Unit Outline

Concepts of Nursing 4 is a capstone unit that provides you with an opportunity to consolidate prior learning and develop the skills and attributes to transition from student to registered nurse. This unit will equip you with specific skills to operate effectively as an emerging leader in complex, uncertain and rapidly changing healthcare environments. The areas of authentic leadership, lean processes, quality improvement, health economics and digital health will be addressed to enable you to use evidence-informed solution-focused skills when engaging with stakeholders in a case for adopting a sustainable change. As a student in this unit, you will hear from inspiring leaders, work to solve real world problems and have the opportunity to demonstrate how you can draw on your motivations and aspirations to have a meaningful positive impact on nursing practice.

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	Apply the concepts of authentic leadership to health care issues.
2	Integrate lean approaches to health care delivery.
3	Apply the concepts of health economics and principles of quality improvement to the health care sector.
4	Propose a solution-focused approach to inform sustainable change.
5	Communicate the findings and recommendations of health service delivery concepts to key stakeholders.

Requisites


REQUISITE TYPE	REQUISITES
Pre-requisite	NUR244 Concepts of Nursing 2: Ethics and Research

Alterations as a result of student feedback

There have been no alterations as a result of student feedback.

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Case Study	Week 4	20 %	LO1, LO5
Assessment Task 2:	Written Report	Week 8	35 %	LO3, LO4, LO5
Assessment Task 3:	Presentation	Week 11	45 %	LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Case Study

Task Description:

This assessment task requires you to demonstrate your understanding of authentic leadership and the application of ethics to Nursing Standards.

Task Length:

500 words

Due Date:

Week 4

Weight:

20 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Critically reflect on one dimension of authentic leadership evident in the case study provided.	LO1
2	Discuss the application of authentic leadership to one of the Nursing Standards.	LO1
3	Provide quality evidence to communicate complex healthcare issues.	LO5

Assessment Task 2: Written Report

Task Description:

This assessment task requires you to demonstrate leadership through the evidence-informed decision making required to assess whether a proposed healthcare intervention would benefit a local community.

Task Length:

800 words

Due Date:

Week 8

Weight:

35 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Critically appraise a research paper using a validated tool.	LO4
2	Provide an evidence-informed recommendations.	LO4
3	Justify health economics to nursing practice.	LO3
4	Develop a health care report.	LO5

Assessment Task 3: Presentation

Task Description:

This assessment task provides an opportunity for you to identify a potential area for improvement in health care based on your experience as an emerging nurse leader.

Task Length:

Presentation - (maximum of 10 minutes) and 500 written summary.

Due Date:

Week 11

Weight:

45 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Justify the significance of the identified health care issue as a driver for change, using evidence to support your argument.	LO4, LO5
2	Apply a relevant best practice tool to the process of analysing an issue using lean thinking.	LO2
3	Provide evidence-informed, solution focused recommendations that support continuous improvement.	LO3, LO4
4	Present the case for change to key stakeholders.	LO5

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.