HNU300 Summative Assignment 2 Guide

HNU300 Summative Assignment 2

‘Factors impacting on the delivery of aligned care.’

Submission
The Submission deadline for this assignment is 13:00hrs on the Monday 30th October
(before 1PM UK time).
Submission is in CANVAS (Via Turnitin) as a word document.

Word Count
This assignment is a 2,000-word report. Try not to exceed 2,000 words, but if you absolutely
must, do not go over 2,200 words, as even one word over this will invoke the Word Count
Allowance Policy and grade marks will be deducted. This policy can be found in the
Assignment section in Canvas.

Marks towards passing the module.

This Assignment is worth 60% of the overall marks for the Module, BUT you must pass this
and Summative Assignment 1 (both summative assessments) to pass the Module.
NB: you must attain at least 40% on each summative assignment.

Learning Outcomes
As well as being marked against the Marking Criteria grid, you must meet Learning
Outcomes
all six of the Module Learning Outcomes to pass the assignment:

1. Critically analyse theories of management in healthcare practice relevant to the

student’s healthcare setting.
2. Critically evaluate the principles of leadership and decision-making relevant to an
area of practice.
3. Explore the current policy changes in health and social care and their implications
for healthcare practice.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of the issues concerning budgets and their
influence on healthcare practice.
5. Evaluate the principles of teamwork and the impact in organising and delivering
care to include risk management, resources and human factors.
6. Critically evaluate emotional motivation associated with the foundations of
Emotional Intelligence and resilience within care delivery.

Formatting.

• 1.5-line spacing; except your Reference List which should be single spaced.
• Font: Arial, Size 11.
• Left alignment of main text
• No indentation of paragraphs or of the reference list
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• Reference list should be formatted with single line spaces.

Structure
Your work should be set out in a report format and therefore headings and subheadings are
appropriate.

Page One: The Title Page

This is your Title Page and must include the following:

• Your Student Name

• Your Student Number
• The Module Code/Title
• The Module Lead (Irma Kock)
• Actual word count (this excludes the reference list)

Page Two: The Originality Statement

The second page is your Originality statement and must include a declaration from you that
the submitted assessment is your own work.

An example of this is:

I declare that this is my own original work, and it has not been submitted for another
assignment or published by anyone else.
Signed:
Dated:

NB. Page 1 & 2 templates can be found on the Announcement Page.

Page Three: The Summary

Your Report should begin with a Summary, and this should be the only thing on page three.

Your summary should:

• Be titled Summary Report.
• Should be approximately 200 words long.
• Be 1.5 line spaced and Arial 11 font as outlined in the Assignment Brief (the same as
the rest of your report to help your marker read and annotate your work).
• Written after you have finished writing your report!

Page Four: The Report

Your assignment is a 2,000-word report identifying and discussing factors which impact on
the delivery of aligned care.
So, it is a report identifying and discussing the factors (leadership, management, and
governance) which impact on the delivery of collaborative and integrated nursing care.
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Ideally your report will be focused on a particular area of care or organisation (e.g.
chronic illness, community care, acute care, elderly care, primary care, secondary care etc)
as this will be an area you are more familiar with.
You might want to consider aspects such as leadership, management, teamwork, emotional
intelligence, resilience, motivation and budgeting and others! See Discussion 7:4 too.
The assignment assesses your knowledge and understanding of leadership and
management in nursing, as well as your critical thinking and critical writing skills.

You must use your critical thinking and writing skills, and a variety of sources (journal
articles, books etc) to identify and discuss factors impacting on the delivery of aligned care.

Although this is a report rather than an essay, it should still be set out in a standard
academic essay format (written in paragraphs and include an introduction, main body of
work, and a conclusion).

Aim to include discussion relating to each of the Learning Objectives (see page one of this
guide).

The introduction: starts at the top of page 4 and should:

• Be aligned to the left / 1.5 line spacing / Arial 11 font.
• Introduce your report and the topic you are reporting on.
• Include the importance/significance of the subject area. In other words, tell your
reader why are you writing it?
• Briefly explain what you will be discussing in the main body.
• State the academic and critiquing skills and format you will be using.
• Should be about 200 words long.

Tip: A nice academic device to “grab” your reader and clarify your understanding of your
core topic might be to include a definition of “aligned care”. This should be from a reputable
source (not Google / Wikipedia / general dictionary etc.) and be cited and referenced in
correct Harvard format.

The Main Discussion:

This should follow your Introduction and should provide the reader with an overview of
your topic and the discuss the topic and themes.

It should have three key sections: 1) Literature Review, 2) Findings, and 3) Discussion.
Use these as your three key headings in your main body of work.

• Continue to be aligned to the left / 1.5 line spacing / Arial 11 font.

• Present main aspects and arguments in a structured manner.
• Use a new paragraph to introduce and discuss different concepts/points.
• Demonstrate your skills in searching, citing and critically analysing relevant
literature.
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• Demonstrate your academic writing skills.

• Include critical analysis of the literature.
• Use in-text citations correctly and make sure your reference list is accurate.

The Literature Review

For this section you need to review, outline and evaluate the current literature, research
and theories relating to your topic.

Findings
This section will need to cover the following points:
• What your research has found.
• What problems there were?
• Was there anything positive?
• Were there any examples of good practice?

Discussion:
In this section you will need to:
• Critically evaluate your findings.
• Make interpretations and judgements.
• Link them to theory, research, and clinical practice.

Conclusion:
• Summarise your content and findings.
• Include any recommendations you may have.
• Do not include any new facts/information/discussion.
• Keep it short and concise.

Reference List:
• Start your Reference List at the top of the page following your assignment.
• All references must be in Harvard format.
• Must be presented in alphabetical order.
• No use of “et al”
• Single line spacing (but with a space between each reference).
• Your Reference List needs to be accurate.
• There should be a reference for all in-text citations (and vice versa).
• Does not count in your word count.
• Use Cite them Rite and UoS Library for support.

Appendices
Appendices are there to allow the reader to see extra information, but it is not part of your
assignment and won’t be marked.
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Final Points - tips and hints

• Use the complete word allowance. There is a 10% allowance over the 2000
words (so 2200 words maximum).
• Write in the Third person (so not I, me, our which is the first person).
• Check your work for spelling and grammar errors. You are marked on these as well
as on the structure and content of your essay.
• Any literature you use should be carefully cited and referenced using the Harvard
method (use Cite them Right for guidance).
• When completing your assignment please check your work against the marking
criteria grid too as these are what your work will be marked against.
• Remember CONFIDENTIALITY! NO names, hospitals, Trusts etc are to be used.
• Use Word and have it set to UK English!

Try to follow all of this guidance as this will help you craft a successful report but also keep
your marker happy and everyone wants a happy marker!!

Laura and Sandie