UoS Learning Outcomes:2, 3, 4, 5

Assessment 1

UoS Learning Outcomes:2, 3, 4, 5

Format: Essay

Submission: Submit through 'Assignments' tab in Canvas course menu

Length: 2000 words

Due: 11:59 pm Sunday 24th March (end of Week 5)

Value: 45%

Assessment details

Introductory information:

The Nursing Code of Conduct (Principle 3) states understanding and acknowledging historic factors such as colonisation and its impact on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples health helps inform care (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, 2022).

Colonisation has had a significant impact on social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, incorporating important cultural connections. SEWB is defined as a multidimensional concept that includes mental health, but also encompasses domains of health and wellbeing such as connection to Land/Country, culture, spirituality, ancestry, family, and community (Gee et al, 2014).

This is represented in the diagram below (Gee et al, 2014).

Essay question:

In your essay, discuss how the colonisation of Australia has impacted the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. In this discussion, explore the impact on three (3) connections identified in the inner circle of the above diagram. Also include in your essay a brief discussion of how this knowledge of the impact of colonisation on SEWB should inform the role of the Registered Nurse (RN) when working with Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples.

In your essay -

The introduction will:

Introduce the topic. An introduction should gain the readers attention, provide necessary background information or definitions, and establish the main idea, purpose, and direction of your essay.

In your introduction you shouldsignpostto the reader the three (3) cultural connections you will discuss in your essay.

The body of essay will:

Discuss the three (3) cultural connections you have identified from the SEWB model in the inner circle, and how they have been impacted by colonisation, supported by literature. For example: Connection to physical wellbeing Connection to culture etc (1-2 paragraphs per connection).

You should then discuss in two (2) paragraphs how understanding colonisation and SEWB should inform the role of the Registered Nurse (RN) in the provision of care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the healthcare setting, supported by literature.

You should include relevant and recent sources (>10 articles).

The conclusion will:

Summarise your paper and the main points of essay.

Do not include new information in this section, this is the last opportunity to summarise for the reader that you have understood the essay requirements.

Recommended readings:

Gee, G., Dudgeon, P., Schultz, C., Hart, A., & Kelly, K. (2014). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social and emotional wellbeing.Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice,2, 55-68.

Smallwood, R. L. (2020). Referenced reflections to my wurrumay (son): awareness of the impact of colonisation.AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples,16(4), 309-314.

Essay guidelines:

Write a discussion which is well structured with a logically sequenced flow of ideas. Helpful advice on academic writing and essays can be found here -https://www.sydney.edu.au/students/writing.html.

Locate, study, and synthesise a range of academic journals and resources published ideally within the past seven (7) years that are directly related to the topic. There is an expectation that a minimum of ten (10) academic sources will be used.

Use the APA 7threferencing and citation style and ensure correct technique throughout (https://libguides.library.usyd.edu.au/citation/apa7)

Post any questions to the "Assessment 1 Essay" discussion thread on our Discussion Board.

Refer to the marking rubric (found under 'Assignments' in our Canvas site) while developing your work