NRSE 4550 RUBRIC: M5 A10 WA: APPLYING NURSING RESEARCH TO PRACTICE (40 pts)

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Criteria

Levels of Achievement Accomplished Needs Improvement Not Acceptable

Introduction 7 to 7 Points x Clearly states the purpose of the

paper. x Provides a comprehensive overview

of topic or questions. x Engages the reader. x Organized and has easy follow.

2 to 6 Points x Overview is provided, but key

points/ideas are missing. x Purpose statement is not clear. x Does not engage the reader. x Somewhat disorganized but

still comprehensible

0 to 1 Points x Does not provide an

overview of the paper or is absent.

x No purpose statement.

Body

Key Requirement 1: Identifies a best new practice to implement

5 to 5 Points x Student clearly identifies a new best

practice for his or her workplace x Provides explanation and examples

as to why this practice was chosen.

3 to 4 Points x Student identifies a new best

practice for his or her workplace

x Does not provide explanation or examples as to why this practice was chosen.

0 to 2 Points x Does not provide a new best

practice for his or her workplace.

Key Requirement 2: Describes the steps to implementing the best new practice (from your workplace)

7 to 7 Points x Clearly describes the steps to

implementing this change. x Shows that research has been done

on how to implement this change in the workplace.

3 to 6 Points x Partially describes the steps to

implementing this change, but misses steps or has omissions.

0 to 2 Points x The steps to implementing

an evidence based new best practice in the workplace are not addressed.

Key Requirement 3: Supports the implementation of this best new practice through the literature

8 to 8 Points x Student thoroughly supports the

implementation of the new best practice with current research articles.

3 to 7 Points x An overview on why

implementing this new best practice is provided, but it is not thoroughly supported by the literature.

0 to 2 Points x Student does not support

the implementation of the new best practice with current research articles.

Conclusion 7 to 7 Points x Summarizes paper and reflects on

what the reader has learned from the paper.

x Demonstrates persuasive thought and is well organized.

2 to 6 Points x Merely summarizes the

introduction or contains new ideas not present in the paper contents.

x Somewhat disorganized but still comprehensible

0 to 1 Points x Simply restates the

introduction or is absent. x Disorganized to the point of

distraction.

NRSE 4550 RUBRIC: M5 A10 WA: APPLYING NURSING RESEARCH TO PRACTICE (40 pts)

Last updated: 06/07/2017 © 2017 School of Nursing – Ohio University Page 2 of 2

Criteria

Levels of Achievement Accomplished Needs Improvement Not Acceptable

Stylistics 6 to 6 Points x APA Citations are appropriate. x Formatted correctly. x Reference page is complete and

correctly formatted. x At least 4 references provided: Two

(2) references from required course materials and two (2) peer-reviewed references. *References not older than five years.

x More than 600 words excluding title and reference pages.

3 to 5 Points x APA Citations are appropriate

and formatted correctly. x Reference page is formatted

correctly. x References are not professional

or is not formatted correctly. x Missing 1 professional

reference. x At least 600 words or more

excluding title and reference pages.

0 to 2 Points x No citations are used or

citations are made but not formatted correctly

x Reference page is missing. x Less than 600 words

excluding title and reference pages.

Peer-reviewed references include professional journals (i.e. Nursing Education Perspectives, Journal of Professional Nursing, etc. –), professional organizations (NLN, CDC, AACN, ADA, etc.) applicable to population and practice area, along with clinical practice guidelines (CPGs – National Guideline Clearinghouse). References not acceptable (not inclusive) are UpToDate, Epocrates, Medscape, WebMD, hospital organizations, insurance recommendations, & secondary clinical databases. *All references must be no older than five years (unless making a specific point using a seminal piece of information) Note: You will have three (3) attempts to submit a written assignment, only the final attempt will be graded. For each attempt you will receive a SafeAssign originality report. This will give you a chance to correct the assignment based on the SafeAssign score. Click here to view instructions on how to interpret SafeAssign originality report.