PHE7015 / PHE6103 Consolidating the Role of the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor)
PHE7015 / PHE6103 Consolidating the Role of the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor)
Word Limit: 3000 words
Launch Date: Tuesday 30th April 2024
Submission date: Friday 24th May 2024 by noon
Resubmission date: Friday 26th July 2024 by noon
Assignment title
Reflect upon an aspect of your professional development that you feel has developed throughout your SCPHN studies and practice. Within your reflection, evaluate the impact of this area of your development, and the contribution this makes to your work as a SCPHN (Health Visitor/School Nurse) on improving the health and wellbeing of children, young people, families and communities.
Additional Guidance
Your assignment should include the following:
Clearly identify a framework of reflection / reflective cycle which will provide the structure of your assignment.
Clearly identify an aspect of your professional development as a SCPHN that will frame your discussion.
Identify and analyse how your area of professional development impacts upon relevant and contemporary issues in SCPHN practice, demonstrating your knowledge, skills and understanding.
How your identified aspect of professional development contributes to safely and effectively maintaining and improving the health of, children, young people, families and communities.
Consider how your area of professional development contributes to your achievement of the NMC Standards of Proficiency for SCPHN (NMC, 2004).
Assignments must be submitted electronically via MoodleUse 12pt standard font (Arial, Aptos or Calibri) and 1.5 line spacing
Do not use bold, except for heading / sub-headingsOther points to note about writing your assignment:
Please ensure confidentiality is maintained throughout your work (refer to your student Handbook / SCPHN Course Moodle page for further information on this).
Level 6 or Level 7 marking criteria will be used when marking your work
Accurate referencing following Faculty guidelines will be expected. Please ensure you are familiar with this and seek support from the Library iCity page if you need to.
Assignment supervisors will be allocated for you to seek individual tutorial support from please come prepared for your tutorial.
Students will not be seen during the week before the submission date, and whole draft assignments will not be read.
Please ensure that you have answered the overall assignment title and checked against the module learning outcomes.
Submission of your assignment
Your written assignment will be submitted electronically via the submission point on the Consolidation of SCPHN Moodle page. You should keep the email confirming submission as proof of submission. You will need to submit your assignment via Turnitin also.
Submission of your Term 3 Practice Documentation will be on 27/08/2024 (further details about this will be given to you)
Reflection some further points to consider.
What do we mean by reflection?
How is reflection traditionally used your experience or thoughts?
The importance of self-awareness as a SCPHN
How is your area of professional development (identity) developing?
How would you like it to develop further?
Consider (within your reflection) a time you felt empowered to take action as a SCPHN what happened as a result (link to your area of professional development) (link to research that supports brain development/ACEs/trauma-informed practice/building therapeutic relationships/containment/early intervention etc.)
Compare this to a time when you felt disempowered what factors made you feel that way what happened (or could happen) as a result?
What factors increase your potential professional development?
Think about attributes you already hold (previous role[s]) what attributes would you like to add/know you need to add/have learnt that you need to add?
Think honestly and critically about your current (compared to when you commenced the course) which aspects are strong? Which areas are less strong?
Who or what has helped and might help you to develop knowledge and skills in your focused area of professional development?
Identify a professional relationship that supports and or enhances your practice what features make this helpful?
Think about your identity, attributes, values and beliefs (social Graces) how has this developed as a professional/across the SCPHN course?
Autobiographical lens Student lens Colleagues/peers lens Theoretical lens
Personal viewpoint, which can be restricted due to our experience, and which will contain blind spots. Requires us to listen to the voice, priorities, and preferences of those most closely and significantly affected by our practice. Discussing and debating our experiences with others to reveal alternative ways to approach shared experiences or problems. Theory can make explicit something you have been sensing or state publicly what youve suspected privately. It can also unsettle the groupthink arising from cultural norms, and so provides a means of framing/re-framing your thinking.
MARKING CRITERIA LEVEL 7
Referencing skills
Referencing technique follows Faculty guidelines
Occasional referencing errors
Frequent referencing errors
Web sources cited incorrectly
Journal articles cited incorrectly
Books cited incorrectly
No reference list was provided
Not applicable for this assessment
A+ (90% +) A (80-89%) B (70-79%) C (60-69%) D (50-59%) E (40-49%) F (0-39%)
Knowledge & Understanding Evidence of use of learning resources
Outstanding use of extensive primary and secondary sources Discerning and balanced range of primary and secondary sources Wide range of key primary and secondary sources Good selection of key primary sources Range and choice of sources adequate Inadequate range and choice of sources Extremely limited range and choice of sources
Evidence of understanding of the area of study Exceptionally comprehensive understanding of the knowledge base
Excellent, comprehensive understanding of the knowledge base Substantial understanding of the knowledge base
Good understanding of the knowledge base
Sufficient evidence of understanding of the relevant knowledge base Inadequate evidence of understanding of the relevant knowledge base No evidence of understanding of the relevant knowledge base
Practical Skills Application of relevant
Knowledge in the appropriate context Outstanding and original critical analysis of the interface between theory and practice Rigorous critical analysis of the interface between theory and practice Comprehensive critical analysis of the interface between theory and practice Good critical analysis of the interface between theory and practice Sufficient critical analysis of the interface between theory and practice Inadequate awareness of the interface between theory and practice No awareness of the interface between theory and practice
Intellectual Skills Analytical skill
Creative and original use of multiple theoretical frameworks for analysis of complex issues
Critically evaluates multiple theoretical frameworks for analysis of complex issues
Comprehensive evaluation of theoretical frameworks, testing and applying new frameworks
Clear, critical evaluation of theoretical frameworks
Some critical evaluation of theoretical frameworks
Simply accepts theoretical frameworks and unable to test and apply new frameworks
No awareness of theoretical frameworks
Reflects novel critical ability in an original way Reflects outstanding critical insight
Reflects an excellent level of critical awareness Reflects a good level of critical awareness Adequate critical awareness and ability Inadequate critical awareness and ability
Lacks any sense of critical awareness or ability
Transferable Skills Structure and
organisation
Exceptional attention to all detailed aspects of structure, organisation and development of arguments Arguments are presented in a fluent, coherent and succinct manner Coherent and succinct with logically developed arguments
Organisation and structure are comprehensive and coherent Organisation and structure are coherent Inadequately organised with incoherent structure Lacks organisation and coherent structure
Communication of ideas
Sophisticated and persuasive presentation Exceptional clarity of presentation Confident and fluent presentation Well presented, with good attention to detail Clear presentation of ideas Inadequate clarity in presentation Lacks any sense of clarity
Template for Consolidation Essay
What is the chosen area of your professional development?
What is your rationale for choosing this area of your professional development? How will you demonstrate your rationale in relation to your developing knowledge and skills?
What model of reflection will you be using? What is your rationale for using this model of reflection? Is there any literature you can use to support this? What does your regulatory body, or authors in the field say in relation to reflection?
How does the development of your chosen area of professional development impact upon relevant and contemporary SCPHN practice? How can you evidence this? What literature will you use to support your discussion?
How does your chosen area of professional development contribute to safe and effective care of children and families and improving the health of children, families and communities? What literature will you use to support this?
How does the development of your area of professional development contribute to the achievement of your NMC Standards of Proficiency for SCPHN (NMC, 2004)? Are there any other taxonomies of learning that demonstrate your development? That you need to achieve?
How will you ensure that you continually develop professionally in your future SCPHN practice?
