Assignment Task: Objectives (Purpose for the assessment)
At the end of this exercise students will:
1. Demonstrate an awareness of health assessment as an undertaking which involves bio/psycho/social parameters. 2. Utilise a framework for health assessment. 3. Demonstrate a focused assessment on a particular component of health or wellbeing. 4. Develop research skills by utilising both web resources and academic literature 5. Demonstrate skills in critique 6. Synthesise material from published sources to demonstrate health intervention by nurses. 7. Demonstrate correct academic referencing of both internet-based and published scholarly articles. 8. Utilise electronic submission 9. Demonstrate an ability to work within timeframes (due date). 10. Earn valuable points towards a final grade (20% weighting)
This assignment fits well with the material you are learning across the beginning of the semester. It can be done in stages and the teaching team strongly recommends that you undertake it as exercises in a sequential manner – rather than rushing to do everything close to the due date. This will also give you the opportunity to ask questions of the
teaching team.
The Marking guide is provided in a separate document in this folder. You need to add this guide on to the end of your assignment, and save as one document.
NUR1200 ASSIGNMENT – HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION: MONDAY OCTOBER 5, 2015
Assignment: Health assessment and Nursing interventions
The Assignment for NUR1200 relates to health assessment and health promotion. Although there are sections to the assignment it is expected to be presented as an overall piece. It is expected that you will write a (brief) introduction to the overall assignment and summarise with a conclusion. Imbedded in the assignment is a short essay (Part 4). The marking guide has been built to best suit each part.
Intro: Overall introduction (keep this brief)
Part 1: Health assessment Conduct an assessment of Millie using the posted interview. Utilise a framework for this (and state where the resource was accessed). This may be reported as a table or chart.
Suggested frameworks a. Functional health patterns: Dempsey, French, Hillage & Wilson Fundamentals of Nursing and Midwifery. b. Wellness Model c. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Part 2: Focused assessment
With one health issue or potential issue (for Millie) conduct a more focused assessment. Utilise and acknowledge a resource for the focus.
Describe the issue, and the supports or constraints related to the client (Millie) managing this issue.
Part 3: Internet Health resources: With your nominated health issue for Millie, investigate health information from the internet (websites).
1. Research two relevant web sites related to recommendations for this issue. 2. Reflect on whether these web sites give you any insights into health improvements. 3. Critique the useability of this information for implementation into Millie’s nursing care plan.
Part 4: Nursing Intervention for Millie (Essay)
Introduce the essay and conclude it.
Write a short essay (500 words) to propose and explain some appropriate strategies for the community nurse to implement to assist Millie with one of her problems. You are to use at least four academic sources for this section for full marks. Three must be journals from a data base, the rest may be from academic texts. Internet sites are not acceptable for this section.
(Remember – an assessment is more than data collection – you must analyse the data)
NUR1200 ASSIGNMENT – HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION: MONDAY OCTOBER 5, 2015
Conclusion: Overall Conclusion: A couple of sentences to conclude or ‘wrap up’ the whole assignment – summarising key points.
Part 5: Reference list References are listed which you have used in any sections of this assessment (framework for health assessment, framework for focused assessment, websites, academic articles, strategies for interventions in the essay)
You must reference in the correct format for the type of source – internet sources are referenced differently than electronic journal articles. APA6 is the acceptable form of referencing for this assignment and the School of Nursing and Midwifery
Logistics of Assignment :
Due Date
October 5 2015
Electronic submission of assignments occurs until midnight on this date. Submissions received after this will incur a late penalty
Submission Via StudyDesk portal (ONLY) emailed assignments will not be marked
Please ensure you have uploaded your FINAL submission – we will not accept statements after the due date that you submitted the wrong version or the wrong file. If you do not know how to submit, and cannot work this out from study desk – please seek assistance from your SRO.
Late submissions Require prior approval of examiner and are only granted for extenuating circumstances
Late submissions require the assignment extension form (available on study desk) forwarded to the examiner of your campus or your external examiner at least 48 hours before the due date. Evidence is required and examiners will apply University Guidelines for extensions.
Support Utilise Learning support
Support from examiners: We will dedicate some time in tutorials (or for external students via discussion forum) to go over expectations/questions. We will run a discussion forum dedicated to assignment questions.
Drafts Feedback from lecturers
We are happy to see you or correspond in advertised office hours regarding the assignment including your essay topic. We are not in a position to read full drafts to ensure equity across all students. We are not able to accept drafts by email – outlines or specific questions are welcome though.
Referencing APA ≤ 8 years
APA 6 is expected References should be less than 8 years ≈ 2006 or later Format Written paragraphs should be justified in an easy to read type (Times new Roman or Arial or Calibri) at 12 point Spacing in written sections should be 1.5 Marking guide Is provided separately and is expected to be attached to your assignment.
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