Nursing

Individual Position Statement: - Topic: A nurse has a moral option of refusing to participate in care when “placed in situations of compromise that exceed acceptable moral limits or involve violations of the moral standards of the profession, whether in direct patient care or in any other forms of nursing practice”. - 1500 words - Students will need to demonstrate understanding of the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia Competencies for Registered Nurses as they pertain to the position statements. - Information contained in the statement should clearly demonstrate the student’s perspective, which should be supported by current relevant evidence and reflect current policy and practice within the Australian nursing context with clear reference and linkage to the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia Nursing Competencies for Registered Nurses. - Your position statement must be supported with citations. - A Reference List must be provided at the end of the assignment. - Please refer to the attached marking guide for further information Criterion Referenced Rubric: Assessment 2 Part B: Individual Position Statement Criterion High Distinction Distinction Credit Pass Fail Clear concise and wellstructured introduction and conclusion 14% Explicitly states the argument and clearly sets out the steps the essay will take to support it. Conclusion effectively summarises the arguments and presents the final position. Provides a clear synopsis of the argument and offers a step by step plan for the essay. Conclusion effectively summarises the main points and final position. Addresses the question, states the argument and offers a plan but lacks clarity and/or accuracy. Conclusion summarises the main points but lacks sufficient clarity relating to the final position. The introduction states the argument but does not offer a plan and lacks clarity. Conclusion presents the final position but does not adequately summarise the arguments. Presents new information not contained in essay. The introduction is missing/or is unclear as to the intent of the essay, lacks clarity and structure. Conclusion is absent or is unclear, lacks clarity. Introduction of new ideas. Context and assumptions 28% Thoroughly analyses own assumptions in relation to NMBA competencies for clinical practice, and other relevant academic resources when presenting a position. Clearly analyses own assumptions in relation to NMBA competencies for clinical practice, and other relevant academic resources when presenting a position. Some analysis of own assumptions in relation to NMBA competencies from a limited viewpoint. Evaluates the relevance of contexts when presenting position in a general manner. Shows a limited awareness and analysis of own assumptions in relation to NMBA competencies. Information is general with limited exploration of ideas within the position statement. Insufficient awareness and analysis of own assumptions in relation to NMBA competencies. Fails to demonstrate adequate understanding of issues within the position statement. Student’s position 28% Specific position is concise and well-articulated, taking into account the complexities of the issue. Limitations of position are acknowledged. Other points of view are considered. Specific position takes into account the complexity of the issues. Some other points of view are considered. A position is articulated. Limited acknowledgment of other views. A position is stated, but is superficial. Minimal consideration of alternate views. There is no clear position. Insufficient consideration of alternate views. Evidence 14% Referencing 8% Extensive information is taken from relevant academic sources. Comprehensive interpretation and evaluation. Accurate use of APA referencing style in all instances. A range of in-text citations has been used. Extensive information is taken from relevant academic sources. Broad interpretation and evaluation. Accurate use of APA referencing style on most occasions. A range of intext citations has been used. Information is taken from credible sources. Broad interpretation and evaluation. Accurate use of APA referencing style on most occasions. There is limited use of a range of intext citation formats Information is taken from credible sources. Limited interpretation and evaluation. Accurate use of APA referencing style on most occasions. There is no variation of in-text citation format Information is taken from sources that are not credible. Insufficient interpretation and evaluation. Many inaccuracies with the APA referencing style. Mechanicsgrammar, spelling and punctuation 8% There are no errors with grammar, spelling and punctuation, and the meaning is easily discernible. The essay reads without interruption. There are minimal errors with grammar, spelling and punctuation, and the meaning is easily discernible. There are some errors with grammar, spelling and punctuation. However, the meaning is readily discernible. There are substantial errors with grammar, spelling and punctuation. The errors detract significantly, but the meaning is discernible. Grammar, spelling and punctuation are such that the reader cannot make sense of the content. Comments Marker: Date: 5. Topic: Business Ethics Paper details: What is Ethics? What are some of the ways in which ethics affects the work environment? What are some of the factors that contribute to unethical behavior and to common temptations and violations? List occurrences where unethical behavior occurs, and the outcome of those behavior; Give at least 2 examples where an organization has acted ethically or unethically. GUIDELINES FOR YOUR RESEARCH PAPER Generate ideas. After your purpose, audience, and topic are clear in your mind, you are ready to generate ideas about your topic. Explore your thoughts about the topic. What interests you about the topic? Do you already have information? or will you need to do research. Brainstorm ideas. Ask yourself a series of questions about the topic to get your ideas flowing. Questions such as What? Who? Where? How? When? Why? Will help you focus on your topic. Talk to other people. Discuss the topic with other people. If you have strong opinions on a topic, you might want to discuss the topic with someone whose views are different. If you are unfamiliar with a topic, ask an expert or talk to several people to collect information. Read and research. Read magazine or newspaper articles, watch videotapes, or go to the library to get information. Develop Supporting Details. Each paragraph in an essay has topic sentence and other sentences that support the topic sentence. Your outline or idea map will guide through the main points of the essay. As you get to each main point, begin a new paragraph. There are several types of detail sentences you can write to support a topic sentence. Details may: ? be statements of facts or reasons that prove or disprove a point. ? be examples that explain or prove a main idea. ? be listed in time order, according to the order in which they occur. ? be listed in order of importance, from the most (or least) important to the least or (most) important. ? show cause and effect, how one thing causes another thing to happen. ? compare and contrast to show how things are alike or different. ? As you write paragraphs, use several types of details to support your topic sentences. Please indicate the sources