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Academic Reflective Essay 
The purpose of reflective writing is to provide an opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of the material that you have been reading, watching, and discussing via critical thinking and writing. This learning opportunity allows you to form connections and develop a deeper understanding of issues which you will have been exploring and the relationship of those issues with your professional nursing practice and patient care outcomes in general.
Rubric Code: EX7469W
By tcdowlin
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Subject: Nursing  
Type: Reflection  
Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Powered by iRubric Grading Criteria
  Good

100 pts

Fair

95 pts

"A" Essay

Good

An “A” essay will:
1. Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the chosen topic (e.g., the impact of a nurse’s leadership style on the safety and quality of patient care on an inpatient unit).
2. Use specific & convincing examples from the literature to support claims and make applicable connections between concepts.
3. Use precise and engaging language with varied sentence structure.
4. Demonstrate no errors in language, APA, or grammar.
Fair

An “A” essay will:
1. Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the chosen topic (e.g., the impact of a nurse’s leadership style on the safety and quality of patient care on an inpatient unit).
2. Use specific & convincing examples from the literature to support claims and make applicable connections between concepts.
3. Use precise and engaging language with varied sentence structure.
4. Demonstrate one error in language, APA, or grammar.
Grading Criteria
  Good

89 pts

Fair

83 pts

"B" Essay

Good

A “B” essay will:
1. Demonstrate a thoughtful understanding of the chosen topic.
2. Use relevant examples from the literature to support claims and make connections between concepts.
3. Use language fluently with varied sentence structure.
4. Demonstrate 2 errors in language, APA, or grammar.
Fair

A “B” essay will:
1. Demonstrate a thoughtful understanding of the chosen topic.
2. Use relevant examples from the literature to support claims and make connections between concepts.
3. Use language fluently with varied sentence structure.
4. Demonstrate 3 errors in language, APA, or grammar.
Grading Criteria
  Good

79 pts

Fair

73 pts

"C" Essay

Good

A “C” essay will:
1. Demonstrate a basic understanding of the chosen topic.
2. Use examples from assigned readings to support most claims and some connections between concepts.
3. Use basic, appropriate language with some attempt to vary sentence structure.
4. Demonstrate 4 or more errors in language, APA, and grammar that do not interfere with conveying the writer’s message.
Fair

A “C” essay will:
1. Demonstrate a basic understanding of the chosen topic.
2. Use examples from assigned readings to support most claims and some connections between concepts.
3. Use basic, appropriate language with some attempt to vary sentence structure.
4. Demonstrate 4 or more errors in language, APA, and grammar that do not interfere with conveying the writer’s message.
Grading Criteria
  Good

69 pts

Fair

63 pts

"D" Essay

Good

A “D” essay will:
1. Demonstrate a limited understanding of the chosen topic.
2. Use incomplete or vaguely developed example to partially support claims; no connections are made between concepts.
3. Use vague language with limited awareness of sentence how to vary sentence structure.
4. Demonstrate limited use of language with frequent errors that make conveying the writer’s message difficult.
Fair

A “D” essay will:
1. Demonstrate a limited understanding of the chosen topic.
2. Use incomplete or vaguely developed example to partially support claims; no connections are made between concepts.
3. Use vague language with limited awareness of sentence how to vary sentence structure.
4. Demonstrate limited use of language with frequent errors that make conveying the writer’s message difficult.
Grading Criteria
  Poor

59 pts

Poor

0 pts

"F" Essay

Poor

An “F” essay will:
1. Demonstrate little or no understanding of the chosen topic.
2. Use no examples; claims are unsupported and no connections are made between concepts.
3. Use language incorrectly with no awareness of sentence structure.
4. Demonstrate multiple errors that make conveying the writer’s message nearly impossible.
Poor

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