Unit Outline

This subject addresses the principles of renal nursing incorporating the psychological, ethical and sociological domains of health. It aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills to facilitate the patient's adaptation to renal dysfunction and promote the patient's self concept and quality of life. Concepts of health promotion and health education underpin this unit.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1.	Integrate concepts of health promotion into nephrology nursing practice to facilitate adoption of self-management strategies by clients and the wider community.
2.	Critically discuss the politics of health within professional nephrology nursing practice and its current and potential impact on the community and nephrology client outcomes.

Alterations as a result of student feedback

The unit content has been reviewed and updated by clinical experts, and greater details about individual assessments have been provided.

How will I be Assessed?

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Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Online Discussion and Summary Paper	Week 7	25 %	LO1
Assessment Task 2:	Presentation	Week 10	25 %	LO1
Assessment Task 3:	Essay	Week 13	50 %	LO1, LO2

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Online Discussion and Summary Paper

Task Description:

The aim of this assessment is to demonstrate your knowledge of the potential barriers to promoting self-management in a person with a chronic illness. In this assignment you will work in online groups to identify, discuss and critique barriers.

Task Length:

Discussion posts - 4 x 250 words each. Summary Paper - 1000 words

Due Date:

Week 7

Weight:

25 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Participates in the activity and engages in discussions with at least three (3) other students regarding their work and own.	LO1
2	Identifies and discusses potential barriers to self-management education and promotion.	LO1
3	Demonstrates analysis of issues posed by fellow students.	LO1
4	Demonstrates engagement with the evidence based research.	LO1
5	Identifies, discusses, justifies and reflects upon key learning outcomes from studying for online discussions.	LO1
6	Writes clearly in an appropriate academic style and structure and backs up claims by referring to academic literature and references accurately using the current APA style.	LO1

Assessment Task 2: Presentation

Task Description:

This assignment will help you build on Assessment Task 1 in which you identified barriers to self-management promotion.
The assessment requires you to reflect on and critically evaluate your development as a facilitator of learning.

Task Length:

Presentation - 10 to 20 minutes. Summary Paper - 1000 words plus appendices

Due Date:

Week 10

Weight:

25 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Provides evidence of presenting a relevant teaching session.	LO1
2	Identifies, discusses and justifies strategies to overcome the potential barriers to self - management promotion and education.	LO1
3	Writes in an appropriate academic style and structure and backs up claims by referring to academic literature and references accurately using the current APA style.	LO1

Assessment Task 3: Essay

Task Description:

This assessment will help you build on Assessment Tasks 1 and 2, in which you identified barriers to self-management promotion and education. The key aim is to identify and critique strategies to overcome self-management barriers.

Task Length:

2000 words

Due Date:

Week 13

Weight:

50 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Identifies and analyses key factors impacting the main issues for the essay topic (Topic A: strategies to enhance self-management; Topic B: as agreed with Lecturer).	LO1, LO2
2	Critically analyses the evidence incorporating contemporary research/evidence based papers	LO1, LO2
3	Demonstrates reflection on own practice as a professional nephrology nurse.	LO1, LO2
4	Writes clearly in an appropriate academic style and structure and references accurately using current APA style.	LO1, LO2

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes and achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Academic integrity

Academic integrity is about acting responsibly, honestly, ethically, and collegially when using, producing, and communicating information with other students and staff members.

In written work, you must correctly reference the work of others to maintain academic integrity. To find out the referencing style for this unit, see the assessment information in the MyLO site, or contact your teaching staff. For more detail about Academic Integrity, see Important Guidelines & Support.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.

Review of results and appeals

You are entitled to ask for a review of the marking and grading of your assessment task if there is an irregularity in the marking standards or an error in the process for determining the outcome of an assessment. Details on how to request a review of a mark for an assignment are outlined in the Review and Appeal of Academic Decisions Procedure.

Required Resources

Required reading materials

You will need access to at least one of the following texs:

Thomas, N (ed.) 2019, Renal Nursing, 5th edn., John Wiley, West Sussex, UK

Daugirdas, JT, Blake, PG & Ing, T (eds) 2014, Handbook of Dialysis 5th edn, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia.

Bodin, S (Ed.) 2017, Contemporary Nephrology Nursing, (3rd edn.) American Nephrology Nurses' Association - available via unit reading list under Texts.

Taal, M, Brenner, B, & Rector, F, (Eds.) 2020, Brenner & Rector's the Kidney [electronic resource] - available via unit reading list under Texts