NUR3201 Quality, Safety & Risk Essay Help

CLO1, Identify, analyse and apply concepts of integrated risk management as they relate to inter-professional healthcare.

CLO3, Articulate and apply clinical governance as it relates to quality and safety standards and the importance of leading risk mitigation in healthcare.

CLO4, Describe and apply risk management legislation, regulations, policies, and or guidelines when making decisions. 

CLO5, Apply the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, the Aged Care Quality Standards and ethical frameworks to evidence based healthcare deliver.

CLO6, Apply clinical reasoning and critical thinking skills as they relate to teamwork, interprofessional collaboration for safe patient care. 

CLO7, Synthesise and apply principles of quality, safety and risk management into simulated healthcare practice settings.

Registered nurses are required to identify and report risk. When the registered nurse understands the significance of human factors in contributing to poor patient outcomes, they are better able to identify and report potential and actual risk plus risk mitigate in the provision of clinical care.  In this essay you will explore the impact of physical, cognitive and organisational factors in the provision of safe and quality care.

Task Instructions

This assessment requires you to draw upon hospital acquired infections. You are asked to critically analyse the significance of human factors in the healthcare environment, considering clinical governance, relevant risk management and legislative guidelines and the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards.

In your response analyse physical, cognitive and organisational human factors. You must define each human factor and analyse each one’s relevance to patient safety and quality of care outcomes.

1. Provide an introduction introducing the outline of main points to be discussed and the concept of human factors in healthcare. In your introduction make a statement about the prevalence of hospital acquired infections. (approx. 100 words)
2. Applying your learning about the physical human factors:

Critically analyse the relevant physical human factors,discussingtheir importance in patient safety, healthcare quality, and clinical practice and how such factors may contribute to, or mitigate,hospital acquired infections. In your response, make specific reference to any relevantIntegrated Risk Management (IRM) principles and the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards.Your discussion must be supported by peer reviewed literature. (approx. 425- 450 words)

1. Applyingyour learning about the cognitive human factors:

Criticallyanalyse the significance of cognitive human factors within healthcare practice, particularly in the context of hospital acquired infections. Analyse how cognitive factors such as decision-making, competence, and knowledge affect healthcare professionals’ performance in relation to the Registered Nurse Standards for Practice. Discuss how failures within these factors may contribute to hospital acquired infections and patient morbidity. This section must be supported by peer reviewed literature. (approx. 425-450 words)

1. Lastly, apply your learning about organisational human factors:

Critically analyse how organisational culture, communication systems, leadership practices, and teamwork influence the prevention or contribution to hospital acquired infections. This section must be supported by peer reviewed literature. (425-450 words)

1. Provide a conclusion to summarise and synthesise the key aspects of your essay. (100 words)
2. Reference List – APA 7th edition referencing style to be used throughout. A minimum of 10 peer reviewed scholarly sources is expected. The majority no older than 7 years old.

For this Assessment Item, acceptable AI use is set at: 

Level 1: AI Assisted Structure Checking:

Description: Students may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to organise and check the structure and flow of their Assessment item. This includes grammar checks, coherence, and flow of arguments but excludes using AI to generate new text and/or new content. 

Additional Instructions:

Include a statement indicating the AI tool(s) used (if any) for structure checking at the beginning of the Assessment Item and include the prompts you have used. Save copies of your drafts and content before/after AI was used, to produce upon request. 

Do not copy and paste generative AI responses as your own work.

Students should be familiar with, and abide by, policy on Academic Integrity and the definition of Academic Misconduct. Penalties apply to students found to have breached these policies and procedures. Please ensure you have completed the mandatory Academic Integrity training and have familiarised yourself with Academic Integrity at UniSQ.

You are required to complete the Academic Integrity module, before you submit your first assessment. Please access the module here.

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This assessment must be submitted in electronic format as a Microsoft Word document (no PDF’s) via Turnitin.The Turnitin process may take up to 24 hours to produce a report. Therefore, allow adequate time to do this and address any issues of plagiarism* detected by Turnitin before final submission. 

*Any percentage that relates to plagiarism detected by Turnitin is a concern and requires you to address this. The following link provides information on Turnitin: https://www.unisq.edu.au/current-students/ict/systems/turnitin

Scholarly conventions to be followed:

• Set page margins to 2.5 cm on all sides.
• Double-space all text.
• Paragraphs should be double spaced with clear delineation.
• Font eitherCalibri, Times New Roman, Tahoma, Arial 12pt are acceptable.
• Include a page number on every page.
• A word count should be placed at the end of the essay, giving approx. words.
• File Name Conventions: Save your document with the following naming conventions: surname_initial_studentnumber_coursecode_A1_final.doc/docx

Release of your grade will be planned to occur approximately 3 weeks post the published submission date. If you are granted an extension, you can expect the same time frame (approximately 3 weeks from your submission).

Moderation: All staff assessing your work meet to discuss and compare their judgements and to ensure all markers are marking similarly before marks/grades are finalised.

Poor, irrelevant, or absent

introduction. Does not or/ poorly provides the direction / scope of the essay. Does not outline the prevalence of HAI’s.

Analysis of Physical 

Human Factors in 

Healthcare relevant to hospital acquired infections.

Excellent critical analysis and application of the physical human factors, high quality examples are provided to explain critical & focused points of discussion.  

Critical discussion is articulate, relevant, specific, clear & concise. 

Detailed and well-integrated link provided of physical human factors to Integrated Risk Management and NSQHS Standards. Supported by quality peer-reviewed literature (at least 10).

Very good critical analysis and application of the physical human factors, quality examples are provided to explain points of discussion. Critical discussion is mostly articulate, relevant, specific, clear & concise. 

Mostly detailed and well-integrated link provided of physical human factors to Integrated Risk Management and NSQHS Standards. Supported by largely quality peer-reviewed literature (at least 10).

Mostly good critical analysis and application of the physical human factors, some good examples are provided to explain points of discussion. Critical discussion is mostly articulate, relevant, specific&clear.

Somewhat detailed and well-integrated link provided of physical human factors to Integrated Risk Management and NSQHS Standards. Supported by largely quality peer-reviewed literature (at least 8-9).

Mostly narrative discussion andapplication of the physical human factors, broad examples are provided to explain points of discussion. Discussion is satisfactory, mostly clear& relevant.

Satisfactory / broad linkprovided of physical human factors to Integrated Risk Management and NSQHS Standards. Supported by largely quality peer-reviewed literature (at least 7).

Discussion fails to apply the physical human factors. OR

Vague or limited focus on aspects of physical human factors.No examples or poor examples are provided.

Lacks peer-reviewed literature support, literature sources poor.

Analysis of Cognitive 

Human Factors in 

Healthcarerelevant to hospital acquired infections.

Excellent critical analysis and application of the cognitive human factors, high quality examples are provided to explain critical & focused points of discussion. 

Excellent discussion on how cognitive human factors such as decision making, competence and knowledge shape healthcare professionals’ performance in relation to the Registered Nurse Standards for Practice. Well supported by quality peer-reviewed literature.(at least 10).

Very good critical analysis and application of the cognitive human factors, quality examples are provided to explain critical & focused points of discussion.

Very good discussion on how cognitive human factors such as decision making, competence and knowledge shape healthcare professionals’ performance in relation to the Registered Nurse Standards for Practice. Well supported by peer-reviewed literature.

Somewhat good critical analysis and application of the cognitive human factors, examples are provided to explain critical & focused points of discussion.

Reasonable discussion on how cognitive human factors such as decision making, competence and knowledge shape healthcare professionals’ performance in relation to the Registered Nurse Standards for Practice. Some support from peer-reviewed literature. 

Analysis satisfactory / tends to be narrative when applying the cognitive human factors, some examples are provided to explain points of discussion.

Limited discussion on how cognitive human factors such as decision making, competence and knowledge shape healthcare professionals’ performance in relation to the Registered Nurse Standards for Practice.

Minimal support from peer-reviewed literature.

No critical analysis attempted when applying  the cognitive human factors, poor or no examples are provided to explain critical & focused points of discussion.

Vague/absentdiscussion on how cognitive human factors such as decision making, competence and knowledge shape healthcare professionals’ performance in relation to the Registered Nurse Standards for Practice. Lacks support from peer-reviewed literature / literature sources poor.

Analysis of 

Organisational Human 

Factors in Healthcare relevant to hospital acquired infections.

Excellent critical analysis and application of the organisational human factors, high quality examples are provided to explain critical & focused points of discussion. 

The critical analysis directly discusses how organisational culture, communication systems, leadership practices, and teamwork influence both the prevention and sometimes the occurrence hospital acquired infections. 

Comprehensive use of peer reviewed literature.

Very good critical analysis and application of the organisational human factors, quality examples are provided to explain critical & focused points of discussion.

The discussion analysis mostly focuses on how organisational culture, communication systems, leadership practices, and teamwork influence both the prevention and sometimes the occurrence of medication errors.Comprehensive support from peer-reviewed literature.

Somewhat good critical analysis and application of the organisational human factors, examples are provided to explain critical & focused points of discussion.

The analysis somewhat links tohow organisational culture, communication systems, leadership practices, and teamwork influence both the prevention and sometimes the occurrence of hospital acquired infections.  Supported by some peer-reviewed literature.

Analysis satisfactory / tends to be narrative when applying the organisational human factors, some examples are provided to explain points of discussion.

Limited analysis provided tolink organisational culture, communication systems, leadership practices, and teamwork’s influence on both the prevention and sometimes the occurrence of hospital acquired infections. Minimal support from peer-reviewed literature.

No critical analysis attempted when applying  the organisational  human factors, poor or no examples are provided to explain critical & focused points of discussion. Inadequate/vague analysis provided tolink organisational culture, communication systems, leadership practices, andteamwork’s influence on both the prevention and sometimes the occurrence of hospital acquired infections.

Lacks support from peer-reviewed literature. Literature sources poor/

May include new information or be absent. Does not synthesis the information within the essay. 

Word limit: Adhered to word limit +/- 10%.

Expression: High standard of academic presentation. Expressed ideas clearly, concisely & fluently, intuitive thought expressed. No spelling or grammatical errors or typos. Well edited.

Structure

Well-constructed paragraphs. Main points strongly linked to assessment topic. 

Word limit: Adhered to word limit +/- 10%.

Expression:  

Expressed ideas clearly and concisely with thoughts expressed clearly. Very few spelling or grammatical errors, or typos(1-2). Mostly well edited.

Structure

Well-constructed paragraphs, clearly expressed & main points linked to assessment topic.

Word limit: Adhered to word limit +/- 10%. 

Word limit: Adhered to word limit +/- 10%. 

 with logical flow. Very few spelling or grammatical errors or typos (3-4). Would benefit from further editing.

Structure:  Well-constructed paragraphs, following required structure. 

Word limit: Adhered to word limit +/- 10%. 

Expression  Limited clarity of expression. Some spelling or grammatical errors (4-6). Further editing required for flow. 

Structure  Provided paragraphs but main points were inappropriate, or they were not linked to required structure.

Word limit: Not adhered to word limit +/-10%.

Expression  Numerousmistakes in spelling & grammar / typos (> 6). Clarity poor /not evident. Needs substantial editing to improve depth of discussion and flow. 

Structure No or limited structure. 

Good contextual use of relevant contemporary evidenced based literature. 

Correctly cited sources both within text & reference list with no mistakes. Includes more than 10 peer-reviewed sources.

References to literature are mostly good and relevant. Correctly cited sources both within text & reference list with limited mistakes.

Includes 10 peer-reviewed sources.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Reference to literature is present but not strong.

Many errors in cited sources both within text & reference list and citations. Lacks sufficient peer-reviewed sources. Reference sources poor.

FINAL MARK (MARKS AWARDED LESS LATE PENALTY)                                                   

                                                                                          FINAL MARK:   /100