ASSESSMENT TASK 1: Poster

Description This assessment task requires you to examine a health issue from the list below (National Health Priority Areas)

o Dementia o Arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions o Injury prevention and control

Part A Describe the impact of the health issue at the level of the individual, the community, and the population. Part B Outline one key point where changes can be made for each of the following: the individual, the community, and the population. The identified changes should encompass the role of the nurse. Part C Develop an action plan, using evidence based research, to address your chosen health issue targeting one key area of change that you outlined in part B. Here, you will utilise a health promotion planning cycle identifying health promotion and illness prevention strategies in the design.

Due date: 14th April 2021, 0900hrs

Weighting: 50%

Length and/or format: 1500 words +/- 10%

Purpose: This assessment task requires you to examine a community

health issue and identify key points where changes can be made.

An understanding of what is possible is required by any health

care professional when approaching an issue if they are to plan

for a genuine outcome.

Learning outcomes assessed: LO1, LO2, LO3

How to submit: Turnitin, PDF format only

Return of assignment: Feedback and marks will be returned to you via Turnitin in

accordance with ACU policy

Assessment criteria: Outlined in Appendix A. A national zoom session will be held,

and recorded, to support your understanding of the requirements

of the assessment item. An announcement will be made on LEO

regarding the date of this session.

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ASSESSMENT TASK 2: Written Assignment

Describe how nurses can work in partnership with the community of your choice (within

Australia), using a strength-based approach, to address one of the following topics

Topic and definitions

Homelessness

Homelessness in Australia is a widespread and largely preventable issue. This public health

concern presents a systematic flow on affect to the wider community (Australian Government

Department of Health, 2019)

Infectious diseases

Infectious diseases have the potential to cause devastation to an entire community at any given

time and without warning (Australian Government Department of Health, 2020)

Gender

Knowledge of clinically significant sex and gender differences in screening, risk factors,

treatment and prognosis are emerging across a broad range of diseases, and differences are

identified for those conditions conferring the greatest health burden in Australia and globally

(Wainer & Carcel 2019)

Due date: 26th May 2021, 0900hrs

Weighting: 50%

Length and/or format: 2000 words +/- 10%

Purpose: This assessment task addresses health problems as a societal

issue. It requires you to integrate the role of the nurse with the

building of healthy communities in order to expose you to the

reality that nursing practice environments reach beyond the

hospital setting into the wider community.