Discuss challenges with nursing skill mix in contemporary healthcare and how this can impact on patient care.

Description • This assignment is all about the process of researching a topic and being able to articulate your findings in a comprehensive and logical sequence. • Make sure you use approved abbreviations and write in the third person. • Your report should facilitate peer learning: use an appropriate language level suitable for RNs, not mums and dads! Ensure that content is relevant to nursing practice, i.e. sufficient depth of information but not too detailed • Support your discussion with relevant and recent literature and websites. Use peer-reviewed articles, evidence based research and best practice guidelines (Australian and international if relevant, e.g. WHO). Do not use public access medical websites designed for non-health professionals, eg. eMedicine, MayoClinic, BetterHealthChannel, GPNotes,etc. This assignment requires a minimum of 10 references with at least 5 of these being academic journal articles. The references should be no older than 5 years. However, some material related to this topic is older so references up to 10 years can be used as long as the information has not been superseded. All references need to be from reputable sources. Do not use lecture notes as references. • Read the marking criteria of the rubric; it is a good guide for how much emphasis needs to be placed on each section. • You will need to include title page and table of contents – Please refer to the school of nursing and midwifery guide for presentation. Your paragraphs need to be logical and clearly formed. Do not use dot points or direct quotations for this assignment. 1. Introduction A good introduction is interesting and tells the reader: • what the essay is all about- provide definitions and references • A little bit about why this is important • Outlines for the reader what you will be discussing in the rest of the essay. 2. Body Using logical well-formed paragraphs discuss the following: • What is a nursing skill mix? • How has nursing shortages impacted on skill mix? • Consider the best ratio of RN’S to other levels of healthcare workers. • Discuss the impact of AIN’s – assistants in nursing on skill mix • Consider how issues with skill mix can impact on nurses • Consider how skill mix impacts on patient healthcare outcomes and the care we provide Please note your paragraphs need to link and flow well to formulate a good well rounded discussion. 3. Conclusion A ‘good’ conclusion should summarise all the points raised within the discussion. Please note there should be NO references within your conclusion as no new information should be presented here. 4. Reference list This should include an alphabetical full end text reference list of all in-text references used. Please note that online referencing software systems are usually incorrect. You need to follow the APA style as per the ECU referencing guide. This can be downloaded from the library. This assignment requires a minimum of 10 references with at least 5 of these being academic journal articles. The references should be no older than 5 years. However, some material related to this topic is older so references up to 10 years can be used as long as the information has not been superseded. All references need to be from reputable