NUR 120- Introduction to Professional Nursing

Essay Purpose

This essay will give you the opportunity to develop your understanding of how law, ethics and professional guidelines guide nursing practice. It will allow you to reflect on the values and characteristics of professionalism in the healthcare setting.  Completing this essay will also further develop your academic and information literacy skills. 

Essay Question

Select one of the three discussion board scenarios.  Identify the main issues inherent in the case and make appropriate recommendations to address these issues.

It is expected that your essay will address/contain the following information:

your immediate action

your subsequent actions

The Learning Outcomes addressed by this assignment include:

On completion of this unit a student should be able to: 

1.Critically reflect on the values and characteristics of professionalism that contribute to health care through collaboration, cooperation and therapeutic communication;

2.Articulate the key principles underlying ethical, legal and professional guidelines and codes that underpin the practice of registered nurses in Australia.

3.Demonstrate developing skills in academic and information literacy that provide a foundation for evidence based nursing.

4.Articulate and define the NMBA Competency Standards, Codes of Ethics and Codes of Practice for the Registered Nurse.

5.Develop a critical and reflective approach to nursing practice.

Writing

Write in the third person; avoid personal pronouns such as ‘I’ and ‘you’.

Avoid long, confusing sentences and check that your tenses (past, present and future) are consistent within the same sentence.

Avoid posing questions; work the information into the paragraph.

Use plain English. It is essential your meaning is clear and that you demonstrate your understanding of the nature of the topic.

Write your essay to the marking rubric, as this is where lecturers mark from.

Writing Tips

As you construct your essay  you need to:

Use correct punctuation, spelling and syntax (sentence structure)

Paraphrase ideas from your reading/research, don’t just copy them

Avoid use of direct quotations.

Ensure you use APA 6th referencing style.