Winter Course Work 2007

Semester I Course Work

Academic Year 2015- 2016
NMHS 20420
Patient Safety, Microbiology and Infection Control
Patient Safety Assignment
Module Co-ordinator: Dr Breeda Howley*
External Examiner: Professor Lesley Beagrie
Requirements for Submission

1 hard copy of assignment and 1 electronic copy of the assignment via

the safe assignment facility in Blackboard.
Word Limit: 1,000 words
Submission Date: 24th October 2015
Submission Instructions:
Hard Copy: Submit to the undergraduate assignment post-box which is located

outside the administration Office (B1.06), in the UCD School of Nursing,

Midwifery and Health Systems, Health Science Block (note: do not use plastic
covers of any type, just staple material and include a School Cover page with
a signed plagiarism declaration)
Electronic Copy: Submit via Safe Assignment in Blackboard (note: for this
version do not submit title page or reference list)
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This essay/assignment must comply with the UCD School of Nursing,

Midwifery and Health Systems Policy on Plagiarism and Referencing
Guidelines. Please ensure you read both documents before submission. This
essay/assignment must be accompanied by the appropriate signed and dated
Assignment Submission Form

Assignment Details

Please answer the following:

Select a Patient Safety problem of interest to you and indicate the extent
of the problem and some approaches that are utilised to address it. Use
relevant literature to support your argument
Guidance to students:
The purpose of the essay is to facilitate the student to gain ownership of and a
critically analyse of how an identified clinical problem can be viewed as a
patient safety issue which may result in poor clinical outcomes for clients. The
student is also required to critically appraise the selected patient safety
approaches to address the clinical issue.
It is important that relevant up to date literature, preferably from peer
reviewed journal articles, is used to substantiate the discussion. (Do not
use web sites such as Wikipedia)

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Assignment guidelines
The assignment must comply with the UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery &
Health Systems academic writing guidelines. These guidelines can be
accessed from the UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems
website at http://www.ucd.ie/nmhs/undergraduate/STUDENT
%20WRITINGGuidelines2006.pdf
The Harvard Referencing System must be used as outlined in the UCD
School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems academic writing guidelines.
See http://www.ucd.ie/nmhs/undergraduate/STUDENT
%20WRITINGGuidelines2006.pdf
A minimum of 10 references should be included in the assignment.
The maximum word limit for this assignment is 1000 words (excluding
references). Please review the guidelines relating to word limit as outlined in
the UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems academic writing
guidelines. See http://www.ucd.ie/nmhs/undergraduate/STUDENT
%20WRITINGGuidelines2006.pdf
You are advised to read the Universities briefing for students on Academic
Integrity and Plagiarism and the UCD plagiarism statement, plagiarism policy
and procedures. See http://www.ucd.ie/registrar/
A signed copy of the assessment submission form must accompany the
assignment. This form can be downloaded from the UCD School of Nursing,
Midwifery and Health Systems web site or from
http://www.ucd.ie/nmhs/undergraduate/assessmentsubmissionsheetmodular.p
df
There are penalties for the late submission of course work. For further
information please read the UCD policy on late submission of course work
http://www.ucd.ie/registrar/.

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