Building professional resilience in nursing NURS13139

Unit Code: NURS13139

Unit Title: Building professional resilience in nursing

Assessment 2

Type: Case Study

Due Date: 4pm (AEST), Wednesday 28^th May 2025 (Week 11)

Extensions: Available as per policy

Return Date: Wednesday 18^th June 2025

Weighting: 60%

Length: 1800 words +/-10% (excluding reference list)

Unit Coordinator/s: Jayde Shepheard

Learning outcomes assessed

1. Explore the concept of resilience for nurses


2. Reflect on strategies that promote resilience


3. Explore strategies to manage adverse events within the workplace


4. Identify and describe factors that contribute to workplace stress

Aim

The aim of this assessment is for you to demonstrate insight into your personal responses and biases, analyse the effect of common issues in nursing and the broader healthcare context and develop strategies to promote your professional development and transition into a graduate registered nurse.

Instructions

Please follow the steps below to complete this assessment task.

• Read the case studies You are required to select ONE (1) case study from the list below. Using the 5 Rs reflective writing scale, reflect on your chosen case study from your perspective as a student registered nurse.

Case Studies:

Case study 1 Horizontal Violence

As a student nurse you are completing your final placement on a general medical ward. The ward is always busy, all beds are always filled. You have been allocated to work with Draco all week. Draco is an established RN who has worked on this ward for many years. Draco tells you on your first shift that he hates working with students. Each shift he allocates you to the patient with the highest acuity. He states in front of coworkers that you are the lazy student a makes jokes at your expense. He refuses to help or answer your questions stating he is too busy or that you should know these things already. This continues for the entire week.

Case Study 2 Occupational Violence

As a student nurse you are completing your final placement in a geriatric dementia ward. You are working as part of a supportive team. Many of your patients get disorientated and confused due to their diagnosis. One day you are caring for Mr Weasley who has been volatile in his emotions and behaviour. As you are trying to do a set of vital signs on him, he starts to yell at you and strikes out. You raise your arms defensively but suffer bruising from the strike.

Case Study 3 Moral Distress

As a student nurse you are completing your final 6 week placement in an oncology ward. You have been caring for Molly a 35 year old female single mother of 3 young children since your first day and have developed a friendly professional rapport with her and her family. Molly has decided to cease active treatment and refuse further intervention. She would prefer to consider palliative options and end of life care. . Ceasing active treatment has profound implications for Molly and her family in the short and long term. Her children are playing in the waiting room with a social worker as you have this meeting with Molly and her treating team.

Please respond to the following relating to your chosen case study:

Title: Reflecting on .. as a student nurse.

Reporting: (150 words).

Within this section describe your specific concerns to ONE of the challenging case studies provided. Explain why did this case study resonated with you? Explain how it could negatively impact your nursing practice. Explain how this experience challenged your resilience. Valid and relevant references are required in each section.

Responding: (150 words).

Within this section explain your thoughts and feelings before, during, and after reading the case study. Explain why you felt this way- consider your values, beliefs and biases. Valid and relevant references are required in each section.

Relating: (400 words).

Within this section, detail how this experience is related to the wider community of student nurses, graduate nurses and/or established nurses. Statistics either international or domestic should be included in this section. Valid and relevant references are required in each section.

Reasoning: (400 words).

Within this section, consider the issue as a broader concern and discuss the impact of your topic on healthcare provision, safety, quality and efficacy. Statistics either international or domestic should be included in this section. Valid and relevant references are required in each section.

Reconstructing: (200 words).

Using the information from the four previous sections, draw conclusions to reframe or reconstruct your future practice. Valid and relevant references are required in each section.

Learning Goal: (100 words).

Detail ONE SMART goal to help you refocus your practice based on the lessons learned and outlined in the previous sections. Your SMART goal should support your continuous professional development and ensure you are better able to respond if you encounter a similar experience to the case study in your clinical practice.

SMART goals need to include the following elements: They need to be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound. You need to include these specific words within this section for each goal. Your SMART goal should be written in full sentences- not in bullet points. Valid and relevant references are required in each section.

Action Plan: (400 words).

Outline two evidence-based strategies you could use to ensure you meet your SMART goal. These strategies need to support you to effectively respond if you encountered the challenging situation detailed in the case study. You need to specifically explain how each strategy will improve your resilience. Valid and relevant references are required in each section.

Literature and references

In this assessment use at least 15 contemporary references (7 years or less) sourced from the CQUniversity library to support your discussion. You may also use seminal scholarly literature where relevant. Suitable references include peer-reviewed journal articles as well as textbooks and credible websites. When sourcing information, consider the 5 elements of a quality reference: currency, authority, relevance, objectivity, and coverage. Grey literature sourced from the internet must be from reputable websites such as government, university, or peak national bodies: for example, the Australian College of Nursing, the Australian Association of Social Workers, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Note, that websites such as StatPearls, Life in the Fastlane, and Wikipedia are not suitable for this assessment task. Lecture notes are not primary sources of evidence and should not be used in this assessment.

Requirements

• Use a cover page for your assignment that includes in the following order:
  
  
  
  • Student name
  
  
  • Student number
  
  
  • Unit code and name
  
  
  • Assessment type
  
  
  • Due date
  
  
  • In-text word count
  
  
  
  


• Use a conventional and legible size 12 font, such as Times New Roman, with 2.0 line spacing and 2.54cm page margins (standard pre-set margin in Microsoft Word).


• Include page numbers on the top right side of each page in a header.


• Indent the first line of each paragraph 1.27cm (standard pre-set indent in Microsoft Word).


• An introduction and conclusion are not required for this assessment


• All sections of this assessment must be attempted and clearly answered to pass this assessment task.


• Write in the first-person perspective for your reflection, however, write in the third-person perspective when referring to the literature.


• Use formal academic, discipline specific, professional and inclusive language.


• Use Microsoft Word English (Australia) spelling and grammar checker.


• Paraphrase, summarise or quote information acknowledging the original source (referencing) to avoid plagiarism.


• Use The reflective structure provided.


• Headings, are to be used in this assessment but bullet points, tables and appendices are not.


• Follow academic writing conventions: spell out contractions in full; introduce abbreviations and acronyms; spell out numbers for zero through nine and use numerals for numbers 10 and above.


• All work submitted must be your own work.


• Start your reference list on a separate page to the body of your assessment.


• Use the seventh edition American Psychological Association (APA) referencing style. The CQUniversity Academic Learning Centre has an online APA Referencing Style Guide.


• The word count is considered from the first word of the introduction to the last word of the conclusion. The word count excludes the reference list but includes in-text references and direct quotations.

Resources

1. You can use unit-provided materials and other credible sources (e.g., journal articles, and books) to reference your The quality and credibility of your sources are important. Please note, that lecture notes are not peer-reviewed primary sources of evidence.


2. We recommend that you access your discipline-specific Nursing Resource Guide


3. You may like to manage your citations and reference Information on how to use academic referencing software (EndNote) is available at the CQUniversity Library website should you wish to learn how to use it.


4. For information on academic writing and referencing, please visit the Academic Learning Centre Moodle site. The Academic Communication section has many helpful resources, including information for students with English as a second


5. You may wish to submit a draft to Studiosity.


6. Submit at least one draft before the due date to review your Turnitin Similarity Score before making a final submission. Instructions are available here.

Academic Integrity

1. You must abide by the principles of academic integrity (see Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure). Completion of this assessment with another party or sharing of responses is not permitted at any time.


2. The use of any generative artificial intelligence is permitted for the following purposes:
   
   
   
   • Gen AI content is used to generate ideas and general structures.
   
   
   • Gen AI content editing.
   
   
   • Checking spelling and grammar (for example, Grammarly).
   
   
   
   

If you use Gen AI to generate ideas, you are required to reference the Gen AI agent as per APA 7th guidelines. If you are using a Gen AI agent for content editing, please complete the declaration on the title page of your assessment. If Gen AI is not used, please delete this declaration.

Submission

Submit your assessment via the unit Moodle site in Microsoft Word format only.

Late penalties of 5% per day of the available mark may be applied as per the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

Contact TASAC if you experience technical issues submitting your assessment:

• Phone toll-free 1300 666 620


• Email tasac@cqu.edu.au

Marking Criteria

Refer to the marking rubric on the Moodle site for more detail on how marks will be assigned. Assessment re-attempt is not available for this Assessment task.

Minimum Pass Criteria

• You must achieve a minimum grade of 50% to pass this assessment.