Part A: Assessment 1 - Critical Reflection
Part A: Assessment 1 - Critical Reflection
Description: 150 words short essay
Instructions: Critically reflect on your current knowledge and understanding of what leadership in nursing means. Writing in first person, identify and describe what the role of the nurse as a leader means to you. Focus on explaining which characteristics and traits, you think are essential to be an effective nurse leader
Due Date: 12/9/22, 22:29
Linked to Learning outcomes 1, 3, 5
Part B: Assessment 1 - Critical Reflection
Description: 850 words short essay
Instructions: Read and engage in the learning materials in Module 1. Once you've completed all the readings, look back on your Part A submission. In your essay, write in first person to critically reflect on the following key points:
Value: 20%
What does the role of the nurse as a leader mean to you now?
Has your description changed?
What have you learnt that may have led to this realisation? For best marks, draw on key literature/readings to support your reflection. This shows in-depth insight and comprehension of the theories behind leadership in health care.
What are some key issues/topics that stood out for you and why?
Now that you may have this 'new' sense of the role of the nurse as a leader, what type of leader do you want to be and identify at least one potential study, career and personal development goals that will assist with your leadership development
Part A: Assessment 1 - Critical Reflection
Description: 150 words short essay
Instructions: Critically reflect on your current knowledge and understanding of what leadership in nursing means. Writing in first person, identify and describe what the role of the nurse as a leader means to you. Focus on explaining which characteristics and traits, you think are essential to be an effective nurse leader
Due Date: 12/9/22, 22:29
Linked to Learning outcomes 1, 3, 5
Part B: Assessment 1 - Critical Reflection
Description: 850 words short essay
Instructions: Read and engage in the learning materials in Module 1. Once you've completed all the readings, look back on your Part A submission. In your essay, write in first person to critically reflect on the following key points:
Value: 20%
What does the role of the nurse as a leader mean to you now?
Has your description changed?
What have you learnt that may have led to this realisation? For best marks, draw on key literature/readings to support your reflection. This shows in-depth insight and comprehension of the theories behind leadership in health care.
What are some key issues/topics that stood out for you and why?
Now that you may have this 'new' sense of the role of the nurse as a leader, what type of leader do you want to be and identify at least one potential study, career and personal development goals that will assist with your leadership development
Assessment task
Clinical Case Scenario
Weighting
40%
Word Count
Total 2000 words or equivalent +/- 10%
Relevance
Good leadership is essential to patient-centred care and staff satisfaction in the healthcare environment. All members of the healthcare team can be leaders and evidence-based theory should inform their leadership practice.
Learning Outcomes
1,2,3,4
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Due Date: 28/10/22, 22:29 ACST
Instructions: Read and engage in the learning materials in Modules 3 & 4 then apply your knowledge to the following case scenario.
Assessment 3 Case Scenario
You are a third-year nursing student on placement in a large teaching hospital in Australia. You're on your eighth and final week of placement in the Medical Admissions Unit [MAU] and feel like you're now a well-established member of the team, well done!
MAU is the first point of entry for patients referred to hospital as an acute medical emergency by their GP and also for patients requiring admission from the Emergency Department. Your experience of MAU has been typically busy with patients and staff from a diverse culture and linguistic backgrounds.
You've noticed that Ethan the Nurse Unit Manager [NUM] is frequently absent from the clinical areas because of his extra managerial responsibilities which resulted from Rebekah the other ward manager going on maternity leave. In the last week of your placement, you have been assigned to work with Luke, who has 4 years post-qualification experience (RN4) and has stepped-up into the acting ward manager role (to cover for Rebekah). At morning tea today, Luke shared with you that he is feeling overwhelmed with his new leadership and management responsibilities because he still has a full patient load and hasn't been able to ask Ethan to take this load away because MAU has been understaffed this week.
Ethan the NUM has 8 years' managerial experience and focuses on promoting an evidence-based intervention to enhance patient care and reduce organisational costs. After almost 8 weeks on placement, you would describe Ethan as powerful, efficient and independent. He often tells his subordinates what to do and focuses on results. You've heard other staff members say that Ethan can be hard to read because he is a tall, intimidating man. His verbal and written communication skills is often tough and exact. He often says that "you all need to be hard-working and efficient, like me.".
After morning tea, Ethan gathers all the staff at the nursing station and made the following proposal:
Nursing intervention - Change the current practice whereby peripheral intravenous catheter [PIVC] are removed and replaced every 96 hours to align with the findings of a Cochrane review which stated that these cannulas should be removed only when clinically indicated
Ethan proposes that this intervention will reduce the cost and improve patient experience
You know that the current hospital policy states that all PIVCs should be removed after 72 hours and you raised your concern of leaving cannulas insitu for 96 hours to Ethan. After hearing your explanation, Ethan was dismissive and stated that care should be delivered this way and it is not negotiable. Ethan said "When you've been around the block so much, like me. Then you'll know what you're talking about.".
Luke did not say anything during this briefing and returned to his patients without speaking to the rest of the team. You noticed that the morale and level of job satisfaction of the staff is low for the rest of the shift.
MP38-Insertion-and-Management-of-Peripheral-Intravenous-Cannulae.pdf
Task: In your paper, focus on the leadership style exercised by Ethan the NUM and Luke the A/NUM.
Identify the (in)effective leadership styles within the case study and propose alternative leadership styles
Support and critique the evidence-based theory behind respective leadership styles
Examine the use of power in leadership within the case and discuss the importance of empowering members of the health care team (including yourself)
Tip: The focus of your analysis is on leadership and not on the nuances of the clinical practice. i.e. don't focus your paper on the nursing invention (removing PIVC after 96 hours).
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Marking Instructions
Please refer to the marking rubric to guide your preparation of this assessment item.
S222 NUR367 - Assessment 3 Marking Rubric.pdf
Font style Calibri, Arial or Times New Roman in size 12 minimum
Referencing style must following CDU APA 7th Referencing Style 2022 with a minimum of 5 journal articles, studies, books or other literature to support your statements. For best marks, use references published within the last 5 to 7 years
Add a header to your work to include the following details: LASTNAME, Firstname, student number - S222 NUR367 Assessment 3
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Part A: Assessment 1 - Critical Reflection
Description: 150 words short essay
Instructions: Critically reflect on your current knowledge and understanding of what leadership in nursing means. Writing in first person, identify and describe what the role of the nurse as a leader means to you. Focus on explaining which characteristics and traits, you think are essential to be an effective nurse leader
Due Date: 12/9/22, 22:29
Linked to Learning outcomes 1, 3, 5
Part B: Assessment 1 - Critical Reflection
Description: 850 words short essay
Instructions: Read and engage in the learning materials in Module 1. Once you've completed all the readings, look back on your Part A submission. In your essay, write in first person to critically reflect on the following key points:
Value: 20%
What does the role of the nurse as a leader mean to you now?
Has your description changed?
What have you learnt that may have led to this realisation? For best marks, draw on key literature/readings to support your reflection. This shows in-depth insight and comprehension of the theories behind leadership in health care.
What are some key issues/topics that stood out for you and why?
Now that you may have this 'new' sense of the role of the nurse as a leader, what type of leader do you want to be and identify at least one potential study, career and personal development goals that will assist with your leadership development
Due Date: 30/9/22, 22:29
Linked to Learning outcomes 1, 3, 5
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Assessment 2 - Online Quiz
Volume: 20 questions in 20 minutes
Attempts: 1
Value: 10%
Instructions:
Prepare for your quiz by reading and participating in the learning materials from Modules 1 and 2
In the quiz, read each statement carefully and decide if the statement is true or false
Back-tracking is prohibited, so make sure you dedicate 20 minutes to sit through this quiz in one attempt, you can not save and return to this quiz later
After 20 minutes, your quiz will automatically save and submit (unless you have provided your Access & Inclusion plan to the Unit Coordinator (nur410@cdu.edu.au) by 2/9/22 to have extra time as a reasonable adjustment)
Automatic feedback is provided upon submission to direct you to the right module to reflect on your answer
Due Date: 19/9/22, 22:29
Linked to Learning outcomes 2, 4
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Assessment 3 - Clinical Case Scenario
Volume: 2000 words or equivalent +/- 10%
Value: 40%
Instructions: Read and engage in the learning materials in Modules 3 & 4 then apply your knowledge to the clinical case scenario. The focus of your analysis is on leadership and not on the nuances of the clinical practice.
Due Date: 28/10/22, 22:29
Linked to Learning outcomes 1,2,3,4
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Assessment 4 - Digital Presentation
Volume: 10 mins + 500 words
Value: 30%
Instructions: TBA
Due Date: 25/11/22, 22:29
Linked to Learning outcomes 1,2,3,4,5
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