1101NRS Assignment 3 Trimester 1, 2020 Written Assignment: Written Critique

 

Word Limit: 1,500 words Weighting: 40% Due Date: 13th May 2020 13:00am

 

AIM:

The purpose of this written assignment is to enable you to demonstrate understanding of issues involved in professional communication for nurses.

 

You are required to build on the topic focussed on in the Annotated Bibliography assignment and provide a wider critique of the issues involved in a relevant topic related to professional communication for nurses.

 

TASK DESCRIPTION:

 

For this assignment you must write a 1,500 word essay that focusses on professional communication for nurses.

 

You should provide a critique of the concepts you focused on in your Annotated bibliography, including discussing the strengths and limitations of the chosen concepts, and their application to nursing practice.

 

You should provide an introductory paragraph about the aims and structure of the critique followed by the main body of the discussion and finalising with a conclusion and recommendations paragraph identifying the implications for nursing practice.

 

 

TASK INSTRUCTIONS:

 

1. Select a subject related to professional communication for nurses, search for relevant source material to use as support and produce a written discussion and critique of the concepts involved, highlighting the implications for nursing practice in context.

 

• Ensure the presentation and structure of the critique has a logical flow of arguments and conforms to the word count (excluding your reference list).
• Use academic language throughout and use the third person unless otherwise instructed.
• Ensure that you use scholarly literature (digitised readings, research articles, relevant Government reports and text books) that have preferably been published within the last 5 years.
• Your essay should be supported by no fewer than 10 different sources from scholarly literature, conform to APA 7^th edition style and references are to be presented on a separate page.

 

 

Additional information:

• Always refer to the Griffith Health Writing and Referencing Guide
• Word limits for assessment items need to be strictly adhered to. The word limit for an assessment item includes in text citations, tables and quotations. The word limit DOES NOT include the reference list. Please note the marker will cease marking your submitted work once they have reached the allocated word limit.
• Refer to the marking criteria when completing your assignment. This will assist you in calculating the weightings of the sections for this assignment.
• Submit your assignment to the final submission point of the annotated bibliography assessment in Turnitin as per the instructions on your Learning@Griffith 1101NRS course site.

 

 

Marking Guidelines

CRITERIA	POSSIBLE MARK
All components to the Essay are included:
o    An introduction to the topic (1) o    A main body including discussion of main aspects related to the topic (1) o    A range of appropriate references (min 10) used to support the discussion (1) o    Conclusions/Recommendations for practice (1) o    A separate page for reference list (1)	/5
Comprehension and evaluation
o      Accurate detailed discussion of key aspects related to the topic (5) o      Evidence of understanding of the topic related to information drawn from the literature discussed. (5) o      Some discussion of strengths highlighted from the literature (5) o      Some discussion of limitations highlighted from the literature (5) o      Evidence of application of the main conclusions to nursing practice (5)	/25
Presentation, Structure and Referencing
Referencing as per APA Style 7th Edition (3) Conforms to the Griffith Health Writing and Referencing guidelines. (2) §  Essay is well presented, with correct spelling, grammar, sentence construction and paragraph structure (5)	/10
Comments
Total Marks [weighted at 40%]	Total /40