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Essay Assignment:
Learning outcome 1: Identify the different elements that underpin the Australian healthcare system
Learning outcome 2: Discuss nursing and midwifery as professionals and the role of the nurse and midwife in contemporary health in the context of the NM BA codes and standards for professional practice
Learning outcome 3: Describe fundamental legal ethical constructs in nursing and midwifery practice
Assessment Task Instructions:
The assessment instructions have been designed to enable you to understand what is required to succeed in this assignment.
Topic: Using TWO of the articles below discuss how gender stereotyping influences the roles and professional identity of nurses OR midwives.
Choose TWO of the following articles to support your discussion:
- Current Stereotypes Associated Teresa-Morales et at 4,
- Nursing students' perceptions of gender-defined roles Prosen 2022 4,
- J Midwife Womens Health - 2020 - Bly - A Survey of Midwives Attitudes
You must also support your discussion with the Nursing and Midwifery Codes and Standards.
This 750-word essay should be written using the SNM Assignment Template 4, and submitted through Canvas.
Plan and write an academic essay based on the findings from your chosen articles, utilising the following sections:
1. Introduction: (approximately 70-100 words) Provide a brief background to the topic. introduce the subject and the key terms.
and outline how the essay will be structured (i.e. order of points).
2. Discussion: discuss how gender stereotyping influences the roles and professional identity of nurses or midwives. Ensure you develop a logical, sequential structure for your discussion.
3. End the assignment with a conclusion that provides a summary of the main points.
4. You must include the NMBA Codes and Standards.
5. Provide in-text and end-text references using correct APA 7 formatting.
CO1: Apply evidence-based nursing practice to address health priorities in all healthcare contexts.
CO2: Effectively communicate and collaborate within an interprofessional context, to sustain culturally safe. therapeutic and professional relationships.
CO3: Incorporate culturally safe and competent care within all aspects of professional practice when working collaboratively with patients, families and communities.
Professional standards:
Successful completion of this assignment will enable students to meet the following NMBA Registered Nurse Standards for Practice
- Thinks critically and analyses nursing practice
- Engages in therapeutic and professional relationships
- Maintains the capability for practice
- Provides safe, appropriate and responsive quality nursing practice
What you should include:
• Consider how traditional gender roles have shaped perceptions of nursing or midwifery as a predominantly female profession and the challenges male nurses or midwives might face (review the content from Weeks 2-3).
• Analyse the implications of these stereotypes for both male and female nurses or midwives in terms of career progression, job satisfaction, and person-centred care.
• Support your arguments with relevant evidence from the literature and provide examples to illustrate your points.
• Ensure your essay includes two of the provided journal articles and the NMBA Code of Conduct and Standards of Practice, referenced in APA 7th edition format.