Master of Mental Health Nursing Assessment 4 - Written assignment Assessment Type Written Assignment Description In this assignment, you are required to choose a scenario from your own experience, preferably in clinical practice, which involved someone in a mental health emergency situation. Use the following headings indicated in bold to structure your paper. Scenario - describe the scenario (concealing the identity of consumers and other people involved) and a brief rationale for choosing this scenario Response – describe your personal (emotional) and professional response to the emergency Management and outcomes – constructively reflect on the management and outcomes of this emergency, guided by one of the models of reflection described in the readings: • Consider the structural, policy and legal context in the jurisdiction (ie country/state/organisation) in which the scenario occurred, and the other issues and perspectives that have been raised and discussed in this course • Consider how you and your colleagues responded to the emergency • Consider how this response was recovery-focussed • Propose how the outcomes could have been improved Conclusion – provide a brief summation of your paper Weighting 40% Length 2,000 words Referencing: APA 6th 1.1.1 Assessment 4 Marking Criteria: Written Assignment Assessment 4 will be graded in terms of both completing the minimum task requirements, and undertaking a reasoned, knowledgeable and scholarly analysis of the chosen scenario. Assessment 4 will contribute 40% to the overall grade. Criteria Range of Marks Score Structure and cohesion of paper overall (10%) 0-2 marks Less than adequate structure and cohesion 3-4 marks Evidence of attempt to provide structure and cohesion to paper 5-6 marks Structure and cohesion sound and well organised 7-8 marks A very good structure and paper very well organised 9-10 marks Superior structure with clarity, coherence and well organised /10 Brief synopsis of case study (10%) 0-2 marks Absent or minimal summary of the scenario and the key events described 3-4 marks Less than adequate summary of the scenario and the key events described 5-6 marks A sound summary of the scenario and the key events described 7-8 marks A very good summary of the scenario and the key events described 9-10 marks Clearly and succinctly summarises the scenario and the key events described /10 Response to emergency situation (15%) 0-3 marks Absent or minimal description of personal and professional responses to emergency 3-6 marks A limited description of personal and professional responses to emergency 7-8 marks A reasonably well developed and articulate description of personal and professional responses to emergency 9-11 marks A very well developed and articulate description of personal and professional responses to emergency 12-15 marks Clear, succinct and highly articulate description of personal and professional responses to emergency /15 Constructive reflection on management and outcomes (35%) 0-7 marks Absent or minimal documentation of, or incomplete, reflection on context, response and outcomes, and absent or minimal integration of key aspects of course content into response 8-14 marks Less than adequate level of reflection on context, response and outcomes, poor attempt to integrate some key aspects of course content into response 15-20 marks Quite comprehensive documentation of reflection on context, response and outcomes, with appropriate integration of key aspects of course content into response 21-26 marks Comprehensive and articulate documentation of reflection on context, response and outcomes, with considered and appropriate integration of key aspects of course content into response 27-35 marks Very comprehensive and articulate documentation of reflection on context, response and outcomes, with extensive and highly appropriate integration of key aspects of course content into response /35 Brief conclusion (10%) 0-2 marks Absent or minimal conclusion 3-4 marks Less than adequate conclusion 5-6 marks A sound conclusion 7-8 marks Comprehensive conclusion 9-10 marks Succinct and comprehensive conclusion /10 Use of evidence to support discussion (20%) 0-4 marks Discussion supported mostly by personal opinion. Very poor use of resource material 5-8 marks Limited sources cited, too few, or of poor quality, little evidence of scope and depth of reading 9-12 marks Sources cited showed relevance to the topic, but were limited in scope and/or quality 13-16 marks Sources cited showed relevance to the topic and were developing in scope and/or quality 17-20 marks Sources cited were relevant to the topic and showed scope and quality /20 Academic Literacy 10% deducted Major problems throughout with many spelling mistakes or grammatical errors and/or Incoherent sentence structure, little or no paragraph and/or assessment item structure. More than 10 percent direct quotes. 5% deducted Recurring problems with spelling mistakes or grammatical errors and/or Recurring problems with sentence, paragraph and/or assessment item structure. 4% deducted Occasional problems with spelling or grammar and/or Occasional poor sentence or paragraph structure 0% deducted Mainly error free minus Academic Integrity 10% deducted Sources not acknowledged or APA referencing not used Or May incur SACO referral 5% deducted Consistent incorrect use of APA referencing in reference list or in-text referencing 4% deducted Minor problems with referencing in reference list or in-text referencing 0% deducted Mainly error free minus /100 Final Mark /40