3806NRS Professional Nursing Practice
Question:
1. In section , do I have to speak about quality and safety in general, or in relation to our chosen standard?
Answer: Section requires critical discussion of the quality and safety of the healthcare system in general. You are not required to discuss your specific
standard in this section.
2. Could you please clarify section, “why quality and safety are important considerations and how these are addressed as part of the core business of health care organisations”?
Answer: This section is asking you to discuss how quality and safety work to improve the cares and treatment a patient receives when they present to a health care organisation. In other words, your focus should be on how quality and safety in health care are connected to promote the best outcomes for patients. A health care organisation is in the business of providing patients treatment and improving patients health, so you should discuss how quality and safety play a role in ensuring this happens.
3. What would be considered appropriate to choose as a clinical care activity?
Answer: A clinical care activity is any practice that is put into place in order to improve the nursing care of the specific standard. It is better to discuss something that goes above and beyond the basic nursing practice – for example the moments of hand hygiene would be easier to discuss than simply hand hygiene – but as long as it is relevant for your standard and works to improve the quality of care provided, it is appropriate.
4. What is process and outcome data?
Answer: As part of the essay criteria is to define process and outcome data, and give an example of it, it falls to you to actually present this information. However if you look into the Donabedian Model – utilise the reference we supplied in week lecture - you will find the information needed to set the groundwork to discuss it. Once you have a better understanding of what it is, you can then start finding appropriate literature to support you discussion (there is plenty available) and then relate it back to your chosen standard through use of an example. It is important to focus on the type of data rather than the process itself.
5. For section, should I be discussing the information in relation to the standard I discussed in the previous section?
Answer: When providing an example of process and outcome data, it would be best to discuss your chosen standard and clinical care activity doing this will demonstrate your knowledge of the subject of this and of process and outcome data.
6. With the referencing section, am I able to use government websites?
Answer: While you are able to utilise government websites, or ‘grey literature’, we encourage you to use of an extensive range of relevant evidence-based and authoritative resources (journal articles, websites and textbooks). You will require scholarly literature, which you will find when researching journal articles related to Quality and Safety in Healthcare, your chosen standard and the related clinical care activity, and process and outcome data relevant to that standard. Please note that if you choose to utilise sources such as government websites, you should avoid relying on it for information and referencing it extensively, and instead focus on your scholarly literature.
7. How recent does the literature I use have to be?
Answer: Any literature from onwards is appropriate to use. YO are also allowed to use Donabedian’s article in section. It is also strongly recommended as you are taking the time to review your referencing as a whole, as ensuring all your articles are within date, cited in-text and referenced correct are very easy marks to get.
8. Am I allowed to use paragraph headings?
Answer: Yes, you can use appropriate headings (see marking criteria on).
9. How many words over the word count can I go before I start losing marks?
Answer: We stop reading your essay at words exactly. Everything over that is not marked in any way, even if is mid-sentence. It is recommended that you adhere closely to the recommended word count for each section (see marking criteria).
