BN5.001 Inquiry for Nursing Assignment: Exploring Evidence-Based Practice, Professional Nursing Roles

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

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