NUM1205 Application of Ethical and Legal Principles in Nursing Practice: Analysis of a Clinical Scenario

Content

The overall aim of this presentation is to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the unit content listed below:

A potential ethical dilemma faced by the nurses, associated with the clinical scenario

Utilitarianism and Deontology

Beneficence, Non-Maleficence, Autonomy, Justice

Fidelity

The Tort of Negligence/ Components of Negligence/Acts and Omissions

Duty of Care

Your task is to develop a professional, recorded PowerPoint presentation with which to educate your peers in the clinical environment and to demonstrate your understanding of the unit content. To do this you will create a synthesis by:

explaining the relevant unit content (the legal and ethical concepts specified above)

linking each concept to the relevant and specific areas of the content of the clinical scenario

identify the relevant nursing legislation e.g. The Registered Nurses professional codes and standards) relating to each concept in relation to the clinical scenario.

Ultimately, this will demonstrate your knowledge of the relationship between the unit content, the clinical environment and professional legislation.

Synthesis means the combination of components, or elements, to form a connected whole: your presentation should combine the information from each of the three points above to demonstrate relationships, similarities or conflicts as the case may be. To demonstrate the depth of your understanding and to engage your audience, rather than presenting concepts one by one, consider how you may group the topics, comparing and contrasting different perspectives where appropriate. For example, we have discussed the two main ethical theories of Utilitarianism and Deontology. You may decide to discuss them together linking the relevant aspects of the clinical scenario as the basis for the discussion but ensuring that you demonstrate your knowledge of those concepts.DO NOT DEMONSTRATE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF CLINICAL EXPERTISE (e.g. lung cancer, treatment or nursing care): THIS IS ABOUT LAW AND ETHICS.You will also then need to link how this relates to the relevant aspect of nursing legislation e.g., the RN Standards for Practice or the ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses. In doing this you will provide an analysis: a detailed examination suitable to inform your peers in the clinical environment.

Consider that the audience has a copy of the clinical scenario in front of them and knows it well. Do not waste valuable time repeating the content of the video in isolation from the other information required or as an introduction. However, remember that when you introduce a concept/topic/theme consider that your audience knows nothing. Do not assume they know what you mean and so, consider how you will define/explain this information/concept so that they understand (hint hintuse the relevant part of the clinical scenario, along with your definition/explanation taken from the evidence, to help explain). The marker needs to know thatyouknow, and that you can explain it to a fellow peer! Also, you may find it useful to use the Model for Ethical Decision Making to aid yourplanning.

You will be assessed on the quality of the application of theory (unit content) to practice (clinical scenario) and the quality and depth of the analysis presented. You will also be assessed on your ability to support your discussion with evidence from appropriate literature, including the quality and relevance of that literature. There is aminimumof 10 references required, although you should read widely and incorporate that reading into your presentation. The more you read, the more evidence you will find to weave into your analysis and support your ethical and legal discussion. References for this presentation should be within 5 years of publication only. References should be from a valid source (peer-reviewed journals, government organisations, and professional online websites and resources e.g., Department of Health, Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia etc.). All must be relevant to Australia. References should support the ethical and legal/professional information as opposed to clinical information.

Presentation

The basis of the presentationmustbe a power point (see resources in assessment 2 folder on how to develop an engaging powerpoint presentation)recorded in Panoptoand using the audio and video in order that you can beboth heard and seen presenting, in addition to seeing the powerpoint.DO NOTrecord directly onto the powerpoint. Please adhere to the explicit instructions as detailed in the Assignments RECORDING AND UPLOADING YOUR PRESENTATION. Please wear your uniform as per the SNM uniform guidelines, to maximise your professional appearance, when recording this presentation and ensure you speak clearly to maximise understanding.

The presentation will be named using yourfamily name followed by your first given name and then your student number e.g. Baker Melanie 12345678and will be no longer than 10 minutes. If it is shorter than 10 minutes, then it is unlikely that you have covered all aspects of the assignment. If it is longer than ten minutes, then marking will stop at exactly 10 minutes and 30 seconds from the commencement of recording. Any information beyond this will not be included in the marking.

The first slide of your powerpoint must show a screenshot of your ECU student ID card or alternative picture ID as you introduce yourself. This can then be checked against the recording of you presenting.

The presentation must include a title page, an introduction, a body and a conclusion/summary or closing statement.

The presentation will be marked using the Assessment 2 marking rubric, which you will find in the Assessment 2 folder on the unit Blackboard site. Please read each criterion carefully and reflect the positive criteria in your presentation. Please consider both the rubric and the assignment brief carefully as you construct your presentation.

You will also be assessed on your ability to follow the assignment brief instructions and the quality of your presentation and your ability to engage your audience, since the ability to engage and maintain the engagement of others e.g. patients, peers etc. is an important component of health education in all areas of expertise.

You will be assessed for ELP within this assignment, although NUM1205 is not a prescribed unit for ELP. As such ELP will be assessed as part of the Presentation component of the rubric. Ensure that you pay close attention to the construction of sentences when used (you may use sentences, dot points, images etc. on your powerpoint slides) and ensure spelling, grammar and syntax are correct where relevant. Poor ELP will detract from the content of the presentation if you are unable to articulate the true meaning that you are trying to convey, and this may lose valuable marks.

Referencing

You must reference throughout the presentation (in text) and also provide an end text or end of presentation reference list. You must comply with the ECU APA 7th Referencing Guide to ensure all in-text and end-text references are correct. However, to accommodate the presentation style, the size of the text used for references can deviate from APA7th to be accommodated in the powerpoint slides. N.B. often references in power point presentations are smaller than other text and may be presented individually at the end of the specific sentence/wording or may be grouped together at the bottom of the relevant slide. Please see the ILAs/lectures for examples. You do not need to verbalise the end text references, rather, introduce them but ensure the text size is large enough to read (approximately 5 references per slide, as a guide) and show each slide for a minimum of 3 to 5 seconds to allow time for the person marking it to pause the recording to read them. If you are unsure about referencing, see the Learning Consultant early in the semester.

General instructions for the assignment

Please note your submission date. You arestronglyadvised not to leave your submissions until the last day, rather you work on your assessments as you complete the tutorials, enabling you to focus on your studies whilst working around any practicum or personal commitments or other units. You can edit and submit your presentation in Panopto as many times as you wish. Submissions beyond the due date and time will have late penalties applied unless you have secured an extension due to extenuating circumstances. If you submit your presentation late, without an approved extension, then 5% will be deducted for each day the assignment is late for up to seven days (including weekends) after the due date, at which point a mark of zero will be assigned.