The aim of this assessment is to give you an opportunity to further develop your academic writing skills by responding to the feedback from your first

Assignment Task

Aim: The aim of this assessment is to give you an opportunity to further develop your academic writing skills by responding to the feedback from your first assessment, while exploring topics that are integral to developing your understanding of the registered nurses’ (RN) role. Many factors influence the Australian healthcare system and shape the RN role. Factors may be historical, political and/or socio-cultural. As healthcare professionals within this system, it is important for RNs to be aware of key influences on the Australian health care system. 

This assessment item will assess Learning Outcomes 1 and 3:

Learning Outcome 1: Discuss how nurses engage with the historical, political and socio-cultural influences that shape healthcare and healthcare access in Australian society,

Learning Outcome 3: Describe the value of reflective practice in nursing.

Instructions: 
You need to write an essay. In your essay you need to:

1. Provide an introduction that clearly contextualises your assignment and identifies the aim. 

2. Identify and describe two key influences that have shaped healthcare and/or healthcare access in contemporary Australian society. (the two influences must be from 2 different influencing categories, i.e. not 2 historical issues or 2 cultural issues) and 

3. Discuss how each influence has shaped contemporary healthcare and/or contemporary healthcare  access. 

4. Discuss and reflect on how each influence might impact your role as an RN. You can use the pronoun -r in this section i.e. you can write in the “first person” but only in this section of the essay.

5. Write a conclusion that summarises the overall assignment, without introducing any new information or references. 

The following online modules will assist you in deciding the issues you wish to discuss in this essay:

1.2 Visioning the future by knowing the past

4.1 Power and politics in the practice of nursing

4.2 Understanding the advocacy role

4.3 Cultural Awareness

4.4 Nurses working with First Australian peoples

4.5 Technology and professional empowerment in nursing

4.6 Nursing and social media

4.7 Nurses’ role as part of the multidisciplinary healthcare team