NURBN1015 - Applying Evidence to Practice Essay Assignment Help

TASK OVERVIEW

Task weighting - 45%

Due date - Friday October 21 at 12 noon (NOTE: Change of due date, now week 11)

This assessment task requires you to build on the evidence you summarised and evaluated in Assessment task 2a in order to respond to the clinical question in the form of an essay. The clinical question you chose for task 2a must be used for assessment task 2b. You will need to use at least SIX

(6) peer-reviewed primary research articles in total. THREE (3) of these articles will be the three you used in the annotated bibliography, and you need to source at least THREE MORE articles yourself.

Clinical scenarios choices - Use the same choice as task 2a

Choose the same topic you used to complete Assessment tasks 2a.

Clinical scenario choice 1: Pressure injury prevention

Dario is a student nurse working in an aged care facility and is looking after Mr George Florentine an 82-year-old man who suffered a stroke four months ago. He is not able to mobilise without assistance. It was handed over that Mr Florentine needs re-positioning every 2 hours. However, Dario’s buddy nurse says that is not necessary as he has a pressure relieving mattress.

Clinical scenario choice 2: Ulcerative wound healing

Amelia is a student nurse working in a residential facility caring for Iris Johnson a 92-year-old female with an ulcerative wound to her left lateral malleolus. The ulcer is 2cm in diameter and sloughy in appearance with minimal hemoserous exudate. Iris has been prescribed vitamin D and folic acid supplements to help with the healing process, however Amelia’s buddy nurse says that this is silly because nutrition has nothing to do with wound healing.

WORD LIMIT

The word limit is 1500 words (+/- 10%). The reference list is not included in the word count. In-text citations are included in the word count.

ESSAY STRUCTURE

The ‘applying evidence to practice’ essay is to be written using an essay structure with an introduction, a body, and a conclusion. The essay format provides you the opportunity to concisely present the findings from the research articles that directly respond to the clinical question/s, compare and contrast the findings, and then apply what is known to your own clinical nursing practice.

The essay should be structured as follows:

Introduction Word limit allocation (approximately) 150 words

What to include

• Introduce the topic (the clinical question you are answering), outline the scope of the paper (what you will cover) e.g., evidence-based strategies, how they are applied and evaluated (follow the paragraph topics below)

Paragraph 1 Word limit allocation (approximately) 300 words

What to include

• What new knowledge from the research studies can be applied to improve nursing care or patient outcomes?
• Compare and contrast findings – paragraph 1. Paragraph 2 Word limit allocation (approximately) 300 words What to include
• Compare and contrast findings – paragraph 2. Paragraph 3 Word limit allocation (approximately) 300 words What to include
• Apply this new knowledge from paragraphs 1 and 2 to nursing practice: What strategies will you use to implement new knowledge into patient care?

Paragraph 4 Word limit allocation (approximately) 300 words

What to include

• State the methods you can use to demonstrate that nursing practice or patient care is

Conclusion Word limit allocation (approximately) 150 words

What to include

• Summary of the main points

Reference list  (Not included in word count)

• Include all references used in text in APA 7th style Total word count = 1500 (+/-10%)

ESSAY PRESENTATION GUIDELINES

• Use Word doc format only (For those students with Mac computers, please convert to a

Word file equivalent). No other file types will be accepted

• Font size 12, normal margins, and double line
• Your student ID and unit code e.g.: 12345678_NURBN1015, should be in the header; with page numbering in the footer e.g., page 1 of
• Please include a word count after your
• Attach an assignment title page with Assessment task 2b, Applying evidence to practice essay, your name, student ID number, course code, and

ESSAY SUBMISSION

The Applying evidence to practice essay is to be submitted online via Moodle.

Step 1 - Complete the Applying evidence to practice essay Plagiarism Declaration. Upon completion of the declaration, the Applying evidence to practice essay Turnitin link will become accessible.

Step 2 – Submit your paper through the Applying evidence to practice essay Turnitin link.

Step 3 – Check Turnitin report and make amendments to ensure your own words are used, and all references and reference list are cited as per the APA 7th referencing style.

Step 4 – Re-submit the paper after you have made amendments.

Step 5 - Congratulate yourself on completing the final assessment task for this course!