Assignment: Mental Health and Illness

NSB204 Mental Health: Self and others

Bachelor of Nursing

Assessment Task 1

 

Assessment name: Systematic reflection

Learning outcomes measured:

1. Apply principles of cultural safety and reflect on self to articulate the role of self in person-centred mental health care and therapeutic use of self.

2. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of the challenges and factors that can compromise mental health for ourselves and others in order to promote positive mental health and wellbeing.

4. Describe key mental health issues and work with consumers and carers to address needs and promote recovery across the care continuum applying the Recovery Model.

Length: 1,000 words

Estimated time to complete task:

20 hours

Weighting: 20%

Individual/Group: Individual

Authentic Assessment: Yes

Formative/Summative: Formative and Summative

How will I be assessed: 7 point grading scale using a rubric

Due date: Friday 1st September submitted via Turnitin in your NSB204 Blackboard site by 4 pm. More information about Turnitin is available on the FAQs about Turnitin page.

Presentation requirements:

This assessment task must:

 be written in first person (e.g. “I think …”; “In my opinion …”)

 be written in complete sentences, not dot points

 the assignment cover sheet must be included as the first page of your document

 use 12 point font

 use double line spacing

 include page numbers

 have headings to guide your work

 include your word count after each section. The assignment word count includes any words in the body of the assignment, including headings, in-text references and quotations. It does not include the title page, reference list or appendices.

 include a reference list on a new page

 

 

 

 

NSB204 Mental Health: Self and others

Bachelor of Nursing

 use QUT APA referencing for citing academic literature

 be submitted in electronic format as a PDF document via Turnitin.

Task description: For this assignment, you will need to reflect on your values, beliefs, opinions and learnings about mental health and illness. Begin from the position of recognising your understandings about mental health and illness prior to beginning this unit and then reflecting on which views, beliefs and opinions have changed (or not) over the past five weeks. This requires a level of self-awareness and is designed to further increase your self-awareness. Describe what you have learned about yourself, others, and society generally. To help guide your thoughts for this task, you are encouraged to write a weekly journal reflecting on the weekly readings, lectures and tutorial experiences. This journal is not for submission but is likely to help you to engage in the process of reflection and ultimately, to write this assignment. While this assignment is about YOU and your experiences/beliefs/values/opinions, you still need to refer to the literature to support some of your ideas. This demonstrates that you have thought more deeply and critically about this reflection.

Background

In each part, markers will be looking for: indications of your insight and self-awareness; connections between your personal experience and the unit content; your ability to apply reflective practice to clinical practice; indications that progress has been made towards achieving the learning objectives.

What you need to do: 1 Read the Criterion Reference Assessment guide for this task. This will help you to understand what is required of you and how this assignment will be graded.

2 Refer to the 5Rs Reflection Framework to

understand how to frame your process of reflection.

3 Make reference to and integrate required unit readings to help you make deeper meanings from your reactions and insights.

4 Write an Introduction for your essay (100 words +/-

10%) The introduction should provide a synopsis of what you have written, not an outline of the assignment question. 5 Write a body for your essay (800 words +/- 10%)

 

 

 

 

NSB204 Mental Health: Self and others

Bachelor of Nursing

The body of your essay should include

 

 what you know and believe about mental health and illness. Include a discussion of what supports your own mental wellbeing.

 how your beliefs, attitudes and opinions about mental health and illness have formed. Factors to consider include your own experience of mental health issues or that of someone you know; your knowledge base (including how the media contributes to your understandings); your culture (age, gender, gender identity, ethnicity, class, ability/disability).

 reflection on what you are learning in the unit’s lectures and tutorials, considering how these materials align with your existing knowledge, opinions and thinking about mental health and illness. Describe in particular, any emotional responses you have experienced in relation to the learning materials so far.

 how you will integrate your new understandings of mental health and illness into your nursing practice. Consider the person-centred/recovery- oriented approach to care and the therapeutic use of self. Consider what you might find challenging or difficult. Also consider your strengths and therefore, what you might do well.

 

6 Write a Conclusion for your essay (100 words +/- 10%)

The conclusion should provide a synopsis of your assignment and declare key ideas and learnings, particularly about how your learnings will shape your future nursing practice.

Resources needed to complete the task:

 Week 1-5 readings, lectures and tutorials on the BB site for NSB204.

 The 5Rs Reflection Framework

 Learning through reflection web site.

 QUT Cite|Write APA guide.

 Turnitin Tip Sheets.

 

 

 

 

 

NSB204 Mental Health: Self and others

Bachelor of Nursing

NSB204 Mental Health: Self and Others Assessment Task 1 Rubric

Name:

Learning outcomes assessed: 1, 2 and 4 Weighting: 20%

Criteria 7 6 5 4 3 2 – 1

Uses the process of reflection to demonstrate personal and professional learning

Weighting: 25%

LO: 1,2

In your assignment you:

Demonstrated depth of reflection on yourself and your learning by frequently sharing experiences, values, beliefs and understandings

In your assignment you:

Demonstrated depth of reflection on yourself and your learning by sharing several of your experiences, values, beliefs and understandings

In your assignment you:

Demonstrated reflection on yourself and your learning by sometimes sharing experiences, values, beliefs and understandings

In your assignment you:

Demonstrated some reflection on yourself and your learning by mentioning experiences, values, beliefs and understandings

In your assignment you:

Struggled to demonstrate depth of reflection on yourself and your learning and made general comments about your experiences, values, beliefs and understandings

In your assignment you:

Did not meet the requirements of the task

Demonstrates reflection on your own culture and experience and the implications for practice Weighting: 25%

LO: 1,2

demonstrated deep reflection on your own culture and experience, and possible impacts on culturally safe nursing

demonstrated a sound depth of reflection on your own culture and experience and possible impacts on culturally safe nursing

demonstrated reflection on your own culture and experience and possible impacts on culturally safe nursing

demonstrated some reflection on your own culture and experience and possible impacts on culturally safe nursing

made general observations about your own culture and experience and nursing

 

did not meet the requirements of the task

 

 

Describes how new learnings will be applied to clinical practice

Weighting: 30%

LO: 1, 4

Gave a full and detailed description of how your knowledge of mental health and illness can be applied to person- centred/recovery-oriented care using self as a therapeutic tool

Gave a well-developed description of how your knowledge of mental health and illness can be applied to person- centred/recovery- oriented care using self as a therapeutic tool

Gave a sound description of how your knowledge of mental health and illness can be applied to person- centred/recovery- oriented care using self as a therapeutic tool

Gave a description in general terms of how your knowledge of mental health and illness can be applied to person-centred/ recovery-oriented care using self as a therapeutic tool

Struggled to describe how your knowledge of mental health and illness can be applied to person-centred/ recovery-oriented care using self as a therapeutic tool

Did not meet the requirements of the task

 

 

 

 

NSB204 Mental Health: Self and others

Bachelor of Nursing

Communicates in academic writing incorporating expected information literacy standards

20%

 

 

Maintained appropriate standards of academic integrity. Met the presentation requirements. Consistently used professional non-discriminatory language. Expressed your ideas clearly, concisely and fluently with correct spelling and grammar. Consistently and accurately cited sources & applied QUT APA style of referencing.

Kept to word limit.

Maintained appropriate standards of academic integrity. Met, for the most part, the presentation requirements. Almost always used professional non-discriminatory language. Expressed your ideas concisely and fluently with correct spelling and grammar. Almost always cited sources correctly & applied QUT APA style of referencing.

Kept to word limit.

Maintained appropriate standards of academic integrity. Met several aspects of the presentation requirements. Mostly used professional non-discriminatory language. Usually expressed your ideas clearly with correct spelling and grammar. Mostly cited sources correctly and applied QUT APA style of referencing.

Kept to word limit.

Maintained appropriate standards of academic integrity.

Met a few aspects of the presentation requirements. Sometimes used professional non-discriminatory language. Expressed your ideas clearly. Occasionally cited sources and sometimes correctly applied QUT APA style of referencing. Assignment: Mental Health and Illness

Kept to word limit.

Suspected failure to maintain appropriate standards of academic integrity.

Met few aspects of the presentation requirements. Rarely used professional non-discriminatory language. Ideas were not expressed clearly. Rarely cited sources or correctly applied QUT APA style of referencing.

Was under or over the word limit.

Suspected failure to maintain appropriate standards of academic integrity.

Ignored presentation requirements. Did not use professional non-discriminatory language. Ideas were not expressed clearly. Rarely cited sources or correctly applied QUT APA style of referencing.

Was significantly under or over the required word limit.

 Satisfactorily complied with the Academic Integrity standards outlined in the MOPP C/5.3 Academic Integrity.