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Written Assessment

Assessment 1 – Written assessment

Weighting: 50%

Word length: Written section 2000-2500 words

Learning Outcomes: 1 & 2

Objectives and outcomes:

Throughout this course the learning tasks aim to ensure that you are thinking critically and developing an advanced understanding of mental health nursing. This assessment task allows you to explore one of the interventions/therapies studied in this course by undertaking a role-play demonstrating its use, critiquing your use of the intervention and justifying its use for the consumer and context.

The Task

The assessment is in two parts:

1. A video of a role play between yourself and a ‘consumer’ which demonstrates your ability to use one of the interventions/therapies examined in this course. This section is not graded.
2. A paper that does the following:
1. Critiques your use of the chosen intervention/therapy.
2. Provides a justification as to why this particular intervention/therapy is appropriate (or not appropriate) for the ‘consumer’ and context, and its significance for mental health nursing.

Preparation

1. Select an intervention/therapy from those provided in this course. You may choose to use something that you are familiar with or challenge yourself and attempt to ‘try something new’. Remember, your demonstration of the intervention/therapy is not graded so it doesn’t matter if you do not show mastery.
2. Search for and select appropriate literature that provides evidence from which you may draw on to critique your use of the chosen intervention/therapy and to justify why it is (or isn’t) appropriate for the particular consumer and/or the context.
3. Choose a friend/colleague/relative who is happy to undertake a role-play with you.
4. Choose a situation to use in your role-play to demonstrate your use of the intervention/therapy.

Hint: it is easier if you choose a situation that is not too complex.

Written part

1. Write an introductory paragraph that introduces the intervention/therapy and its value to mental health nursing. Describe how you will be critiquing your use of the intervention/therapy and justifying its use in the particular consumer situation.
2. Provide a more detailed overview of the intervention/therapy and its relevance to mental health nursing.
3. Describe your role-play, the type of consumer and the context.
4. Justify why it was chosen for this type of consumer and the context.
5. Outline how the role-play progressed and how the intervention/therapy was used.
6. Critique your use of the intervention/therapy and assess its relevance for the consumer/context.

Hint: Critique does not necessarily mean to criticise. Determine the positive components as well as any negative ones.

7.   Explain how your justification demonstrates the relevance and/or importance of this intervention/therapy for mental health nursing.

1. Write a concluding paragraph that summarises the main points of your paper, draws it to a close and also makes a conclusion on the effectiveness of this intervention/therapy for mental health nursing.

Video 

1. The length of the video should be between 15 to 25 minutes. Try to ensure that it is long enough to demonstrate this particular intervention/therapy.
2. Film the video in a quiet area.

Submission 

Submission will be a two-part process:

1. Upload your video to YouTube. We will provide you with detailed instructions on how to upload a video to YouTube on your Moodle site. You will set the privacy settings so that only people provided with a copy of the hyperlink can view it. It is recommended you try to upload your video before the due date as issues with large video files can occur.
2. Your written submission though Moodle should contain the following
1. The written section (See above)
2. A copy of the hyperlink to your YouTube submission