FACULTY OF NURSING AND PUBLIC HEALTH

Assignment for Universal Value and

Professional Ethics in Nursing
Assignment Format
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8/1/2018

This is a guideline for written assignment as well as a guide for self-appraisal and self-correction guide.
 Written AssignmentUHV
Introduction
Apart from clinical care, health care is all about fulfilling people’s feelings and
expectation. In this mechanized and information overloaded world, health workers
sometime may overlook the need of feelings and replace it with machine like precision
clinical care without feelings. This assignment will make student realize the value of
human-to-human relationship and its ability to heal the body and mind of patients
suffering from physical illness
Activity
Talk to patients with terminal illness in palliative care ward about illness, purpose of life
or the meaninglessness of life, what is/are the best thing and worst thing they did and
how would they live if given a second chance.
OR
Talk to a patient with chronic illness (NCD or others) about illness, purpose of life or the
meaninglessness of life what is/are the best thing and worst thing they did, cause of their
illnessand how would they live if given a second chance.
Based on the patient’s account analyze their thoughts and feelings from the perspective of
natural acceptance, sensation and preconditioning and relate with health and disease and
the principle of life and living (right understanding, relationship (right feeling) and
physical facility). How important are these while we are living and how important is it
towards the probable end of life.
Requirement
This assignment requires clinical posting and interaction with the patients. During your
clinical posting you will be provided a self-assessment form to work on yourself. It was
provide as a guide for assessing yourself and when you have self-doubt use the self-
assessment form to check where you are stuck. Lecturer will use the same assessment
form during clinical posting and towards the end of your module to assess your
transformation and you will be rated accordingly. Your written assignment will be graded
using the following guideline.

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Grading outline
Introduction (15)– how you have developed relationship with the patient (process of
getting to know the patient) and the patient’s story (using the nursing assessment format
to write the patient’s bio-data)
Content (20) – level of analysis – how well have you understood what the patient is going
through? What are the origins of the patient’s feeling? How well have you related to the
basic human aspiration. Use quotes from patient’s to emphasize patient’s feeling
Conclusion (20) – conclude your analysis followed by introspection – what have you
learned, what is the purpose of your existence? How would you relate your purpose of
existence to achieve the basic aspiration?
Total – 55

Caution
- Be cautious of people’s feeling
- Before talking about your assignment get to know your patients
- Get permission from your patient and inform them about confidentiality
- Do not take notes while talking to them but remember to note your conversation
immediately afterwards
- Provide necessary/basic nursing care to your patient
- Perform your activities with justice (recognizing nine feeling and by fulfilling
them)

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Self-assessment tool / Observationtool for student in terms of transformation (nine
feelings [values])(45 marks)
Values What it means Marks (5)
Trust Intention and competence – do not play blame game, do
not make decision on hear say, ask questions to clarify
doubts and not assume things
Respect Do not make judgment on others, treat everyone with the
same level of feelings, do not make complains on others
negatively, takes activities with responsibility and
commitment
Affection Has feeling of relatedness with others, will think about
community before putting his/her self interest, show
interest in other as he/she wants to be shown interest in
themselves,
Care Take care of others as well as the physical facilities around
us that would make our work easier for mutual prosperity
Guidance Taking responsibility to guide others (classmates and
others) in all works
Reverence Appreciates the achievement of others, encourage others
for excellence
Glory Appreciate the wisdom of people who have achieved
excellence.
Gratitude Have a feeling of acceptance and appreciation towards all
who have contributed to self-achievement, people, nature
and environment
Love Displayed all the above characters at all time and all
situations

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