NRSG367: Transition to Professional Nursing
ASSESSMENT INFORMATION
Assessment Title
Purpose
Due Date Time Due Weighting
Length Assessment Rubric LOs Assessed
Week 8, Thursday 23rd September, 2021
9am 50%
350 words per post (total = 1050) +/- 10% (includes intext citations, excludes reference list)
Appendix A in NRSG367 EUO
LO 1, LO2, LO 3, LO 4, LO 5 & LO 6
Discussion Forum Posts 1, 2 & 3
Post 1. Critically reflect on one (1) nursing specific challenge you expect to experience personally as you transition from student to graduate nurse. Construct and analyse (1) strategy that you could implement to address the identified issue. Justify your discussion with evidence-based literature. (LO3 & LO4).
Post 2. Critically analyse on one (1) legal and/or ethical difference between your current role as student nurse and your future role as Graduate RN. Your answer should provide a personal example from your undergraduate clinical experience and discussion must be justified with evidence-based literature (LO1 & LO2).
Post 3. Critically discuss the potential of social media to transform your own future practice as a professional practitioner. Support your discussion with evidence-based literature. (LO5 & LO6).
You are required to post your answers (with supporting references) to the discussion forum before the due date and time.
Post 1, 2 & 3 must also be copied, in their entirety, to a Word document and submitted via Turnitin on LEO before the due date. Screenshot evidence of forum participation should be submitted within the same document.
.doc or .docx (not .pdf files) 2.54cm, all sides
Task
Submission
FORMATTING
File format Margins
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Font and size 11-point Calibri or Arial
Spacing Double spacing
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Paragraph
Title Page
Level 1 Heading
Level 2 Headings
Structure
Direct quotes Header
Footer
REFERENCING
Referencing Style Minimum References
List Heading Alphabetical Order Hanging Indent DOI
Spacing
ADMINISTRATION
Aligned to left margin, indent first line of each paragraph 1.27cm
Title, student name, student number, unit, LiC name, due date, word count, no page number on title page. (14-point Calibri or Arial)
Centered, bold, capitalize each word (14-point Calibri or Arial)
Flush left, bold, capitalize each word (12-point Calibri or Arial)
Question & Answer format. To be written in first person.
Always require page number. No more than 10% of WC in direct quotes Page number top right corner (9 point Calibri or Arial)
Name _ Student Number_ Assessment _ Unit _ Year (9 point Calibri or Arial)
APA 7th
3-4 per post (equivalent to 1 reference per 100 words)
Published in the last 5-8 years, critical consideration of reference appropriateness expected.
“References” is centered, bold, on a new page. (14 point Calibri or Arial) References are arranged alphabetically by author family name
Second and subsequent lines of a reference have a hanging indent Presented as functional hyperlink
Double spacing the entire reference list, both within and between entries
Late penalties will be applied from 9:01am on the 23rd September, 2021, incurring 5%penalty of the maximum marks available up to a maximum of 15%. Assessment tasks received more than three calendar days after the due or extended date willnot be allocated a mark.
Example:
An assignment is submitted 12 hours late and is initially marked at 60 out of 100. A 5% penalty is applied (5% of 100 is 5 marks). Therefore, the student receives 55 out of 100 as a final mark.
Late Penalties
Penalty Timeframe
9:01 am Thursday to 9 am Friday 9:01am Friday to 9am Saturday 9:01am Saturday to 9am Sunday Received after 9:01 Sunday
Penalty
5% penalty
10% penalty
15% penalty
No mark allocated n/a
Marks Deducted 5 marks
10 marks
15 marks
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Marks will be generally returned in three weeks; if this is not obtainable, you will Return of Marks be notified via your campus LEO forum.
Marks for the final assessment (assessment two) of this unit will be withheld until Final Assignment after grade ratification and grade release in December, 2021
Assessment template project informed by ACU student forums, ACU Librarians and the Academic Skills Unit.
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