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CNA506 Foundations of Children's Care

Learning Outcome 1: Analyse the interaction and impact of bio-ecological factors on the health, wellbeing and development of neonates, infants, children and adolescents.

Learning Outcome 2: Debate current clinical issues within the acute care setting.

Assessment task 1: Part A: Essay

Task Description: This assessment task provides you with an opportunity to focus on key information related to the topics in module 1 of this unit that are most relevant to your area of nursing/midwifery practice and/or of interest you as a health professional.
This assessment task has two components:

Part A: Essay Handout and Part B: Visual Presentation

Hypothetically you have been asked to give an in-service presentation to a group of nursing/midwifery colleagues on:
1) the importance to the infant/child/adolescent of forming a secure attachment to their parent(s)/primary caregiver(s), and
2) how health professionals can promote secure attachment when caring for infants/children/adolescents and their families.
You prepare this presentation using information studied in Module 1 (Bioecology).

Your assessment will include an essay handout you prepare to give to colleagues attending this in-service presentation (Part A) and a visual presentation you compile for your in-service presentation (Part B).

Part A: Essay Handout (1000 words):
1. Write a handout in essay format to provide to colleagues to accompany your in-service presentation. In this essay handout:
a. Identify your audience (for example, registered nurses in general, midwives, neonatal intensive care nurses, paediatric nurses).
b. Include four (4) key points in which you discuss the importance of secure attachment to infants/children/adolescents and how health professionals can promote and support it.

Assessment Task 1: Part B: Visual Presentation
Part B: Visual Presentation (600 words):
1. Prepare a visual presentation in which four (4) key points are listed on the importance of attachment and how health professionals can promote and support it.
2. Your visual presentation could be a PowerPoint presentation, a handout, infographic, a pamphlet, or a conference poster.
3. References for each point and a reference list are to be included as part of your visual presentation.

Assessment task 2: Essay
Directions
This essay is divided into three sections (A, B, and C) each focussing on a different topic.
• A total of three topics will make up your essay. Around 800 words is expected for each of the three sections (total word count 2400).
• You discuss a topic in each section in which you identify recommendations and strategies to provide excellence in care.
• Headings may be used but do not use dot-points.

You may choose to relate your essay to your area of practice, for example, midwifery, special care, neonatal intensive care, paediatric or general nursing. You may also choose to focus on a specific age group (neonates, infants, older children, or adolescents).

Section A (800 words +/- 10%).
Select one of the following topics to discuss:
I. Identify three important approaches relevant to your clinical practice to support women to breastfeed. Discuss and justify these using the academic literature. Use approaches that are relevant to your practice area (for example, community, maternity unit, paediatric unit, or a special care or neonatal intensive care nursery).
OR
II. How may the registered nurse promote and support a healthy weight for infants or children or adolescents?

Section B (800 words +/- 10%).
Select one of the following topics to discuss:
I. As a registered nurse or midwife, you have been asked to administer a vaccine to an infant in your care. The parents state that they are not sure that they want their child to receive this vaccination. They add that they have heard that vaccines do not always work and that they cause other illnesses in children. How would you respond to parents who are hesitant to vaccinate?

II. How may the registered nurse or midwife promote the physical and emotional safety of individuals when administering vaccines?
In responding you may choose to focus on a specific age group or practice area.
OR
III. Discuss which vaccines that are recommended for those who are planning to become parents, and state why they are important.

Section C (800 words +/- 10%)
Select one of the following topics to discuss:

I. The mother of an infant or child in your care discloses that she (the mother) is the victim of domestic violence. What is the possible impact of witnessing domestic violence on infants and children? As a registered nurse/midwife in this situation, how would you respond to this woman's disclosure?
OR
II. Resilience has been broadly defined as those skills, attributes, and abilities that enable individuals to adapt to hardships, difficulties, and challenges. As a registered nurse or midwife working in the hospital or community setting, how might you promote and support the resilience of infants/children/adolescents?

You may choose to focus on a specific age or demographic group or practice area in your response.

Attachment:- Foundations of Childrens Care.rar