NRSG371: Building Healthy Communities

ASSESSMENT INFORMATION

Assessment Title

Assessment 1 - Project

Purpose

Enables students to produce a detailed plan and response to a community health need in the current Australian context.

Due Date and Time

Tuesday 16th September 2025, 2pm

Weighting

50%

Length

15 minute PowerPoint presentation equivalent to 2000 words +/- 10%

Assessment Rubric

Attached as Appendix A of this document

Canvas Resource

A National Q&A Session will be held on Thursday 14th August at 4pm -NRSG371 Assessment 1 Q&A Thursday 14th August 4pm.

The Q&A session will discuss the assessment task requirements and students will have the opportunity to ask questions or seek clarifications they require.

All students are recommended to attend this session.

A recording of the session will be made available for students here: Assessment 1 resources

LOs Accessed

LO1, LO2, LO3

Task

In this first assessment, you will produce a detailed plan in response to a community health need in the current Australian context.

The assessment is a fifteen (15) minute recorded Powerpoint presentation.

This assessment will enable you to articulate your knowledge and understanding of health promotion and evaluation in addressing a contemporary health issue within Australia.

You must identify and consider the needs of the selected population to demonstrate critical thinking and discuss the role of the nurse in meeting the health care needs of community.

You have the choice of addressing one (1) of the following two (2) health issues within their associated communities:

1. Melanoma: the most common cancer for Australians aged 20 to 39 years:

o Community: Charleville QLD

2. Paediatric asthma: an estimated 10% of Australian children aged 0–14 are

reported to have asthma as a long-term condition.

o Community: Bendigo VIC

The assessment is divided into two (2) parts:

Part A:

This component will require you to address the need for a health education session which will be based in a community setting. In this section you will be required to convince the nursing managers in the local health district that a health education session is required. You need to convince them that the health issue is a significant concern within the community and needs action.

Part B:

In this section you will be required to plan for the development of an education session. This part of the assessment will outline the components of the education session to be delivered to members of the community. It is essential that the information provided here is evidenced based and targeted to your audience. This will help the nursing managers understand what the education session will entail.

Part A. Equivalent to 1000 words +/- 10%

I. Identify & describe the demographics of the community and the health care issue in the Australian context (250 words)

II. Discuss one short, medium, and long-term impact of the health care issue (250 words)

III. Utilising two components of the Ottawa Charter, two Sustainable Development Goals and two of the Registered Nurse Standards for Practice, describe the role of the nurse, and how providing an education session will help in addressing the health care issue in the community (500 words)

Part B. Equivalent to 1000 words +/- 10%

In this section you will need to address the following and provide an evidenced based rationale for each component:

I. Identify two aims of the education session (100 words)

II. Identify three learning outcomes for the session (150 words)

III. Identify the resources you will need - time, material & human (250 words)

IV. Describe how you would evaluate if the education session was successful (500 words)

Submission

Submit assessments here: Assessment 1: Project - Rubric & submission dropbox (on time & extensions)

Presentation

Use the PowerPoint template as provided for the presentation and submit script of presentation.

FORMATTING

File Format

Two files are required to be submitted:

1. Voice-over PowerPoint with presenter visible on every content slide – using record function in Powerpoint. All slides referenced.

2. Script of presentation to be uploaded with references inserted in text.

Failure to submit both files as requested will result in a fail grade for this assessment.

Margins

n/a

Font and Size

Use the PowerPoint template provided.

Heading: Aptos – 44 Text

• First level - Aptos body 24pt

• Second level - Aptos body 20pt

• Third level - Aptos body 18pt

Spacing

n/a

Paragraph

n/a

Title Page

As per PowerPoint template

Headings

As per PowerPoint template

Structure

As per PowerPoint template - do not insert extra slides

Direct quote

Always require page number. No more than 10% of word count in direct quotes

Header

Not required

Footer

Number each slide – bottom of slide

REFERENCING

Evidenced based literature is to be used: this is evidence sourced from peer reviewed journals and reputable websites such as the World Health Organization, United Nations, government websites/documents, and reputable organisations. Websites with .com are not deemed suitable for this assessment. StatPearls is not to be used.

Referencing Style

APA 7th edition

Minimum References

A minimum of twenty (20) and maximum of thirty (30) evidenced based, peer reviewed references are to be used.

Age of References

Published in the last five (5) years as this area of knowledge is rapidly developing, unless seminal literature is used.

List Heading

“References” is centred, bold, on a new Page

Alphabetical Order

References are arranged alphabetically by author family name

Hanging Indent

Second and subsequent lines of a reference have a hanging indent

DOI

Presented as functional hyperlink – all references must be hyperlinked

Spacing

Double spacing the entire reference list, both within and between entries

APA Checklist

• Does the reference list only include sources cited in the text?

• Does the list start on a new page or slide with the heading "References" in bold and centred at the top?

• Is the reference list double-spaced, both within and between entries?

• Does each reference have a hanging indent?

• Are references arranged alphabetically by the first author's family name, or the first significant word in the title if no author is listed?

• Have you kept the author names in the exact order in which they appear in the source?

• Are corporate author names written in full (e.g., Australian Bureau of

Statistics)?

• Are titles (except journal names) in sentence case, with only the first word, proper nouns and the first word after punctuation capitalised (e.g. Assessment in Australian schools: Current practice and trends)?

• Are journal names written in full (not abbreviated) and in title case (e.g. New England Journal of Medicine)?

• Are DOIs formatted as https://doi.org/ followed by the DOI number?

• Have you provided a URL for websites and online documents?

• Are DOIs and URLs formatted as live links?

ADMINISTRATION

Late Penalties

Late penalties will be applied from 14:01 on the due date, incurring 5% penalty of the maximum marks available up to a maximum of 15%.

Assessment tasks received more than three calendar days after the due or extended date will receive feedback but will not be allocated a mark.

Example:

An assignment is submitted 12 hours late and is initially marked at 60 out of 100. A 5% penalty is applied (5% of 100 is 5 marks). Therefore, the student receives 55 out of 100 as a final mark.

Return of Marks

Marks will be generally returned in three (3) weeks for all on-time submissions; if this is not achievable, you will be notified via Canvas Announcements for the unit.

Final Assignment

Marks for the final assessment for NRSG371 will be withheld until after grade ratification and final grade release.