ASSESSMENT INFORMATION

Assessment Title

Assessment Task 1 – Professional Development Resource Narrated PowerPoint

Purpose

This assessment enables students to demonstrate their understanding of the palliative approach and the promotion of best practice in the clinical area.

Due Date

Wednesday, 28th August 2024

Time Due

14:00

Weighting

50%

Length

Narration length 10-minute +/- 10% (Video is not required)

Marker will stop presentation at 11minutes. Content after this time will not be included in the marks.

PowerPoint slides – maximum 10 content slides (plus title and reference slides)

Assessment Rubric

Available via the Rubrics tab of the NRSG374 Canvas site

Canvas Resource

A National Q&A session will be held during week two (2) of the semester. The Q&A session will unpack the assessment requirements. You will have the opportunity to ask the National LIC any questions or clarifications you require. A recording will be made post the session and the link made available on the ‘Modules’ tab under Assessment 1: Recorded information and Q&A session.

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

LOs Assessed

LO1, LO2, LO3, LO5, LO6

Task

Students will develop a 10-minute narrated professional development resource using PowerPoint on end-stage heart failure (ESHF).

The goal of the resource is to educate and inform final year nursing students. This is not a resource for general consumers or community members; therefore, you are required to use professional terminology.

Your presentation must include the following:

Introduction to palliative care and overview of the National Palliative Care Standards.

Overview of ESHF and its Australian epidemiology. Include trajectory of illness and the impacts ESHF has across the lifespan with reference to a nursing model (e.g. Roper-Logan-Tierney)

Focusing on the terminal phase of care explore the sign/s of fluid overload OR breathing difficulties. You must include discussion on:

Pathophysiology focusing on understanding the sign/s chosen.

Assessment and relevant nursing care during the terminal phase including:

Physical care - A minimum of at least one (1) pharmacological AND one (1) non-pharmacological strategy to support chosen sign/s.

Psycho-social care - A minimum of at least one (1) person- centred AND one (1) family/carer centred strategy to support terminal phase.

Link care expectations to the National Palliative Care Standards.

Discuss one (1) general legal and one (1) ethical care considerations at end-of-life.

Intext referencing must be included in the slides and a reference list included at the end of the presentation.

PowerPoint Structure

Your presentation should follow this format:

Slide 1: Title slide – Include your name and student number (No audio required for the title slide): Does not count towards your 10 Content slide limit if no audio.

Slide 2: Introduction slide. Outline what you will be discussing, who your target audience is, and what you want your audience to learn. This is the first of your content slides.

Slides 3-10: Content slides continued.

Present information as outlined above and in reference to the rubric.

You must use in-text citations at the point of the information.

You are encouraged to use images/tables that support your explanation. These must be also be referenced.

Slide 11: Conclusion. Summarise key points and link to the learning you wanted your audience to have from the introduction.

Reference slides: Number as needed (approx. 1-2). Font size must be 12 or 14-point. (No audio required for the reference slides).

Note: All slides which contain audio are considered to be ‘content’ slides and will count towards the 10-content slide limit.

Submission

Submit via the Canvas dropbox in the NRSG374 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.

WORD COUNT

The overall word count for this assessment item is equivalent to 2000 words +/- 10%. You do not need to provide your written script.

Your presentation must be 10 minutes +/- 10%.

FORMATTING

Recording of PowerPoint

Instructions on how to record a PowerPoint with narration and slide timings can be found here.

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.

Font

Use an easy-to-read font (Aptos, Arial or Calibri). Content slide – font size no smaller than 18-point.

Reference slides – font size 12-point

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.

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

Technical Support

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

REFRENCING

Referencing Style

APA 7th edition

Minimum References

A minimum of 15 high quality nursing related resources are to be used. All information must be supported using a variety of high-quality primary evidence. Avoid using any one source repetitively.

Age of References

Published in the last 5 years unless using seminal text.

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

Spacing

Single spacing within a reference: A space is required between references.

Penalty Timeframe

Penalty

Marks Deducted

2:01pm Wednesday to 2pm Thursday

5% penalty

5 marks

2:01pm Thursday to 2pm Friday

10% penalty

10 marks

2:01pm Friday to 2pm Saturday

15% penalty

15 marks

Received after 2:01pm 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.