HNN320 Leadership and Clinical Governance
Assessment Task Two
2500 Words - 60% of the total grade
Purpose of assessment task 2
The purpose of this assessment task is to provide you with the opportunity to reflect on and demonstrate knowledge of the Registered Nurse’s role in leadership, clinical risk management, clinical governance, quality improvement and change management.
Assignment question:
Part One (2000 words):
Nurses play a significant role in delivering quality and safe patient care. Critically examine three (3) episodes of care outlined in the case study (available from the Cloud Deakin site). Drawing on contemporary resources, discuss the relevant factors associated with the episodes of care. Outline recommendations, supported by evidence, to improve the patient outcomes.
Please note: Students should avoid resorting to the ‘blame and shame’ of individuals or organisations within the case study. Rather, factors leading to the outcomes for the patient should be critiqued.
Part Two (500 words):
Using the reflections entered into your ePortfolio, critically reflect over your learning both in the course and the unit (HNN320). Write a 500 word professional reflection that identifies key points of learning from your studies, as well as areas in which you believe you need further development.
Unit Learning Outcomes and Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
This assessment task provides you with the opportunity to demonstrate the following Unit Learning Outcomes and Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes;
Unit Learning Outcomes
ULO1 Reflect upon the Registered Nurse’s role as a leader in the health care team
ULO2 Differentiate between the concepts of management and leadership
ULO3 Critically examine the role of the nurse leader in quality improvement and change management practices
ULO4 Critique the principles and processes of clinical risk management and their application in health care domains
ULO5 Discuss critically the accountability of the Registered Nurse in relation to clinical
governance.
Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
GLO1 Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities: appropriate to the level of study related to a discipline or profession
GLO2 Communication: using oral, written and interpersonal communication to inform, motivate and effect change
GLO3 Digital literacy: using technologies to find, use and disseminate information
GLO4 Critical thinking: evaluating information using critical and analytical thinking and judgment
GLO5 Problem solving: creating solutions to authentic (real world and ill-defined) problems
GLO6 Self-management: working and learning independently, and taking responsibility for
personal actions
Submission information:
This assignment task is to be submitted into the designated assessment dropbox for this unit. Due date: Thursday, 26th May 2016
To ensure appropriate support is available should any technical issues arise, you are strongly advised to submit your assignment into the designated dropbox before 4pm on the due date.
You are responsible for ensuring that the correct version of your assessment task is properly uploaded into the correct assessment dropbox.
Student instructions for assessment task
To be successful with this assessment task you are strongly advised to:
• Identify relevant literature and other sources of evidence to explain the importance of the RN’s role in leadership, clinical risk management, clinical governance, and quality improvement and change management. References should mainly include refereed journal articles and ideally be no more than eight years old. The suggested readings in the unit are a good place to start. Additional resources may include governing body websites. References to consumer websites and/or Wikipedia are not appropriate for this assessment task.
• Critically analyse the case study information that is presented in week 9 (Topic 7).
You should refer directly to aspects of the case study to illustrate your arguments.
• Draw upon relevant ULOs, cloud concepts and content covered in this unit to guide you to additional resources.
• Self-assess your assignment against the marking rubric before submission. This will enable you to make sure that all the required elements have been covered.
• Part Two requires a critical reflection on your experiences in the course and unit. It is highly recommended that you are making regular entries in your ePortfolio throughout the course and the unit. Regular entries will provide a richer source of information to draw upon and aid in achieving the best possible mark for that section.
• To guide your reflection (Part TWO) you are strongly advised to use a reflective framework such as Rolfe, Freshwater and Jasper’s (2001) framework to guide your reflection. The framework consists of the following questions: o What? o So what? o Now what?
Reference: (Rolfe, G., Freshwater, D., & Jasper, M., (2001). Critical Reflection for Nursing and the Helping Professions: a user’s guide. London: Palgrave Macmillan.)
• Your reflection is to be written in the first person.
Presentation:
Front page: to include student name and number, Assignment title and word count.
Adhere to word limit requirements (within 10%). The word count does not include headings, references page, reference citations and direct quotes.
A reference list should be provided on a separate page headed ‘References’ at the end of the assignment.
Appendices (if applicable) are attached after the reference list page
Table of contents: Do not include a table of contents unless instructed to do so
Headings to be used in assignments of 3,000 words
Specific presentation requirements as per APA style guide. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.apastyle.org
Font:
12-point type size (never use a larger point size for headings or on the title page).
Use Times or Times New Roman.
Spacing:
Double-line spacing (Do not insert extra lines between paragraphs or the references list entries.) Use one space after all punctuation except certain periods within abbreviations, quotations or parentheses (e.g., p.m.; -et al., 2014-).
Page numbers
Page numbers to be provided on all pages except front page. Place page number in top right hand corner
Margins
2.54 cm at the top, bottom, left-hand, and right-hand sides of the page.
Paragraph indents
Indent the first line of each paragraph (using the tab key or paragraph tool).
Exceptions: abstract, block quotations, titles and headings, table titles and notes.
References list indents
Apply the hanging indent for the second and subsequent lines of a reference.
Justification of text
All text needs to be aligned to the left, not justified
Other APA referencing resources can be found at:
http://flash1r.apa.org/apastyle/basics/index.htm?_ga=1.40530722.167101387.1455836187
http://www.deakin.edu.au/students/study-support/referencing/apa
Your assignment should be converted to a PDF document before submission. Please check the document before submitting to the dropbox to ensure the formatting has not changed. Software for converting word documents to PDF is available to download from the Deakin software catalogue at no cost.
Structure:
Must contain a purposeful introduction that outlines some general background to the topic, an aim and purpose and themes for discussion. The body of the assignment will constitute about 80% of the word limit and provide key arguments supported by literature. The body of the assignment is normally organised in paragraphs of approximately 150 words with each paragraph focused on explanation of one idea. There should be a logical progression of ideas as demonstrated by logically linked arguments/discussion made in each paragraph. Each paragraph should commence with a topic sentence and end with a link to the next paragraph, and show a logical progression of ideas/argument. The conclusion paragraph should provide a summation of ideas, draw together the discussion, present no new material (references are not expected in the conclusion paragraph) and offer your position drawn from the discussion.
Communicate using academic writing:
Adheres to conventions of written English eg. word choice, professional language, grammar, use of appropriate sentence structure, punctuation and spelling.
Use of direct quotations: unless really necessary, most assignments do not require the use of direct quotes. Instead, re-expression of author arguments into your own words is required. If a direct quotation is used, you must explain how it adds to the discussion.
Referencing style
Acknowledge sources and adhere to referencing conventions as per APA Style www.deakin.edu.au/referencing

HNN320 Leadership and Clinical Governance
Assessment Task Two – 60% of final grade Total marks for this paper: 100
Performance High Distinction Distinction Credit Pass Unsatisfactory
Standards
Critique of provided case study demonstrates understanding of the RN’s role in
management and
leadership, clinical risk management, quality improvement and change management and makes recommendations for maximizing patient
outcomes
(40 marks) All elements of this criterion met with occasional
minor errors/gaps
(32-40 marks) All elements of this criterion met with several minor knowledge
errors /gap
(28-31 marks) Most elements of this criterion met but has many minor knowledge errors /gaps or one significant
gap or error
(24-27 marks) Meets most elements of the criterion but has
more than one significant
knowledge
error/gaps
(20-23 marks) Lacks critical analysis of provided case study and does not demonstrate understanding of the RN’s role in
management and leadership and/or clinical risk
management and/or quality improvement and/or change management and/or makes few recommendations for maximizing patient
outcomes ( 20 marks)
Critically reflects on learning over the course and unit (HNN320). Provides specific learning
achievements and identifies areas for further development.
(20 marks) All elements of this criterion met with occasional
minor errors/gaps
(16-20 marks) All elements of this criterion met with several minor knowledge errors /gap
(14-15 marks) Most elements of this criterion met but has many minor knowledge errors /gaps or one significant gap or error
(12-13 marks) Meets most elements of the criterion but has
more than one significant
knowledge error/gaps
(10-11 marks) Provides a descriptive response which lacks reflection on learning over the course and unit (HNN320) and/or does not identify specific learning achievements and/or areas for further
development ( 10 marks)
Relevant literature selected and used to support discussion
(20 marks) All elements of this criterion met with occasional
minor errors/gaps
(16-20 marks) All elements of this criterion met with several minor knowledge errors /gap
(14-15 marks) Most elements of this criterion met but has many minor knowledge errors /gaps or one significant gap or error (12-13 marks) Meets most elements of the criterion but has
more than one significant
knowledge error/gaps (10-11 marks) Literature selected was either irrelevant or inadequate and/ or not used/rarely used to support discussion
( 10 marks)
Referencing style is accurate and consistent with APA 6th Edition
style
(10 marks) All elements of this criterion met with occasional minor errors/gaps
(8-10 marks) All elements of this criterion met with several minor knowledge errors gap
(7 marks) Most elements of this criterion met but has many minor knowledge errors /gaps or one significant gap or error (6 marks) Meets most elements of the criterion but has more than one significant
knowledge error/gaps (5 marks) Consistently incorrect referencing style
( 5 marks)
Assignment is presented and structured according to instructions.
AND
Writing is in accordance with standard language conventions
(10 marks) All elements of the criteria met with occasional minor
errors/gaps
(8-10 marks) All elements of the criteria met with several minor
errors/gaps
(7 marks) All elements of the criteria met but has many minor knowledge errors /gaps or one significant
gap or error
(6 marks) All elements of the criteria met but has more than one
significant
knowledge
error/gaps
Errors in
grammar, sentence and / or punctuation which detract from readability at times (5 marks) Not presented according to instructions. Lacks expected structure.
Multiple errors in spelling/grammar and/or punctuation that significantly detracts from readability throughout.
( 5 marks)
%+ 70%+ 60%+ 50%+ 50%