Task description: This assessment requires you to apply leadership and learning skills and
strategies in a written reflective essay. You will draw on examples from
What you need to do: Reflect on a scenario from nursing practice and write a reflective essay,
your personal development as a leader and learner.
Step one:
Select one (1) of the following RN short stories in Gordon (ed.) (2010) When
chicken soup isn’t enough that you find significant and that challenges your
thinking as a nursing student.
• Standing Up for What You Don’t Know by Judy Schaefer
• The Empty Hands Round by Amaia Saenz de Ormijana
• I.Eye Advocacy by Jane Black
(The chapters are available on Blackboard under Assessment 2, through
NSB104 Readings and online as a QUT library eBook)
Step two:
From the chosen scenario, write an essay which includes the following five
sections:
1. Write an introduction outlining the short story you have selected and
providing an overview of the key points that will be discussed in your
essay (~200 words)
2. Briefly describe one (1) challenge the nurse experienced within the story
and one (1) strategy (from the NSB104 workshops) the nurse used to
overcome the challenge.
With reference to McCormack & McCance’s (2017) Person-centred
Practice Framework,
o Discuss which prerequisites of person-centred practice the nurse
demonstrated using examples to support your argument.
o Discuss the impact of the strategy on person-centred outcomes
using examples to support your argument (~450 words)
3. Discuss how you might apply the strategy you identified in section 2 as a
nursing student if faced with a similar challenge during clinical placement.
Use examples from your own placement where possible to support your
ideas. (If you have not been on placement, or have had limited time on
placement, you may discuss strategies you think would work well for
student nurses).Provide a rationale and evidence for your ideas (~450
words).
4. Discuss one (1) key insight about your ability to work with other people
and one (1) key insight about your practice as a health professional that
you have learned from the unit. Structure these insights as reflections that
you could include in your ePortfolio (i.e., a potential employer could read
them). These reflections should demonstrate your personal development
as a student nurse this semester (~300 words).
5. Provide a concise conclusion outlining the findings of your essay (~100
words).
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Referencing.
References should be included in all sections of the essay where you
discuss concepts you have learned about in the unit or from any other
sources besides your own personal experience. As a guide, you should
cite approximately 7-10 relevant peer-reviewed journal articles as well as
other relevant resources (e.g., your short story from ‘When chicken soup
isn’t enough’ and unit textbook readings). Note: Cite chapter authors in
edited books as per APA 7th guidelines. Referencing lecture/workshop
materials that are available on Blackboard is not acceptable as these
contain filtered information and are designed to guide you towards further
study and research.
Length: 1,500 words +/-10% (word length includes in-text referencing and excludes
your reference list)
Estimated time to
complete task:
Approx. 20 hours. Completing weekly workshop reflections will help you
achieve success in this assignment.
You should allocate regular weekly
planning, researching, and writing time over the semester.
Weighting: 45%
How will I be assessed: +/- 7 point grading scale using a rubric
Due date: See Blackboard site for details of due date and submission requirements.
Presentation
requirements:
This assessment task must represent the individual work of the student.
Your assignment should be written in essay style (third person); however, it is
appropriate to use first person in the reflective components of your essay
(e.g., discussing how you might apply the strategy or key insights).
Your assignment must be prepared as follows:
• Include a cover sheet with you name, student number, the
assessment title and the word count.
• Use 3 cm margins on all sides, double line-spaced text.
• Use Times New Roman, Arial or Calibri font size 12.
• Use CiteWrite APA7
th style referencing. Note it is a requirement that
you include page numbers for all in-text references (see
http://www.citewrite.qut.edu.au/)
• Headings may be used to structure your assignment logically but are
not compulsory.
• The essay must be written using full sentences with no dot points.