ASSIGNMENT 2
Part A
Identify a community of your choice within Australia, including the key characteristics of your chosen community. Provide a rationale for why you have selected this community in relation to your chosen topic (from the list below).
Part B
Describe how nurses can work in partnership with the community of your choice, using a strengthbased approach, to address one of the following topics.
The below links have been provided to you to assist you in beginning your research into your chosen topic.
Topic and links
• Vaccination hesitancy
• Refugee health
• Cancer screening
Due date: Wednesday 25th May 2022, 1100hrs
Weighting: 50%
Length and/or format: 2000 words +/- 10%
Purpose: This assessment task addresses health problems as a societal issue. It requires you to integrate the role of the nurse with the building of healthy communities in order to expose you to the reality that nursing practice environments reach beyond the hospital setting into the wider community.
Learning outcomes assessed: LO3, LO4, LO5
How to submit: Turnitin, word document only
Return of assignment: Feedback and marks will be returned to you via Turnitin in accordance with ACU policy.
Assessment criteria: Outlined in Appendix B. A national zoom session will be held, and recorded, to support your understanding of the requirements of the assessment item. An announcement will be made on LEO regarding the date of this session.
WORD COUNT
Writing requires skill and being able to write within a specified word limit is an essential component of professional and academic work. Reading and writing critically are fundamental skills which demonstrate an understanding and an ability to make judgements and solve problems, hence why only 10% of a word count should be direct quotes. That is, if the word count is 1500 words only 150 of those words should be direct quotes. Word counts provide students with an indication of the amount of detail and work required for each assessment item.
What is included in a word count?
Essentially, all text within an assessment item from the introduction through to the conclusion is counted in the word count. This includes all in-text citations, direct quotes and headings. The word count does not include the following:
• Title page
• Reference list
• Appendices
• Tables
• Figures and legends
ASSIGNMENTS SUBMITTED JUST BEFORE THE DUE DATE AND TIME
Please note that if you submit your assignment, notice that the similarity index is high but do not have time to revise your assignment before the due date has passed, then you are advised to:
• contact the Lecturer in Charge and request that your assignment be removed.
• revise the assignment, submit it within three days of the due date and incur a late submission penalty.
• submit it into the regular drop box. Do not submit into the extension drop box.
Please review the Academic Integrity and Misconduct policy if you choose not to do this.
REFERENCING
This unit requires you to use the APA 7th edition referencing system.
See the ‘Academic referencing’ page of the Student Portal for more details.
ACU POLICIES AND REGULATIONS
It is your responsibility to read and familiarise yourself with ACU policies and regulations, including regulations on examinations; review and appeals; acceptable use of IT facilities; and conduct and responsibilities. These are in the ACU Handbook, available from the website.
A list of these and other important policies can be found at the University policies page of the Student Portal.
Assessment policy and procedures
You must read the Assessment Policy and Assessment Procedures in the University Handbook: they include rules on deadlines; penalties for late submission; extensions; and special consideration. If you have any queries on Assessment Policy, please see your Lecturer in Charge.
Please note that:
(1) any numerical marks returned to students are provisional and subject to moderation;
(2) students will not be given access to overall aggregated marks for a unit, or overall unit grade calculated by Gradebook in LEO; and,
(3) students will be given a final mark and grade for their units after moderation is concluded and official grades are released after the end of semester.
Academic integrity
You have the responsibility to submit only work which is your own, or which properly acknowledges the thoughts, ideas, findings and/or work of others. The Academic Integrity and Misconduct Policy and the Academic Misconduct Procedures are available from the website. Please read them, and note in particular that cheating, plagiarism, collusion, recycling of assignments and misrepresentation are not acceptable. Penalties for academic misconduct can vary in severity and can include being excluded from the course.
The Turnitin application (a text-matching tool) will be used in this unit, in order to enable:
• students to improve their academic writing by identifying possible areas of poor citation and referencing in their written work; and
• teaching staff to identify areas of possible plagiarism in students’ written work.
While Turnitin can help in identifying problems with plagiarism, avoiding plagiarism is more important. Information on avoiding plagiarism is available from the Academic Skills Unit.
For any assignment that has been created to allow submission through Turnitin (check the Assignment submission details for each assessment task), you should submit your draft well in advance of the due date (ideally, several days before) to ensure that you have time to work on any issues identified by Turnitin. On the assignment due date, lecturers will have access to your final submission and the Turnitin Originality Report.
Please note that electronic marking, Grademark, is used in this unit using Turnitin. Turnitin will be used as a means of submitting, marking and returning assessment tasks and so a text matching percentage will appear on your submission automatically.
FIRST PEOPLES AND EQUITY PATHWAYS DIRECTORATE FOR ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDENTS
Every campus provides information and support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students. Indigenous Knowings are embedded in curricula for the benefit of all students at ACU.
STUDENT SUPPORT
If you are experiencing difficulties with learning, life issues or pastoral/spiritual concerns, or have a disability/medical condition which may impact on your studies, you are advised to notify your Lecturer in Charge, Course Coordinator and/or one of the services listed below as soon as possible.
For all aspects of support please visit ACU Info section in the Student Portal.
• Academic Skills offers a variety of services, including workshops (on topics such as assignment writing, time management, reading strategies, referencing), drop-in sessions, group appointments and individual consultations. It has a 24-hour online booking system for individual or group consultations.
• Campus Ministry offers pastoral care, spiritual leadership and opportunities for you to be involved with community projects.
• The Career Development Service can assist you with finding employment, preparing a resume and employment application and preparing for interviews.
• The Counselling Service is a free, voluntary, confidential and non-judgmental service open to all students and staffed by qualified social workers or registered psychologists.
• Disability Services can assist you if you need educational adjustments because of a disability or chronic medical condition; please contact them as early as possible.
INHERENT REQUIREMENTS
• To support your progression in this unit, students are directed to access the course inherent requirements, on the link below, to understand the essential aspects of their course. If you require assistance to enable you to achieve the knowledge, skills and attitudes outlined in the inherent requirements, please speak with your academic and or a disability advisor for support.
• www.acu.edu.au/inherent-requirements
ONLINE RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS
The LEO page for this unit contains further readings/discussion forums. https://leo.acu.edu.au/course/view.php?id=39812
In addition, for this unit you will be required to use the following technologies:
Internet access is required for online learning and online zoom sessions. A microphone and camera are required for online zoom session participation.
TEXTS AND REFERENCES
Required texts:
Taylor, O’Hara, L., Talbot, L., & Verrinder, G. (2021). Promoting health: the primary health care approach (7th ed). Elsevier Australia.
https://acu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/61ACU_INST/qpf7hm/alma991013048100002 352
Available via Cambridge University Press, please follow ACU library instructions.
Guzys, E., Brown, R., Halcomb, E. & Whitehead, D. (2021). An introduction to community and primary health care (3rd ed.). Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press.
Recommended references:
Available via links below
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). (2020). Australia’s health 2020. Australia’s health series no.17. AUS 221. Canberra: AIHW https://www.aihw.gov.au/reportsdata/australiashealth
World Health Organisation (WHO). (1986). Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/129532/Ottawa_Charter.pdf
Available via Clinical Key
Clendon, J. & Munns, A. (2019). Community health and wellness: Principles of primary health care (6th ed.). Chatswood, NSW: Elsevier Australia.
Fleming, M. L., Parker, E., Correa-Velez, I. (2019). Introduction to public health (4th ed.). Chatswood, NSW: Elsevier Australia.
