| Word Count |
1000 words +/- 10% |
BN5.001 Assessment Guidelines
Course BN5.001
Inquiry for Nursing Assessment title Written Assignment – BN5.001
Due date Please see the Assessment Overview on BN5.001 Moodle
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Learning Outcomes
1. Analyse roles in the professional nursing context.
2. Describe interpersonal skills required for nursing practice at a novice level. 3. Discuss how research informs nursing practice (evidence-based practice).
Word Count:
1000 words +/- 10%
References:
APA referencing 7th edition
Formatting BN Formatting
Guidelines Structure:
1. Title page
2. Introduction: Introduce your assignment and what it discusses
3. Evidence-Based Practice: Overview of EBP and its relevance to nursing.
4. Professional Nursing Context: Description and analysis of your selected nursing role and context.
5. Interpersonal Skills: Identification, rationale, and application of two key interpersonal communication skills at a novice level.
6. Conclusion : Summary of key points, reaffirming the importance of EBP in professional nursing contexts.
7. References Step 1 – overview
Read your assessment guidelines and the marking rubric carefully.
Check the due date (1st September 0900 hrs 2025).
Please use Potter & Perry’s Fundamentals of Nursing for at least one of your sources.
Submission with high AI or Plagiarism score will (may) NOT be graded resulting in a fail.
Step 1 – Choose A Specific Area Of Nursing (Nursing Context
- that interests you, for example, theatre nursing, or paediatric nursing (not limited to these contexts).
- Think about the context of this nursing role – what do they do and where do the work (for example, work in the hospital setting or in the community setting).
- Remember this is at a Novice Level (this does not include Nurse Educator or Clinical Nurse Specialists or Clinical Nurse Manager or any other senior nurse position).
- This is necessary for Step 4 for this assignment.
Step 2 – Introduction
- Clearly and succinctly write an introduction to this written assignment.
- Ensure you state the purpose of this written assignment, which is to meet the 3 learning outcomes above.
- Reference usage is not recommended in your Introduction.
- This section should be approximately 100 words.
Step 3 – Overview Of Evidence- Based Practice
- Begin with a brief introduction to evidence-based practice (EBP) and its importance in nursing.
- Highlight how EBP contributes to enhancing nursing practice and improving patient outcomes.
- Please use credible reference sources. • This section should be approximately 200 words.
Step 4 – Professional Nursing Context
- Selection of Context: Choose a specific area of nursing (nursing context) that interests you, for example, theatre nursing, or paediatric nursing (not limited to these contexts).
- Description and role of the nurse: Provide an overview of your chosen nursing area (context) which includes the typical work environment, patient population, and focus of care.
- Analyse the key roles and responsibilities this nursing role undertakes in their area of work. You may refer to the Kai Tiaki
- Nursing folder under the Written Assignment tab on Moodle or other resources to gain insights into real-life nursing profiles.
This section should be approximately 250 words.
Step 5 – Interpersonal Communication Skills
- Identification of Skills: Discuss two interpersonal communication skills, at a novice level, that are particularly relevant to your nursing area (context e.g., active listening, eye-contact, or empathy).
- Implementation and Rationale: Explain how these skills can be implemented effectively in your chosen context.
- Provide a rationale supported by evidence from credible reference sources, demonstrating how these skills enhance patient care and improve outcomes.
- Please use your text book Potter & Perry’s Fundamentals of Nursing for at least one of your sources in this section.
- This section should be approximately 300 words.
Step 6 – Conclusion
- Write a short conclusion that summarises the main points of your essay, links back to evidence-based practice and draws a conclusion from your discussion.
- This is not a cut and paste of your introduction.
- Do not include any references in your conclusion.
- This section should be approximately 150 words.
Step 7 – Reference Page–
- finish with a list of all cited in-text sources used (not included in final word count).
Academic Requirements/ Conditions
- Ensure that your assignment document is uploaded as a Word file.
- Be aware that MAC computers require you to change the file compatibility format.
- It is your responsibility to sort out any file compatibility issues.
- Please see EDC or IT services to obtain assistance with this.
- Turnitin may take up to 24 hours to return a similarity score.
- Therefore, please ensure that you give yourself adequate time to put your work through Turnitin, receive a result, and make a necessary change.
- Once this has been through Turnitin submit your assessment to the relevant drop box.
- Please ensure this is not submitted as a ‘draft document’ or this cannot be marked.
- There is to be no copying of any literature or other students’ submissions.
- If you are unsure what plagiarism is and how to avoid it, please refer to EIT’s academic integrity process and plagiarism
- guidelines. Please see link below.
- Any issues surrounding academic integrity breaches will be addressed in relation to these guidelines below:
Plagarism
Turnitin and submitting Turnitin may take up to 24 hours to return a similarity score.
Ensure you give yourself adequate time to put your work through Turnitin, receive a similarity score, and make any necessary changes to your work.
