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Assignment Summary

This assessment requires you to create:

A video:

  • Produce a 10 minute video based on a clinical scenario
  • Discuss the pathophysiology in the scenario, including risk factors, causes, pathological changes and outcomes, and signs and symptoms
  • Identify two suitable medications and discuss side effects, mode of action, nursing considerations, and patient education
  • Use at least 10 sources referenced in APA 7 style, such as textbooks or peer reviewed journal articles no more than 7 years old, or up to 2 Australian government websites 

This assessment help page assumes you have read the unit outline, assessment description and marking rubric provided in Moodle. 

Plan Your Search

Start planning your search by:

  1. Identify the key concepts in your assignment scenario
  2. Consider alternative terms that authors might use for these

You may need to do multiple smaller searches to find all you need. 

The following search concepts are examples only. You will need to identify appropriate concepts and terms for the assessment yourself.

Key concepts Alternative terms
Older people elderly, senior, geriatric
Type 2 diabetes "diabetes mellitus"

Now use Boolean operators to connect your search terms. 

Use OR to combine all the terms for the same concept: mental health OR wellbeing

Use AND to combine terms from different concepts: mental health AND support

Use quotation marks to search for a phrase: "mental health"

Use brackets to group all terms from the same concept together

Watch the following video to learn more about Boolean operators

When you put it together:

(elderly OR older OR senior) AND ("type 2 diabetes" OR "diabetes mellitus")

You will probably need to alter your search terms as you go.

Search For Resources

Select appropriate resources

When was this source published?

How old are the references and data used?

Has this source, or its data, been updated?

Does this type of information get updated?

Is there likely to be more recent information available elsewhere?

Is this information relevant to your assignment? Is there likely to be better information?

Is this aimed at the correct audience?

Who wrote it? What are their qualifications?

Where do they work? Who do they work for?

Are they likely to have a good understanding of this field?

Is the information reliable?

Can you find the original source?

What is the quality of the presentation? Are there significant errors?

Do the conclusions match the data?

Have all sides been considered?

Why has the article been written?

Is there any obvious bias? Is the author or their employer likely to get a benefit out of the recommendations?

Is it recommending a particular course of action or therapy? Does the data support this? Are any alternatives considered?

Write Your Assignment

The following PDFs are helpful in creating your video.

Referencing

FedCite is the one stop shop for all your referencing needs. In nursing, you need to use APA 7. Look at the Using APA7 section to find out general information on how to cite and reference, and the source types for specific examples. 

 

To help you, here are some sources you might need to reference in this assignment. If what you are referencing is not shown here, or you would like more details, please go to FedCite.

Source
In-text citation 
Reference 

MIMS online

 (MIMS Australia, n.d.)
MIMS Australia. (n.d.). Tacidine. eMIMSelite. Retrieved October 23, 2024, from https://app-emimselite-com.ap1.proxy.openathens.net/medicineview?id=7895113f-7eda-4fc5-91e5-a53300fdc9da&type=abbpi

Aged Care Quality Standards

 (Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, 2019)

Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. (2019). Consumer dignity and choice: Standard 1. https://www.agedcarequality.gov.au/for-providers/quality-standards/consumer-dignity-and-choice

National Safety and Quality Health Standards

1st in-text citation:

(Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care [ACSQHC], 2017, Standard 4.7)

Subsequent in-text citations:

(ACSQHC, 2012, Standard 4.7)

PDF:

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. (2017). National safety and quality health service standards (2nd ed.). https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/sites/default/files/migrated/National-Safety-and-Quality-Health-Service-Standards-second-edition.pdf

Webpage:

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. (2017). Partnering with consumers standard. https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/standards/nsqhs-standards/partnering-consumers-standard
  •  MIMS is continuously updated, so n.d. is used as the publication date and a retrieval date is included. 
  • If referencing sources with the same author and publication date, for example multiple standards or medications from MIMS, distinguish each by using a lower case letter after the year within the brackets (this is also written in the reference list):
    • Crowley (2011a)
    • (Crowley, 2011b)
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