Discuss the evidence for an aspect of clinical practice that impacts on the quality of the patient experience

 

The essay should focus on an aspect of clinical practice which you are familiar and must be directly 

related to your field of nursing practice. 

 

Part 1: Introduction (200-300 words) 

The introduction should explore the contribution of evidence-based practice in nursing. This should 

include reference to NMC Code. You need to introduce the aspect of clinical practice and discuss 

your rationale for choosing this topic. You may choose to do this referencing local, national or 

international guidelines. 

 

Part 2: (500 words) 

This builds on the rational and sets out how you formulated your question. 

The question will be formulated by using PICO or PEO, this will be informed by the clinical topic 

under review. 

You should ensure your question is clearly stated. 

You may find it useful to present as in a table, please note words in the table do not count as part of 

the word limit. 

P	POPULATION
I	INTERVENTION
C	CAMPARISON (if you have one)
O	OUTCOME

Table 1 PICO 

 

If using tables in your essay, please ensure they are labelled with appropriate titles and relate to the 

text. If the table is too large and interrupts the flow of the assignment, then it should be in 

appropriately labelled appendices. 

 

 

Once you have set out the question discuss the process of searching outlining your search strategy. 

You should include two databases: MEDLINE (OVID) and CINAHL (EBSCO) to conduct your search, indicating why you chose these. This must include enough detail for the search to be replicated, including the parameters of the search 

key words, date, language, and inclusion and exclusion criteria with the rationale for these 

parameters. 

An understanding of Boolean operators should be demonstrated. At the end of the 

search strategy the reference for ONE paper chosen and the rationale must be provided. The paper 

must be original research, it cannot be a systematic review detailing several papers. 

 

Part 3: (800-1,000 words) 

A number of tools for critiquing research are available, e.g. Caldwell, CASP. You should choose one 

and provide a rationale for the tool chosen. This will structure the discussion regarding the 

strengths and limitations of the research paper.  

Discuss how the findings have been disseminated into clinical practice and how these impact on the quality of the patient experience. If the findings cannot be applied, then this should be discussed hypothetically. Change theory may be applied to this section. 

 

Part 4: summary and conclusions (100-200 words) 

 

• Question chosen must relate to Adult Nursing only.  

• The work must contain a full and correct reference list. You are expected to use the author-date approach. 

• APA 6th edition citation  

• No old references (more than 10 years) 

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The public health impact of a specified health protection issue

 

 

 

 

 

What am I required to do in this assignment?

You are required to identify a current health protection related issue and critically evaluate its impact on public health within a geographical area of your choice.

What do I need to do to pass? (Threshold Expectations from UIF)

Identify a current health protection related issue   Use public health surveillance data and relevant literature to evaluate its impact on public health within a specified geographical area.

How do I produce high quality work that merits a good grade?

This section is completed by students during weeks 1 and 6

How does this assignment relate to what we are doing in scheduled sessions?

Each week the public health protection lectures will highlight and discuss key issues which fall within the scope of Public Health Protection. In week 1 we will discuss the role of public health protection in protecting populations from infectious diseases and non-infectious environmental hazards such as chemicals and radiation. Subsequently in week 2, Public Health Surveillance, the continuous, systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of health-related data, and the essential role it plays in quantifying risks to public health will be discussed.   In this assignment you will demonstrate that you understand the scope of public health protection by identifying a public health protection related issue (an infectious disease or environmental hazard) and the importance of public health surveillance in identifying and assessing the impact that the chosen issue is having on public health.

 

 

 

 

 

How will my assignment be marked?

Your assignment will be marked according to the threshold expectations and the criteria on the following page.    You can use them to evaluate your own work and consider your grade before you submit.

	Pass – 40-49%	Pass – 50-59%	Commendation – 60-69%	Distinction– 70%+
1 Written expression and structure	Overall presentation of the report is satisfactory, but lacks informative figures and/or tables.   Most points are explained coherently, but structure and organization of the report is very weak.   Satisfactory use of key terminology, but explanations are vague and over simplistic.   The assessment question is addressed superficially; report includes interesting but irrelevant details throughout.  Many spelling and grammatical errors throughout the report.	Good, well presented report but figures and/or tables lack informative titles, or are poorly presented.  Report has a good, well organized structure and points are explained coherently  Good, correct use of key terminology, but explanations are relatively basic.   Attempts to address the assessment question well, but report includes some irrelevant information.  Some spelling and grammatical errors.	Presentation of report, including figures and tables is very good.  Report has a clear structure and information is well organized.  Very good, detailed and coherent discussion.   Demonstrates very good understanding and use key terminology.   Focuses on addressing assessment question and avoids inclusion of irrelevant information.  Minimal spelling and grammatical errors	Excellent or outstanding presentation of publication standard.  Written expression is concise, accurate and articulate.  Excellent, coherent in-depth discussion.  Report tightly focuses on and successfully addresses the assessment question.   Minor spelling and grammatical errors
2 Use of literature and referencing	Has identified essential literature.   Minimal range of literature is cited.  References and citations are included but UoB Harvard style is not used consistently.	Good range of evidence cited including current peer-reviewed primary literature.  Most references and citations are formatted in the UoB Harvard style but some inaccuracies remain.	Very good range of evidence cited including current peer-reviewed primary literature.  References and citations are consistently formatted, with most in the UoB Harvard style.	An excellent, comprehensive range of current primary literature is used effectively to support discussion.  References and citations are consistently formatted in the UoB Harvard style.
3 Application of knowledge	Satisfactory use of public health surveillance data to describe the impact on public health within a specified area.   Report focuses on simply describing rates of disease or case numbers.	Good use of use of public health surveillance data and other relevant sources of information to assess the impact on public health within a specified area.   In addition to simply describing rates of disease, the report identifies broader ways in which the issue effects the local population, but lacks a tight focus on health.	Very good, competent use of public health surveillance data and other relevant sources of data to assess the impact on public health within a specified area.  In addition to discussing rates of disease, the report highlights and discusses the broader impacts on health.	Excellent competent use of public health surveillance data and other relevant sources of data to assess the impact on public health within a specified area.   Insightful discussion of impact on public health highlighting broad range of impacts.
4 Reflection on quality of data sources	Limited description of strengths and weaknesses of public health surveillance and/or other sources of data.	Describes strengths and weaknesses of public health surveillance and/or other sources of data.	Discussion demonstrates very good understanding of specific strengths and weakness of relevant public health surveillance system and/or other sources of data.	In-depth insightful discussion demonstrates excellent understanding of specific strengths and weakness of relevant public health surveillance and/or other sources of data.
5   Critical analysis, synthesis and evaluation	Some attempt to analyse the impact on public health but report lacks critical depth.  Weak conclusion which lacks clear links to report findings and a limited summary of the impact the chosen issue has had on public health	Attempts to synthesize information from multiple sources.   Presents good evidence based analysis of impact chosen issue has had on public health.  Good conclusion attempts to summarize report findings and demonstrates good understanding of the impact the chosen issue has had on public health.	Very good critical analysis of impact on public health based on synthesis of information from multiple sources of good quality information.   Very good conclusion succinctly summarises report findings and demonstrates very good understanding of the impact the chosen issue has had on public health.	Presents excellent, in-depth evidence-based critical evaluation of the impact on public health.  Report ends with an insightful conclusion demonstrating excellent understanding of the impact the chosen issue has had on public health.

 

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