Discuss critically the professional responsibilities of the Registered Nurse (as guided by the Registered Nurse standards for practice 2016) in regard to elder abuse.
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Student instructions for assessment task
To be successful with this assessment task, you are strongly advised to;
? Access the Registered Nurse standards for practice 2016 [https://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/News/2016-02-01-revised- standards.aspx]
? Within the Registered Nurse standards for practice 2016, identify specific standards and use these to guide your literature search in regard to elder abuse.
? Access relevant contemporary literature to support your responses.
? Analyse the relevant literature to identify the RN’s responsibility in regard to elder
abuse AND consider how well the ‘Registered Nurse standards for practice 2016’
guide the actions of Registered Nurses in cases of elder abuse.
? The discussion presented should demonstrate knowledge of the nurse’s
responsibility in regard to elder abuse and present an argument of the strengths AND limitations of the ‘Registered Nurse standards for practice 2016’ in guiding the professional responsibilities of the nurse in regard to elder abuse.
? References should mainly include refereed journal articles and ideally be no more than eight years old. Older references can be cited if they are classic or relevant to the argument presented. The suggested readings in the unit are a good place to start. References to google websites and/or Wikipedia are not appropriate for this assessment task.
Presentation:
Front page: to include student name and number, Assignment title and word count.
Adhere to word limit requirements (within 10%). The word count does not include headings, references page, reference citations and direct quotes.
A reference list should be provided on a separate page headed ‘References’ at the end of the assignment.
Appendices (if applicable) are attached after the reference list page
Table of contents: Do not include a table of contents unless instructed to do so Headings to be used in assignments of >3,000 words
Specific presentation requirements as per APA style guide. (2012). Retrieved from https://www.apastyle.org
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