College of Science, Health and Engineering
School of Nursing and Midwifery
NSG3EPN Engagement in Professional Nursing
Assessment 2
Due: 13th September 2022 Tuesday 23:59 hours Percentage: 40%
Word count: 2000 word (±10%) including in-text citations & excluding
eference list.
This assignment is divided into three parts:
1. Reflect on how organisational structure and culture can affect the safety of person-centred
care delivery. (SILO 3)
2. Reflect on the skills related to health information systems. (SILO5)
3. Develop awareness of the transition from students to registered nurses through critical self-
eflection. (SILO 6)
You will be required to reflect upon your own clinical experience to date and to search for evidence
from the literature to address questions regarding contemporary professional practice. This reflection
follows the underlying principles of Gi
s’ reflective cycle XXXXXXXXXXon description, analysis and action.
You do not need to explain or follow the specific questions of Gi
’s cycle in your work.
As this is reflective writing, it is appropriate to use a first-person writing style. However, you should
support your opinion and arguments with cu
ent (unless it is seminal work) and peer-reviewed
evidence from the literature, especially in the analysis section. Please submit your completed
assessments through the Turnitin portal in Word format.
Instruction:
No introduction or conclusion is needed for this report.
SILO 3 Organizational structure and culture (650 words)
✓ Rationale: As a graduate nurse, you may not always feel comfortable speaking up when there is a
safety concern. It is important to reflect on systemic and personal factors that promote safety
culture.
o Describe a time in your clinical placement as a student nurse where there was a safety
concern. How was this dealt with? Were you or other nurses able to speak up for safety? [150
words]
o Analyse what kind of organisational culture makes it possible for you to speak up? [200 words]
Introduce any system exist in a workplace that makes it possible for you to speak up. [100
words] E.g. Melbourne Health’s Safety Culture Program, Mildura Based Hospital’s ‘Speaking
up for safety’ (can be found in assessment resources folder).
o What role you have as a graduate nurse in speaking up to promote a safety culture?
(action) [200 words]
SILO 5 Health Informatics (650 words)
✓ Rationale: The integration of informatics skills into nursing practice is fundamental for nurses at all
levels and specialty in the contemporary health care system. It is important for graduate nurses to be
a skilled, capable and ethical user of technology, in order to deliver safe and effective care.
o Describe your experience of using or observing the use of health information system in your
clinical placement (e.g. patient
owser, patient flow system, Electronic Medical Record
[EMR] or other clinical documentation or storage system). [100 words]
o Analyse one enabler or ba
ier from your clinical experience that influences the effective
use of health informatics systems in the nursing environment. Use literature to support your
discussion. [350 words]
o What role you have as a graduate nurse in the ethical use of health information systems?
(action) [200 words]
SILO 6 Transition to practice (700 words)
✓ Rationale: Working as a nurse comes with various challenges. Challenges can come from internal
and external elements. While challenges are not necessarily negative, it is important for you to
develop professional resilience to be able to have a sustainable and fulfilling nursing career.
o Analyse one or two challenges reported in literature that graduate nurses face in their
transition into the professional workplace. [300 words]
o Identify two self-care strategies that you will employ to maintain your mental and physical
well-being in your new role as a registered nurse. (action) [400 words]
Assessment XXXXXXXXXXword Reflective essay ru
ic
Criteria Excellent XXXXXXXXXX%) Very good (70-80%) Good (60-70%) Fair (50-60%) Poor (0-50%)
Speaking
up for
safety
25%
Describe – Clear, detailed and succinct
discussion of the safety experience. The
eader can easily create a mental picture
of the situation being described.
Analyse -The understanding of abstract
concepts is accurate and in-depth, and all
arguments are supported by a number of
high-quality peer-reviewed sources. The
critical analysis exceeds the expectation
of the undergraduate level.
Action - It is clear that the writer carefully
considered their future practice. This
section demonstrates a high level of self-
awareness and insights into the graduate
nurse’s role. Arguments are supported by
a number of cu
ent and high-quality
evidence.
(20-25)
Describe – Clear, detailed discussion of
the safety experience. The reader can
mostly create a mental picture of the
situation being described.
Analyse -The understanding of abstract
concepts is accurate and demonstrates
some depth in understanding using
quality peer-reviewed sources.
Action - It is clear that the writer
considered their future practice and their
ole as a graduate nurse. Arguments
were supported using literature XXXXXXXXXX)
Describe – Clear discussion of the safety
experience. Explanation of concepts
makes sense to an uninformed reader
Analyse -There is some evidence in
understanding of abstract concepts
however the analysis demonstrates
somewhat superficial insight.
Action – The writer demonstrates some
insights into their role as a graduate
nurse. However, not all relevant
arguments are supported by cu
ent and
high-quality literature.
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Describe – Student attempts to
describe a relevant experience, but
elevance is somewhat unclear to the
eader.
Analyse -The understanding of
abstract concepts is sometimes
inaccurate and demonstrates limited
depth in understanding using quality
peer-reviewed sources.
Action - The reflection provides a
simple description of the role.
Arguments were rarely supported with
cu
ent and high-quality literature.
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Describe – The discussion of the safety
experience was not clear or missing. The
eader was unable to create a mental
picture of some of the elements of the
situation being described.
Analyse - Concepts are either not
discussed or are presented inaccurately.
Understanding of abstract concepts is not
demonstrated. There was no evidence to
support the arguments.
Action - Most of the reflection is
i
elevant to the student and/or subject
learning goals. There was no evidence to
support the arguments XXXXXXXXXX)
Health
Informatics
25%
Describe – Clear, detailed and succinct
discussion of the health informatics
experience. The reader can easily create
a mental picture of the situation being
described.
Analyse - The understanding of abstract
concepts is accurate and in-depth, and all
arguments are supported by a number of
high-quality peer-reviewed sources. The
critical analysis exceeds the expectation
of the undergraduate level.
Action - It is clear that the writer carefully
considered their future practice on the
ethical use of health informatics.
Arguments are supported with a number
of cu
ent and high-quality evidence. (20-
25)
Describe – Clear, detailed discussion of
the health informatics experience. The
eader can create a mental picture of the
situation being described.
Analyse -The understanding of abstract
concepts is accurate and demonstrates
some depth in understanding using
quality peer-reviewed sources.
Action – The writer demonstrates some
insights into the ethical use of health
informatics. Arguments are supported by
some literature.
XXXXXXXXXX)
Describe – Clear discussion of the health
informatics experience. Explanation of
concepts makes sense to an uninformed
eader
Analyse – The writer demonstrates
somewhat superficial insight.
Action – The writer describes their role in
the use of health informatics however it is
not necessarily focused on the ethical
use. Arguments are sometimes
supported by the literature XXXXXXXXXX)
Describe – The writer attempts to
describe a relevant experience, but
elevance is unclear to the reader.
Analyse -The understanding of
abstract concepts is sometimes
inaccurate and demonstrates limited
depth in understanding using quality
peer-reviewed sources.
Action – The writer describes their role
in the use of health informatics however
it is not focused on the ethical use.
Arguments are rarely supported by
literature.
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Describe – The discussion around the
health informatics experience was not
clear or missing. The reader was unable
to create a mental picture of some of the
elements of the situation being described.
Analyse – Health Informatics concepts
are either not discussed or are presented
inaccurately. Understanding of the
abstract concepts is not demonstrated.
There was no evidence to support the
arguments.
Action - Most of the reflection is
i
elevant to the student and/or subject
learning goals. There was no evidence to
support the arguments XXXXXXXXXX)
Transition
to practice
25%
Analyse - Rigorous thinking has been
given on future challenges. The
understanding of transition concepts is
accurate and demonstrates depth in
analysis using high-quality peer-reviewed
sources.
Action – Demonstrates a high level of
self-awareness with insight into
appropriate self-care strategies. Any
arguments that require evidence are
supported by a number of cu
ent and
high-quality references XXXXXXXXXX)
Analyse - It is evident that in-depth
eflection has been given on future
challenges. The understanding of
transition concepts is accurate and
demonstrates some depth in analysis
using quality peer-reviewed sources.
Action – Demonstrates self-awareness
with some insight into appropriate self-
care strategies. Any arguments that
equire evidence are supported with
eferences XXXXXXXXXX)
Analyse - It is evident that some
consideration has been given on future
challenges. The understanding of
transition concepts is mostly accurate
however the analysis is somewhat
superficial, used mostly quality peer-
eviewed sources.
Action –Lacks depth to self-awareness
with superficial insight into appropriate
self-care strategies. Not all arguments
that require evidence are supported with
cu
ent and high-quality references. (15-
17.5)
Analyse – Limited consideration given
on future challenges. The
understanding of transition concepts is
not always accurate and lacks depth in
understanding using limited quality peer
eviewed sources.
Action –Limited depth to self-
awareness with limited