Subject Code & Title :- NSG2201 / NSG2204 Case Study Report Written
Assignment type :- Assessment 3 Case Study Report
A case study report requires students to analyse a case in order to address specific aspects of the case through responses to focused questions that are relevant to a unit of study 1
This assessment is relevant to two subjects and is divided into two parts:
• NSG2204 Professional Studies 4: Indigenous Culture and Health (Part A), and
• NSG2201 Nursing 4: Nursing Care B (Part B)
NSG2201 / NSG2204 Case Study Report Written Assessment
Instructions for completing the Case Study Report
You are required to carefully read through the Case Study attached to complete Part A and Part B questions
relating to the case study and relevant to each unit of study.
Part A must be submitted with its own coversheet and reference list for NSG2204
Part B must be submitted with its own coversheet and reference list for NSG2201.
Each Part is then individually assessed by the relevant subject coordinators.
NSG2201 / NSG2204 Case Study Report Written Assessment
Part A for NSG2204
• Weighting = 40%
• Word limit = 1500 words
Part B for NSG2201
• Weighting = 35%
• Word limit = 1500 words
NOTE:
If you are studying one subject only, you will only be required to submit the part of the case study report that relates to that one subject. For example for NSG2204 you only complete Part A. For NSG2201 you only complete Part B
NSG2201 / NSG2204 Case Study Report Written Assessment
BACKGROUND HISTORY
Arnhem land is an area of approximately 100,000 square kms in the north-eastern corner of the Northern
Territory (NT) in Australia. It is home to the Yolngu people the Indigenous custodians of the land who have
lived there for at least 40,000 years and continue to engage in many traditional cultural practices2,3.
However the health of the Yolngu and other Aboriginal people in this region is generally poor with people
experiencing a high burden of preventable lifestyle diseases that are clearly linked to poverty poor infrastructure and disadvantage4,5
Babies from this region are often born under weight children are at risk of infectious diseases pneumonia otitis media skin diseases such as scabies and Rheumatic Heart Disease and adults are at risk of chronic conditions such as diabetes and cardiac disease 6,7