ed to details provided in
the case study in depth
AND
has fully integrated research
and/or policies into their
answer
AND
the information is presented in
a logical, interesting and
informative sequence.
Criterion (SLO) Not evident (0 marks) Developing XXXXXXXXXXmarks) Satisfactory XXXXXXXXXXmarks) Developed XXXXXXXXXXmarks) Excellent XXXXXXXXXXmarks) /20
Explain clinical leadership
expectations for beginning
new graduate nurses
including scope of practice
and legal and ethical
oundaries.
The student has not listed
and/or described clinical
leadership expectations for
eginning new graduate
nurses
AND/OR
has not included information
about the scope of practice
and legal and ethical
oundaries
AND/OR
has not refe
ed to research
and/or policies.
The student has listed
and/or described clinical
leadership expectations
for beginning new
graduate nurses
AND/OR
has not included information
about the scope of practice
and legal and ethical
oundaries
AND/OR
has not refe
ed to
esearch and/or policies.
The student has explained
clinical leadership
expectations for beginning
new graduate nurses related
to the case study to a
satisfactory level only
AND
has included information about
the scope of practice and legal
and ethical boundaries
AND
has refe
ed to research and/or
policies.
The student has explained in
some detail clinical leadership
expectations for beginning
new graduate nurses related
to the case study
AND
has included information about
the scope of practice and legal
and ethical boundaries
AND
has integrated research and/or
policies into their answer.
The student has fully
explained in detail clinical
leadership expectations for
eginning new graduate
nurses related to the case
study
AND
has included information
about the scope of practice
and legal and ethical
oundaries
AND
has fully integrated
esearch and/or policies
into their answer.
AND
is presented in a logical,
interesting and
informative sequence.
Criterion (SLO) Not evident (0 marks) Developing XXXXXXXXXXmarks) Satisfactory XXXXXXXXXXmarks) Developed XXXXXXXXXXmarks) Excellent XXXXXXXXXXmarks) /20
Apply Gi
s reflective model
to analyse and evaluate
strategies to develop personal
and professional resilience
important to effective
leadership.
The student did not apply
Gi
s reflective model to
analyse AND/OR did not
evaluate strategies to
develop personal and
professional resilience
important to effective
leadership
The student has applied
Gi
s reflective model
poorly to analyse
AND/OR evaluate
strategies to develop
personal and professional
esilience important to
effective leadership
AND/OR
has not refe
ed to
esearch and/or policies.
The student has applied
Gi
s reflective model to
analyse AND evaluate
strategies at a satisfactory
level only to develop
personal and professional
esilience important to
effective leadership.
AND
has refe
ed to research and/or
policies.
The student has applied
Gi
s reflective model to
analyse AND evaluate in
some detail strategies to
develop personal and
professional resilience
important to effective
leadership
AND