Overview
In this unit you will have the opportunity to explore clinical governance, its application to nursing and the health care setting. You will apply a specific governance framework to your clinical setting and evaluate its effectiveness. You will also examine the use of clinical audits as part of a quality improvement cycle as a means for measuring clinical effectiveness and improving patient care.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Students must be enrolled in CL22 Master of Clinical Nursing or CL16 Graduate Certificate in Clinical Nursing to undertake this unit. Pre-requisite: NURS20170.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2024
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
- Explain the concept of clinical governance and justify its relevance to the clinical setting and nursing practice.
- Apply a framework derived from the National Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care to evaluate clinical governance in a clinical setting.
- Explain the use of clinical audits as part of a quality improvement cycle to improve nursing practice and patient care.
- Identify deviations from best practice and discuss areas for improvement.
N/A.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
1 - Workplace Project - 60% | ||||
2 - Presentation - 40% |
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
1 - Knowledge | ||||
2 - Communication | ||||
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | ||||
4 - Research | ||||
5 - Self-management | ||||
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | ||||
7 - Leadership | ||||
8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures |
Textbooks
Clinical Governance: Improving the Quality of Healthcare for Patients and Service Users
Edition: 2nd (2021)
Authors: Gottwald, M., & Lansdown, G.
McGraw-Hill Education
London London , England
ISBN: 9780335251056
Binding: eBook
Additional Textbook Information
This book is available as an ebook through the CQU library.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Academic Learning Centre services
- Access to MIMS through the university library
- CQ U library search engines for research articles
- CQUniversity library literature search tools
- CQ university Library resourses for research
- Microsoft Word
- Wordprocessing, spreadsheeting and powerpoint software
- Zoom account (Free)
- Zoom app on your smart phone or access to Zoom on your laptop
- Endnote bibliographic software. This is optional for formatting references.
- Online access Australian Standards (through CQU Library)
- CQUniversity Library Nursing Resources
- CQUniveristy Library Resources
- Zoom (both microphone and webcam capability)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 7th Edition (APA 7th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
l.m.thompson@cqu.edu.au
c.johnston-devin@cqu.edu.au
l.jack@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Welcome to the unit.
Self-directed learning module.
Nursing and Clinical Governance.
Chapter
Review the Moodle site and click on all the links.
Review the recorded lecture and online Zoom tutorial timetable.
Find out what is in Student Support?
How do I find the Library?
Click on the link and learn what is the Academic Learning Centre?
Review the eReadings and activities as outlined in the module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Recorded presentations:
- Welcome and Unit Introduction O Week.
- Assessments 1 and 2.
- Nursing and Clinical Governance.
Assessment 1 and 2 - Review the assessment tasks and rubrics and make a study plan.
Activity - Access the General Discussion Page and post a welcome note to introduce yourself to your colleagues by providing your:
- Name
- Where you work
- Why you are studying the Graduate Certificate in Clinical Nursing.
Foundations of Academic Integrity Program - complete your annual program.
Announcement and Discussion Boards - Check for posts and updates.
Module/Topic
Nursing and Clinical Governance.
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom - Drop-in question and answer - Unit content and assessments.
Assessment 1 - Discuss your audit topic with your educator, NUM and/or Unit Coordinator.
Assessment 2 - Discuss presentation schedule with your Graduate Program Coordinator (partnered students) or Unit Coordinator (non-partnered students).
Announcements and Discussion Boards - Check for posts and updates.
Student email - Check your student email at least twice per week for communication.
Module/Topic
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Recorded presentation - Listen to the presentation.
Assessment 1 - Start writing your Audit plan.
Announcements and Discussion Boards - Check for posts and updates.
Student email - Check your student email at least twice per week for communication.
Module/Topic
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom - Drop-in question and answer - Unit content and assessments.
Assessment 1 - Continue preparing assessment. You might wish to seek assessment preparation help from the Academic Learning Centre and/or Studiosity.
Announcements and Discussion Boards - Check for posts and updates.
Student email - Check your student email at least twice per week for communication.
Module/Topic
Clinical governance across clinical settings.
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Recorded presentation - Listen to the presentation.
Assessment 1 - Audit plan should be nearly completed. Check assessment originality through Turnitin and make relevant changes. You might wish to seek assessment preparation help from the Academic Learning Centre and/or Studiosity.
Announcements and Discussion Boards - Check for posts and updates.
Student email - Check your student email at least twice per week for communication.
Module/Topic
Vacation week.
Chapter
Please use this mid-term break as an opportunity to rest and recover. Enjoy your break!
Events and Submissions/Topic
No timetabled learning activities.
Please use this week to progress your assessments.
Module/Topic
Clinical governance across clinical settings.
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom - Drop-in question and answer - Unit content and assessments.
Assessment 1 - Finalise your assessment. Review originality through Turnitin and make relevant changes.
Announcements and Discussion Boards - Check for posts and updates.
Student email - Check your student email at least twice per week for communication.
Module/Topic
The quality improvement cycle.
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Recorded presentation - Listen to the presentation.
Assessment 1 - Submit assessment to Assessment 1 submission portal on Unit Moodle site.
Announcements and Discussion Boards - Check for posts and updates.
Student email - Check your student email at least twice per week for communication.
Workplace Project - Audit Plan Due: Week 7 Wednesday (24 Apr 2024) 5:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
The quality improvement cycle.
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom - Drop-in question and answer - Unit content and assessments.
Assessment 2 - Start your audit and data collection.
Announcements and Discussion Boards - Check for posts and updates.
Student email - Check your student email at least twice per week for communication.
Module/Topic
Clinical audits in practice.
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Recorded presentation - Listen to the presentation.
Assessment 2 - Continue your audit and data collection.
Announcements and Discussion Boards - Check for posts and updates.
Student email - Check your student email at least twice per week for communication.
Module/Topic
Clinical audits in practice.
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom - Drop-in question and answer - Unit content and assessments.
Assessment 2 - Start to analyse your data and preparing your 1-slide PowerPoint presentation.
Announcements and Discussion Boards - Check for posts and updates.
Student email - Check your student email at least twice per week for communication.
Module/Topic
Identification of deviation from best practice and the improvement of patient care.
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Recorded presentation - Listen to the presentation.
Assessment 2 - Finalise audit data collection, analyse results, write up 1-slide PowerPoint, practice your presentation.
Announcements and Discussion Boards - Check for posts and updates.
Student email - Check your student email at least twice per week for communication.
Module/Topic
Identification of deviation from best practice and the improvement of patient care.
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom - Drop-in question and answer, Unit content and assessments.
Assessment 2 - Present your audit at your study day (partnered students) or online (non-partnered students).
Announcements and Discussion Boards - Check for posts and updates.
Student email - Check your student email at least twice per week for communication.
Clinical Audit Report Due: Week 12 Wednesday (29 May 2024) 5:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Nil.
Chapter
Nil.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Nil.
Module/Topic
Nil.
Chapter
Nil.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Nil.
As this unit is offered online, students are asked to prepare their own individual study plan to undertake self-directed study throughout the term. A key to your success is a strategic self-directed approach to learning and regular contact with your Unit Coordinator/s. Please check the Announcements page and unit content at least twice a week - there will be regular announcements about assessments and unit resources posted throughout the term and reviewing this information is essential to unit knowledge and your success. CQUniversity communicates with students through CQUniversity email. We recommend that you access your CQUniversity email at least twice a week so that you do not miss vital information about your studies.
1 Workplace Project
Aim
The aim of this assessment is for you to demonstrate an applied understanding of clinical governance in your workplace.
Instructions
In this assessment, you are required to develop an audit plan on one nursing practice in your clinical workplace.
Your audit will demonstrate your understanding of clinical governance theories, requirements, and how they are enacted in your workplace.
Please note, an introduction and conclusion are not required for this assessment.
This assessment task will be the basis for Assessment Two, where you will undertake and report the results of this audit.
Assessment One is therefore the plan for the audit you have chosen to undertake, and Assessment Two presents the results of the audit.
Please follow the steps below to write your academic essay and complete the task:
1. Provide an overview of clinical governance in healthcare organisations.
Your overview will be informed by current literature to describe and explain what clinical governance is, including how clinical governance impacts clinical risk and influences safety and quality in nursing practice. Then apply this information to how your healthcare organisation addresses clinical governance, including risk identification and nurse-initiated audits.
2. Choose one nursing practice for your audit.
a. State the nursing practice you will audit. Please note: There are national guidelines on the conduct of hand hygiene audits. You may only choose Hand Hygiene as a topic for this assignment if your audit is supervised by a person trained by the National Hand Hygiene Initiative to conduct hand hygiene audits.
b. Collaborate with your unit nursing leaders, i.e., Nurse Unit Manager, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Nurse Educator, Service/Clinic to identify one nursing practice you will audit using the principles of clinical governance in your workplace. Identify in your assignment who the nurse leaders you collaborated with to decide on the audit you will undertake.
c. Discuss the background to your audit; i.e., why is your audit important in your workplace for patient safety and clinical governance? To do this, you will need to research current literature and your local health service policies and procedures. This background should include the clinical risks associated with the identified nursing practice you will audit.
3. Select the most relevant (1 only) National Safety and Quality Health Service Standard (NSQHSS, 2017) or Aged Care Quality Standard (ACQS, 2019) to link your nursing audit to and then undertake your nursing practice audit. Briefly discuss the most relevant NSQHS (2017) related to your nursing practice audit.
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- Standard 1 – Clinical Governance Standard
- Standard 2 – Partnering with Consumers Standard
- Standard 3 – Preventing and Controlling Infections Standard
- Standard 4 – Medication Safety Standard
- Standard 5 – Comprehensive Care Standard
- Standard 6 – Communicating for Safety Standard
- Standard 7 – Blood Management Standard
- Standard 8 – Recognising and Responding to Acute Deterioration Standard.
Alternatively, briefly discuss the most relevant ACQS (2019) related to your nursing audit if you work in an aged care setting.
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- Standard 1 – Consumer dignity and choice
- Standard 2 – Ongoing assessment and planning with consumers
- Standard 3 – Personal care and clinical care
- Standard 4 – Services and supports for daily living
- Standard 5 – Organisation’s service environment
- Standard 6 – Feedback and complaints
- Standard 7 – Human resources
- Standard 8 – Organisational governance.
4. Describe your chosen nursing audit and the steps you will implement to undertake your audit:
Work with your unit nursing leaders to access an audit tool currently used in your healthcare facility or ward. Alternatively, you can create an audit tool if a tool does not exist for the nursing practice you want to audit. If you create your own audit tool, ensure that the tool is reviewed by your nursing management support and check with the NURS20169 unit coordinators (Dr. Lorraine Thompson or Dr. Colleen Johnston-Devin at NURS20169@cqu.edu.au). Review the audit to identify what measures of compliance are used to audit the nursing practice within the selected Standard. Briefly describe the audit, its components, and the steps you will use to undertake your audit. Recommendations to guide you include:
a. Describing your audit might include identifying if your audit is in paper/digital format, prospective or retrospective, the number of observations to be undertaken, how many questions are in your audit, describe your audit questions (yes, no, not applicable, open-ended questions), the frequency of auditing, how you will analyse your audit, who you will report your audit findings to.
b. Consider the quality improvement cycle to describe the steps and include how you will implement them to undertake your nursing audit.
c. Attach a copy of your audit tool as Appendix 1.
Use the following headings to structure your assessment:
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- Clinical governance in healthcare organisations
- Nursing practice to be audited.
- National Safety and Quality Health Service Standard or Aged Care Quality
- Standard.
- Description of the audit tool.
- Steps to undertake the audit
- A timeline providing estimated dates for each step of your project
- References.
Marking Criteria
Refer to the marking rubric below for details on how marks will be assigned in this assessment.
To achieve a passing grade for this unit you are required to pass this assessment item. If you do not receive a passing grade, you may be eligible for a re-attempt. A re-attempt is where you are given a second opportunity to demonstrate your achievement of one or more of the unit’s learning outcomes before you can progress to new learning or participate in subsequent learning activities. You may be given the opportunity to reattempt an assessment but will only achieve a mark no greater than the minimum for a pass standard for the assessment (50%). You must:
- have shown a reasonable attempt to complete the initial assessment task.
- be granted a re-attempt by your Unit Lead/Coordinator.
- make changes to the nominated assessment task which you have failed and resubmit the revised work for marking within seven consecutive days, no assessment extensions will be approved.
Please note: Only one opportunity for a re-attempt is allowed.
Week 7 Wednesday (24 Apr 2024) 5:00 pm AEST
Submit your assessment in Microsoft Word format only.
Week 10 Wednesday (15 May 2024)
Students will be advised of release of assessment marking via an announcement posted to the Announcement's Board on the Unit Moodle site. Please note, the 'Return to Students Information" is an approximate date.
Assessment One – Workplace Project – Audit Plan Student name:
Key Criteria |
High Distinction |
Distinction |
Credit |
Pass |
Fail |
TOTAL |
Overview of clinical governance in healthcare organisations |
(20–17) |
(16.9–15) |
(14.9–13) |
(12.9–10) |
(9.9–0) |
|
Nursing practice to audit |
(15–12.75) |
(12.74–11.25) |
(11.24–9.75) |
(9.74–7.5) |
(7.4–0) |
|
National Safety and Quality Health Service Standard or Aged Care Quality Standards |
(15–12.75) |
(12.74–11.25) |
(11.24–9.75) |
(9.74–7.5) |
(7.4–0) |
|
Description of audit
|
(15–12.75) |
(12.74–11.25) |
(11.24–9.75) |
(9.74–7.5) |
(7.4–0) |
|
Steps to undertake the audit |
(15–12.75) |
(12.74–11.25) |
(11.24–9.75) |
(9.74–7.5) |
(7.4–0) |
|
Professional writing and presentation |
(10–8.5) |
(8.4–7.5) |
(7.4–6.5) |
(6.4–5) |
(4.9–0) |
|
Reference quality and referencing accurately |
(10–8.5) |
(8.4–7.5) |
(7.4–6.5) |
(6.4–5) |
(4.9–0) |
|
TOTAL: |
MARKER: |
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Marker’s feedback:
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- Explain the concept of clinical governance and justify its relevance to the clinical setting and nursing practice.
- Apply a framework derived from the National Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care to evaluate clinical governance in a clinical setting.
- Explain the use of clinical audits as part of a quality improvement cycle to improve nursing practice and patient care.
2 Presentation
Aim
The aim of this presentation is to demonstrate your applied understanding of clinical audits, and the associated quality standards, as part of the quality improvement cycle. Your analysis of the audit results will include compliance with, or deviations from, evidence-informed nursing practice in your clinical workplace, as you identified in Assessment 1, the significance of the selected nursing practice and what will happen next as a result of the audit findings.
Instructions
This assessment is to be undertaken in the clinical setting where you currently practice. Based on the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS, 2017) or the Aged Care Quality Standard (ACQS, 2019) selected in Assessment One, and in collaboration with your local nursing leadership team, undertake a clinical audit of a nursing practice and present your findings. You are not required to repeat information from Assessment 1 unless brief detail is required to give context to your presentation. You are to present the audit cycle and present in a poster style presentation (using one slide) the steps that you undertook to conduct your audit, the audit findings, and identify what actions were or will be undertaken as a result of your audit findings.
Please follow the steps below to complete your assessment task:
1. Using your audit plan from Assessment 1:
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- Review the audit tool you will use to collect the data.
- In collaboration with your nursing management team/support determine the sample size for your audit. An appropriate size of audit for this assignment could be 10 to 15 audits of practice, with 10 questions in each audit. This would give you approximately 100–150 items of data to analyse.
- Review the audit implementation steps you will follow to conduct your audit.
- Determine the timeframe for each step in your audit, ensuring enough time to analyse the data and write up your report. Create a timeline with estimated dates for each step in your audit.
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2. Ensure you have the NSQHS (2017) or ACQS (2019) selected in Assessment One for comparison or benchmarking to achieve compliance.
3. Using the provided PowerPoint template on the unit Moodle website, design a one slide poster to report on the completed audit and deliver a 5-minute oral presentation. Your presentation should summarise your audit, including an overview of the issue/problem, the audit tool used, data collection methods, findings, recommendations, and references.
A. Students enrolled in a partnered program pathway:
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- Present your audit through a 5-minute PowerPoint Poster presentation at your local health service. You are assessed in your local health service within your graduate program coordinator. The CQUniversity Academic Liaison Officer may also attend your presentation and participate in the assessment process to assist your Graduate Program Coordinator. Please refer to the submission section for further details.
- If a venue location at your hospital is not able to be accommodated, you may be asked to present at your local CQUniversity campus, or online to the Unit Coordinator. Information will be provided throughout the term should this situation arise. Please note, the vast majority of students present at their hospital.
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B. Students enrolled in the non-partnered pathway:
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- Present your audit through a 5-minute PowerPoint Poster presentation online via Zoom. You are assessed by your unit coordinator. Please refer to the submission section for further details.
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Marking Criteria
Refer to the marking rubric on the Moodle site for more detail on how marks will be assigned.
If you do not receive a passing grade, you may be eligible for a re-attempt. A re-attempt is where you are given a second opportunity to demonstrate your achievement of one or more of the unit’s learning outcomes before you can progress to new learning or participate in subsequent learning activities. You may be given the opportunity to re-attempt an assessment but will only achieve a mark no greater than the minimum for a pass standard for the assessment. You must:
- have shown a reasonable attempt to complete the initial assessment task
- be granted a re-attempt by your Unit Lead/Coordinator
- make changes to the nominated assessment task which you have failed and resubmit the revised work for marking within seven consecutive days, no assessment extensions will be approved.
Please note: Only one opportunity for a re-attempt is allowed.
All students (partnered and non-partnered students) who are offered an assessment re-attempt are to email the Unit Coordinator NURS20169@cqu.edu.au to establish a presentation date for assessment re-attempt.
Week 12 Wednesday (29 May 2024) 5:00 pm AEST
Students in partnered program: Assessment date is as arranged by Graduate Coordinator; you do not need to submit your PowerPoint presentation to Moodle. Students in non-partnered pathway: Submit your assessment in Microsoft PowerPoint format only.
Exam Week Wednesday (12 June 2024)
Students will be advised of release of assessment marking via an announcement posted to the Announcement's Board on the Unit Moodle site. Please note, the 'Return to Students Information" is an approximate date.
Assessment Two – Presentation
Student name: Student ID number:
Key Criteria |
High Distinction |
Distinction |
Credit |
Pass |
Fail |
TOTAL |
POSTER 50% |
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Presentation |
(15–12.75) |
(11.25–12.74) |
(9.75–11.24) |
(7.5–9.74) |
(7.4–0) |
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Content
|
(30–25.5) |
(25.4–22.4) |
(22.3–19.4) |
(19.3–15) |
(14.9–0) |
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Substantiation and Referencing |
(5–4.25) |
(4.2–3.8) |
(3.75–3.55) |
(3.50–2.5) |
(2.45–0) |
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ORAL PRESENTATION 50% |
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Presentation |
(30–25.5) |
(25.4–22.4) |
(22.3–19.4) |
(19.3–15) |
(14.9–0) |
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Questions |
(10–8.5) |
(8.4–7.5) |
(7.4–6.5) |
(6.4–5) |
(4.9–0) |
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Professional communication |
(10–8.5) |
(8.4–7.5) |
(7.4–6.5) |
(6.4–5) |
(4.9–0) |
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Total Marks: / 100 |
Date: |
Marker signature: |
Student signature: |
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Marker’s feedback:
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- Apply a framework derived from the National Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care to evaluate clinical governance in a clinical setting.
- Explain the use of clinical audits as part of a quality improvement cycle to improve nursing practice and patient care.
- Identify deviations from best practice and discuss areas for improvement.
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Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
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What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
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