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• You may not make any further copies and share the learning resources in whole or in part by any hardcopy, digital and or online technologies. Todays webinar is designed to support the requirements of NURS1022 Assessment 3 Portfolio. It will focus on:
• Assessment requirements, key information and Questions 1-4
• Constructing short-answer responses, including topic sentences and TEEL structure
• Key features of formal academic language
• Integrating evidence using in-text references in APA7 Referencing Style
• Further support Question 1: How does the School of Nursing and Midwifery philosophy align with your values, beliefs, qualities and personal identity as a nurse? Discussion Activity 1 Brainstorming your answer to Question 1:
• What does being a nurse mean to you? In what ways is your answer similar to the SoNM philosophy? (TIP: use key words from the SoNM statement, such as safe, purposeful, compassionate, belonging)
• What are your values / beliefs / qualities / personal identity?
• In what ways do your own values / beliefs / qualities / personal identify reflect those identified in the SoNM philosophy?
• How do your own values / beliefs / qualities reflect those identified in the literature?
• NOTE: Your answer could include all the above aspects, and link to the SoNM nursing philosophy, BUT, these are PROMPTS only (do not write an answer that is simply a series of answers to the above questions) Question 2: How do you think your culture might impact on your nursing practice? Discussion Activity 2 Brainstorming your answer to Question 2:
• What is an important aspect of your culture?
• How might this aspect of your culture differ from a patients own culture?
• How might that cultural difference affect your nursing practice?
• What should you, as a future nurse, do to ensure that cultural differences do not affect your nursing practice?
• Which aspects of the literature support these ideas?
• How does your own response support the SoNM nursing philosophy?
• TIP: Include all the above points in your answer to Question 2 (See Exemplar on Slide 21)
• Question 3 Write a short reflection on your personal qualities and features of nursing practice that you can utilise to make an impact in your role as a nurse. Discussion Activity 3 Brainstorming your answer to Question 3:
• What are the personal qualities and features of your nursing practice that can make a positive impact in your role as a nurse?
• How can adopting the key aspects of the SoNM nursing philosophy contribute to the impact on society you can make as a nurse?
• What role might reflexivity have in your ability to create a positive impact as a nurse?
• Can you link any of your responses to the questions above to the literature?
• TIP: Include all the above points in your answer to Question 3 Question 4: How can you show commitment to the nursing profession? Discussion Activity 4 Brainstorming your answer to Question 4:
• What will you do in the future to maintain your commitment to nursing? For example, ongoing professional development / self-reflection.
• How are these strategies supported by the literature?
• How might these strategies help you to uphold the SoNM nursing philosophy in your future nursing practice?
• TIP: Include all the above points in your answer to Question 4
• All answers should be written in the first person (just as a curriculum vitae / job application would be) using a short answer structure (ie. TEEL paragraph)
• Your Portfolio must be submitted by the due date in two ways:
• MyShowcase.me (in the My Knowledge Map [MKM] platform) view the video demonstration to learn how to upload to the MKM platform
• Turnitin - this must be a Word document with identical text cut and pasted from your MyShowcase.me submission (for similarity-checking purposes, and for written feedback)
• Both submissions must use Arial or Times New Roman font, size 12, double-spacing, no titles
• Both submissions must include a Reference List (MyShowcase.me requires this uploaded on a separate tile; Turnitin requires a separate page)
• A minimum of three scholarly references is required (for the whole Portfolio, not for each question); you must include one book, one journal article, one NMBA document

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