3807NRS: Nursing – Advanced Clinical Decision Making – Levett-Jones – Case Study – Essay Writing Assignment Help

Assignment Task: 3807NRS AIM:   The aim of this task is for you to apply the first seven stages of the clinical reasoning cycle (Levett-Jones et al., 2010) to review a clinical decision.  Familiarisation with the clinical reasoning cycle will support you to provide safe quality care as a Registered Nurse and will provide a foundation for the next essay in this course.  TASK INSTRUCTIONS: 3807NRS Write an essay that applies the first seven stages of the clinical reasoning cycle  (Levett-Jones et al., 2010) to a clinical decision that you have been involved with during a Bachelor of Nursing clinical placement. The clinical decision you select can be a decision that went well or one with a negative outcome. You only need to review and describe one example of a clinical decision.    Examples of clinical decisions may include (but are not limited to): 

• Responding to a change in the patient’s condition 
• Care planning considering the patient’s present health status 
• Reviewing planned patient interventions including medications 
• Outcome from effective or ineffective communication 
• Discharge planning 

In your essay you must: 

1. Provide a clear description of the clinical decision making process using the first seven of the eight stages of the clinical reasoning cycle (Levett-Jones, 2010). 
2. Use literature where relevant to support the key points you make to demonstrate evidence based practice.  

Additional information: 3807NRS

• Always refer to the Griffith Health Writing and Referencing Guide 
• Ensure that you use scholarly literature (digitised readings, research articles, relevant Government reports and text books) that has been published within the last 5 years. You are however allowed to use the Levett-Jones et al. (2010) reference as one of your references. 
•  Refer to the marking criteria when completing your assignment.  This will assist you in calculating the weightings of the sections for this assignment. 
• Provide a clear introduction, sound body and conclusion to your paper.  
• You may use headings to organise your work if you wish.  
• The use of first person can be utilised in your writing.  
• Use academic language and health specific terminology throughout.