ASSESSMENT INFORMATION

Assessment Title

Assessment 1 – Health Education/Promotion Resource.

Purpose

This assessment enables you to showcase verbal and written communication skills and your understanding of the key issues for people with chronic illness and disability. The assessment allows you to demonstrate an understanding of the complexities of multimorbidity for a person with a disability and chronic condition. This assessment will develop and expand on your ability to identify factors which inhibit independence and diminish quality of life. You will need to consider issues that inform behaviour and advocate for practical strategies to improve independence and quality of life.

Due Date & Time

Wednesday 16th April 2025, 14:00.

Weighting

50%.

Length

PowerPoint with 10-12-minute audio narration (no video required).

Your marker will stop the presentation at 12minutes. Content after this time will not be included in the marks.

PowerPoint slides – minimum of 8 slides, no maximum number of slides.

Assessment Rubric

Attached as Appendix A of this document.

Canvas Resource

A national Q&A session will be held during week 2 of the semester. The Q&A

session will unpack the assessment task requirements. Students will have the opportunity to ask the National LIC any questions or clarifications they require.

All students are recommended to attend this session. A recording of the National Q&A session will be made available for students. The link will be made available on Canvas, on the ‘Modules’ tab under Assessment 1: Explanatory Video and Q&A.

You are encouraged to post questions on the AT1 discussion forum on Canvas and to check for answers there as a first point of query.

LOs Assessed

LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5.

Task

You are to develop an engaging and visually appealing 10-12-minute health education PowerPoint presentation tailored to a person living with a chronic illness and disability (based on a provided case study). The goal is to educate and empower the individual to manage their conditions and enhance their quality of life.

Submission

Submit via the Canvas dropbox in the NRSG372 Canvas site under the “Assessment” module.

Submit one PowerPoint file only. The only file types accepted are

.pptx, .ppt, .ppsx, .pps.

Audio must be embedded in the file and not submitted as a separate file. Video is not required.

Presentation

Select one of the following case studies to base your health education PowerPoint presentation on.

Case Study 1: Jake, 18-year-old male with autism and asthma

Jake is an 18-year-old male recently transitioning from high school to adulthood. He has autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and asthma. While both are generally well-managed with medication and a structured routine, Jake finds it hard to remember the details of his asthma action plan and often leaves home without his inhalers. Jake’s parents are supportive but worry about his ability to live more independently. He struggles with sensory sensitivities and changes in routine, which often increase his anxiety and exacerbate his asthma symptoms. Social interactions are challenging for Jake, and he avoids large groups and has not yet had any employment. He enjoys gaming, drawing, and spending time with his family dog, Buddy. His parents want to help him develop strategies to manage his health, promote his independence and gain confidence in social and community settings.

Case Study 2: Mary, 38-year-old Aboriginal woman with blindness and generalised anxiety disorder

Mary is a 38-year-old Aboriginal woman living in a remote community. She has been blind since childhood due to congenital glaucoma and was diagnosed with generalised anxiety disorder three years ago. Mary lives with her partner and two school-age children and is worried about the impact her anxiety is having on her ability to care for her family. She often experiences panic attacks which limit her ability to participate in community and family activities she once enjoyed. Mary uses a cane and braille to navigate her environment but has difficulty accessing health services due to geographical isolation and limited eHealth literacy. She values her cultural heritage deeply and participates in traditional practices when she can. Mary seeks support in managing her mental health and improving her quality of life while maintaining her cultural connections.

Case Study 3: George, 75-year-old male with cerebral palsy and heart failure

George is a 75-year-old man with mild hypertonic cerebral palsy and heart failure. He lives independently at home with daily community nursing visits to assist with basic self-care activities and medication management. George enjoys gardening, listening to music, and participating in a local men’s group at his church. Recently, he has become less active and more withdrawn, with noticeable weight gain and increased fatigue. He is starting to experience peripheral oedema, more frequent episodes of breathlessness and increasing joint pain related to contractures and jerking movements, which is limiting his mobility. George has a close relationship with his sister, who visits weekly, but she is concerned about a recent decline in his function. George and his sister are seeking guidance to better support his physical and emotional well-being whilst also maintaining his independence.

Please include the following information in your presentation. You may like to use the suggested headings underlined below.

Introduction

Introduce yourself and provide an overview of the purpose of the presentation. Remember, you are talking to the case study/client directly, not a health professional. Therefore, your language and tone need to be at a consumer level – the way you would talk to a patient.

Write your name, student number and case study on the first slide. Understanding your journey

Explain the chronic illness and disability in simple terms, including how the two conditions can relate/intersect and their effects on the body (pathophysiology).

Outline factors that impact quality of life for the client and the impacts the chronic condition and disability can have on daily life, independence and activities of living.

Making healthy changes and addressing challenges

Describe a relevant health behaviour theory (e.g. health belief model, theory of planned behaviour etc.) and apply it to the case study to help you to identify, understand and outline what inhibits or is inhibiting behaviour change for the case study.

Managing your care

Outline an innovative, practical, evidence-based strategy the client can implement at home that aims to address and promote self- care/self-management of the chronic condition or disability and thus improve independence.

The strategy may include innovations involving pharmacological/non-pharmacological elements, complementary therapies, eHealth tools, apps, remote monitoring etc.

Outline the relevance of the identified strategy for the individual and what your (the RNs) role will be in assisting the person to be able to independently implement the strategy.

Looking ahead

Provide an appropriate, relevant and real service/support/group in your local area that could assist the individual to improve their independence and quality of life. This may include a national online service. Include a description of the real service/support/group, its relevance and why/how the service will assist the individual.

Your support and services

Provide an overview of the relevant government funded support service (i.e. NDIS or My Aged Care) and its role in the individuals care needs.

Outline how you, as an RN, can promote ONE of the elements of the NDIS Code of Conduct or Code of Conduct for Aged Care when supporting the person in the case study in the management of their conditions.

Summary

Summarise the key points from the presentation.

Reference List

Include all references in APA7 format.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

A minimum of eight slides are required. There is no maximum number of slides.

All slides (except the reference slides) are to include narration. The PowerPoint narration is to be 10-12-minutes long. Those exceeding 12 minutes in length will not be listened to after this point. No marks will be awarded for content beyond this point.

Your recording MUST be comprehensible to your marker. Do NOT speed up the audio component of your recording to fit within the allocated time.

You do NOT need to discuss your reference list in your recorded narration; however, your intext references and your reference list need to be included in your presentation.

The slides should be visually appealing, with the key points included in the presentation, supported by diagrams, figures and imagery. Use your narration to expand on the information presented visually on your slides.

The presentation MUST contain intext references as well as a reference list.

All points made on the presentation and in your narration MUST be referenced.

The overall word count for this assessment item is equivalent to 2000 words. You do not need to provide your written script. Your presentation must be 10-12-minutes in length

Recording of PowerPoint

Recording your PowerPoint

Create your assessment in PowerPoint.

Record your audio assessment in PowerPoint – DO NOT record a video as the file will be too large to upload. Microsoft audio support link (do not hide Audio icon).

Canvas support recommends that students record the PowerPoint in mono single channel as this reduced the megabytes for a 10-minute recording from 100 megabytes down to 30.

Ensure images are also a small data size.

Ensure the Audio icon image is easily visible to the marker on each slide.

File format

The only accepted file types for this assessment are pptx, .ppt, .ppsx,.pps.

Do not submit pdf, MP4 or Mac files. Do not submit links to google docs as Turnitin will not be able to process these file types.

ACU has made Microsoft office 365 available for students for either PC or Mac versions.

Font and size

Arial or Calibri, or any font that is easily discernible.

48-point for headings; 18-24-point for content.

Minimum size accepted for the reference list is 12-point.

Direct quotes

Direct quotes always require author surname, date and page number. No more than 10% of word count in direct quotes.

Technical support

For technical support, please call the Canvas Support Hotline 24/7 on (02) 8310 8314 or utilise the Live Chat with Canvas Support 24/7 (Students).

REFERENCING

Referencing Style

APA 7th edition

Minimum References

A minimum of 15 high quality and contemporary resources are to be used.

All information must be supported using a variety of high-quality primary evidence. Avoid using any one source repetitively.

Nursing related literature (including textbooks) should be cited in preference to medical focused literature.

All points made on the presentation and in your narration MUST be referenced.

The presentation MUST contain intext references as well as a reference list.

Age of References

Published in the last 5 years as this area of knowledge is rapidly developing.

List Heading

“References” is centred, bold, on a new slide (14-point Calibri or Arial).

Alphabetical Order

References are arranged alphabetically by author family name.

Hanging Indent

Hanging indent not required.

DOI

Presented as functional hyperlink.

Spacing

Minimum of 1.0 spacing between each reference.

APA Guides

ACU Library APA Guides & APA Style Handouts.

Penalty Timeframe

Penalty

Marks Deducted

014:01 Wednesday to 14:00 Thursday

5% penalty

5 marks

14:01 Thursday to 14:00 Friday

10% penalty

10 marks

14:01 Friday to 14:00 Saturday

15% penalty

15 marks

Received after 14:01 Saturday

No mark allocated

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.