Students are to read a coronial case and then conduct a critical analysis. Comprehensive details of the required task can be found in the ‘Task Information’ section of this document and the assignment marking rubric provided on your course study desk under ‘Assessments’. The case to be analysed is the Inquest into the death of Michael James Calder. Students are to use current and relevant supplementary literature to support the analysis and are to specifically link supporting literature to the case. The analysis should relate to patient assessment, detection and escalation of clinical deterioration and communication provided from the Registered Nurse’s within their scope of practice whilst caring for Michael James Calder.
Rationale for assessment task
Early detection of clinical deterioration and appropriate communication and escalation of care can save lives and improve patient outcomes. This assignment will ask the student to consider their role and accountability as a registered nurse in this process, to prepare them for clinical practice in alignment with the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards; specifically including Recognising and Responding to Acute Deterioration, Communicating for Safety, Medication Safety and Partnering with Consumers
Due Date
20th April 2021 by 2355 AEST
Length
Word limit is 1800 words ( +/- 10%) (word length includes in-text referencing and excludes your reference list and appendices)
Marks out of: Weighting:
Maximum Grade 70 Weighting 45%
Course Objectives measured
LO-1, 2, 3, 4, 6 & 7
Task information
Task detail
In order to successfully complete this assignment you will need to complete all of the following; Introduction (approximately 300 words) The introduction should set the scene for the critical analysis of the case of Michael James Calder in the context of detection of deteriorating patients with consideration to the accountability of a Registered Nurse. Body & Analysis of the Case (approximately 1200 words) Students are to conduct a critical analysis of the case referencing key pieces of information specifically from the case, and using contemporary literature to support the analysis. The analysis should specifically relate to the detection and escalation of clinical deterioration provided from the Registered Nurse within their scope of practice whilst caring for Michael James Calder. The analysis should commence with a discussion surrounding the registered nurses role and responsibility in detection and escalation of clinical deterioration in a patient including the accountability and competency requirements of the registered nurse.Students should use examples from the case to highlight missed opportunities from the perspective of a Registered Nurse in their provision of care, detection of clinical deterioration, escalation of care, clinical competence, communication and accountability.The analysis should include a rationale as to why Early Warning Tools, Pain assessment and documentation of pain, communication and documentation of a patient’s medical history are important factors for provision of safe nursing care.The student should address limitations of Early Warning Tools and the relevance and significance of this to their practice as a registered nurse.Through the analysis of pertinent literature in this field concepts of human factors, cognitive bias and cognitive dissonance, teamwork and effective communication (both written and verbal) and the implications of these on effective decision making specifically related to this case should be addressed.Students must provide a synopsis of suitable strategies to risk mitigate missed opportunities for detection of deterioration, escalation & accountability found in the case including demonstrating knowledge of the Registered Nurse’s responsibility and accountability of overseeing an Enrolled Nurses practice. Students must also consider the National Safety and Quality in Healthcare Standard – Partnering with Consumers and reflect upon ‘if the health service were to work with Michael’s family what strategies could they put in place to prevent another similar incident occurring?’ Students need to demonstrate synthesis of published material with the student’s own analysis to demonstrate appropriate conclusions. The analysis must be supported by relevant and contemporary literature including journal articles and relevant legislative and policy documents. It is expected that a minimum of 8 journal articles will be used.
Writing Style
This assessment piece will be written in the form of an academic essay providing references to relevant peer reviewed articles and legislative policies and guidelines. Students need to demonstrate synthesis of published material with the student’s own analysis to demonstrate appropriate understanding.
Referencing/ citations
For this assessment, you will use APA 7th referencing style.Sources: your reference list must include at least 8 scholarly sources with the majority no older than 6 years old.In text citations: You must include in-text citations in the body of your work. Each new point or piece of evidence must be attributed (via in-text citation) to the source.
Formatting Style
APA 7Double spacingTimes New Roman font size 12,page numbers to be included
Resources available to complete task
Resources Coroners Court of Queensland (2016) Inquest into the death of Michael James Calder. National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards Assignment Extension RequestsRequest for extensions are for extenuating circumstances only and must be at least three days prior to due date. The examiner will request a ‘work in progress’ at the point of request. Please see link to the USQ policy Referencing SupportAssignment Support
Submission information
What you need to submit
One Adobe PDF document or Microsoft Word document that contains the following items
Do not include the marking rubric
Submission requirements
This assessment task must: use APA 7th referencing for assessment formatting and citing academic literaturebe submitted in electronic format as an Adobe PDF document or Microsoft Word document via Turnitin through the assignment link in the course study desk.
File Name Conventions
Save your document with the following naming conventions: studentnumber_NUR3201_S1_2021 A1.doc/docx/pdf
Moderation
All staff who are assessing your work meet to discuss and compare grading decisions before marks or grades are finalised.
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