Assessment 1 Written Assignment : Developing a Professional Practice Portfolio TASK RATIONALE / AIM: According to the Registered Nurse Standards for Practice (2017), to provide safe, effective nursing care, nurses must maintain capability for practice through lifelong learning and professional development (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia [NMBA], 2017). This assessment is designed to provide you with the understanding and skills required to develop a professional practice portfolio which can evidence your capability for practice as a Registered Nurse. TASK INSTRUCTIONS: This task comprises three components. 1. Professional practice portfolio use Professional practice portfolios are asserted to be beneficial to demonstrate the capability for professional nursing practice. • Describe a professional practice portfolio and the recommended components. • Present a written argument for the use of a professional practice portfolio to demonstrate professional nursing practice. This argument should demonstrate critical thinking and analysis of the issues; include why portfolios should be used and a discussion of the benefits and challenges of using a professional practice portfolio to demonstrate capability for professional nursing practice. • Discuss and differentiate between management and leadership competencies and describe how development of these competencies could be evidenced in a professional practice portfolio. • Support your argument with at least seven scholarly sources from 2011 onwards. Page 1 2. Professional standards Standard 3 “Maintains the capability for practice” (NBMA, 2016) includes seven points. The fourth point states the Registered Nurse (RN) “accepts accountability for decisions, actions, behaviours and responsibilities inherent in their role” (NMBA, 2016). • Chose a situation from your clinical placement where you were delegated an action or responsibility by your RN clinical practice partner or clinical facilitator and describe this situation. Your description should include five key elements; context of nursing practice and health care delivery (where this occurred), who was involved, what you were delegated, how you enacted the delegated action/responsibility and the outcome of the situation. • Critically discuss how you demonstrated professional nursing practice, within your student nurse scope of practice, and reflect upon accountability for your decisions, actions, behaviours and responsibilities. • Support your discussion with at least three scholarly sources from 2011 onwards. Point of clarification: • The Registered Nurse standards document describes how the seven standards are interconnected (see Figure 1, NBMA, 2016). Your clinical situation may incorporate a description of you enacting one or more of the standards e.g. assessment (Standard 4), developing a plan (Standa ...

1. Assessment 1
Written Assignment :
Developing a Professional Practice Portfolio
TASK RATIONALE / AIM:
According to the Registered Nurse Standards for Practice
(2017), to provide safe, effective
nursing care, nurses must maintain capability for practice
through lifelong learning and
professional development (Nursing and Midwifery Board of
Australia [NMBA], 2017).
This assessment is designed to provide you with the
understanding and skills required to
develop a professional practice portfolio which can evidence
your capability for practice as a
Registered Nurse.

2. TASK INSTRUCTIONS:
This task comprises three components.
1. Professional practice portfolio use
Professional practice portfolios are asserted to be beneficial to
demonstrate the capability for
professional nursing practice.
• Describe a professional practice portfolio and the
recommended components.
• Present a written argument for the use of a professional
practice portfolio to
demonstrate professional nursing practice. This argument
should demonstrate critical
thinking and analysis of the issues; include why portfolios
should be used and a
discussion of the benefits and challenges of using a professional
practice portfolio to
demonstrate capability for professional nursing practice.
• Discuss and differentiate between management and leadership
competencies and
describe how development of these competencies could be
evidenced in a professional
practice portfolio.

3. • Support your argument with at least seven scholarly sources
from 2011 onwards.
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2. Professional standards
Standard 3 “Maintains the capability for practice” (NBMA,
2016) includes seven points.
The fourth point states the Registered Nurse (RN) “accepts
accountability for decisions,
actions, behaviours and responsibilities inherent in their role”
(NMBA, 2016).
• Chose a situation from your clinical placement where you
were delegated an action or
responsibility by your RN clinical practice partner or clinical
facilitator and describe
this situation. Your description should include five key
elements; context of nursing
practice and health care delivery (where this occurred), who

4. was involved, what you
were delegated, how you enacted the delegated
action/responsibility and the outcome
of the situation.
• Critically discuss how you demonstrated professional nursing
practice, within
your student nurse scope of practice, and reflect upon
accountability for your
decisions, actions, behaviours and responsibilities.
• Support your discussion with at least three scholarly sources
from 2011 onwards.
Point of clarification:
• The Registered Nurse standards document describes how the
seven standards are
interconnected (see Figure 1, NBMA, 2016). Your clinical
situation may incorporate a
description of you enacting one or more of the standards e.g.
assessment (Standard
4), developing a plan (Standard 5), providing nursing care
(Standard 6), or evaluating
care outcomes (Standard 7).
3. Peak professional nursing organisation

5. A peak organisation (also known as a ‘peak body’) is a term for
an advocacy group or trade
association (it may be in nursing, or medicine, or any ‘trade’),
an association of industries
or groups with allied interests. They are established for the
purposes of developing
standards and processes, or to act on behalf of all members.
There are many peak bodies
in nursing, ranging from general organisations, such as the
Australian College of Nursing
(ACN) to specialised organisations such as the Australian
College of Critical Care Nurses
(ACCCN) or the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses
Association (APNA).
• Consider where your professional interests lie and identify and
report on a
peak professional nursing organisation relevant to your career
path.
• This report must include the membership requirements,
whether this organisation
supports advanced or specialty practice, how this organisation
supports and leads
professional nursing practice, what professional opportunities

6. are provided through
the professional organisation and a justification why it is
relevant to your intended
career path.
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OTHER ELEMENTS:
• You do not need to include an introduction or conclusion to
this written assessment
• Use a heading for each of the three components of the
assessment
• Provide one reference list at the end of your written
assignment which presents
all references (from the three components) in alphabetical order.
• State your word count (excluding your reference list) on the
Assignment Coversheet.
• Do not exceed 2,000 words. Words over 2,000 will not be read

7. or marked.
• Submit your DRAFT assignment via Turnitin as per the
instructions on your
USQ course site.

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POSSIBLE
MARKING CRITERIA
MARKS
University of Southern Queensland
1. Professional Practice Portfolio (Approx 1,000 words)
1.1 Description (Approx 300 words)
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• Describes a professional practice portfolio and the
recommended

9. components.
1.2 Argument (Approx 350 words)
• Presents a written argument for the use of a professional
practice portfolio.
• The argument demonstrates critical thinking and analysis of
the issues; it
5
explains why portfolios should be used and includes a
discussion of the
benefits and challenges of using a professional practice
portfolio to
demonstrate capability for professional nursing practice.
1.3 Management and leadership (Approx 350 words)
• Discusses management and leadership competencies relevant
to nursing
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and describe how development of these competencies could be
evidenced
in a professional practice portfolio.
1.4 Evidence
• Demonstrates evidence of ability to apply research concepts
and principles
such as use of databases, critique of quality, relevant and up-to-
date 5
literature. Argument supported by at least eight relevant, high
quality,

10. evidence-based, scholarly sources from 2011 onwards.
2. Professional Standards (Approx 750 words)
2.1 Description of situation (Approx 250 words)
• Clearly describes a situation from student nurse clinical
placement.
• Description includes five key elements: context of practice
(where this 5
occurred), who was involved, what you were delegated to do,
how you
enacted the delegated action/responsibility and the outcome of
the situation.
2.2 Critical discussion (Approx 500 words)
• Critically discusses how you demonstrated professional
nursing practice,
within your student nurse scope of practice. 5
• Demonstrates insight regarding accountability for decisions,
actions, behaviours and responsibilities.
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e 4

11. 2.3 Evidence
• Demonstrates evidence of ability to apply research concepts
and principles
such as use of databases, critique of quality, relevant and up to
date 5
literature. Discussion is supported by at least three relevant,
high quality,
evidence-based, scholarly sources from 2011 onwards.
3. Professional Membership (Approx 250 words)
3.1 Report on peak professional nursing organisation
• Reports on a peak professional nursing organisation relevant
to a
career path in nursing.
• This report includes the membership requirements, whether
this organisation 5
supports advanced or specialty practice, how this organisation
supports and
leads professional nursing practice, what professional
opportunities are
provided through the professional organisation and a
justification for why it is
relevant to the intended career path.
4. Referencing:

12. · Referencing (in-text citations and reference list entries) as per
APA
USQ Referencing style
5
•
Provides at least 10 unique references, in alphabetical order, in
one list
which starts on a separate page.
5. Academic writing and presentation:
• Is well presented, with correct spelling, grammar, well-
constructed sentences and appropriate paragraph structures.
• Uses academic language throughout. 5
• Meets the 2,000-word length requirements (excluding
reference list).
Total marks 50