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Term Paper Nursing 201 Rubric Nurse Theorist Writing Assignment Grading Rubric Name- Final Grade- Rubric Code: P9X864 By charlenesweb Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Nursing Type: Writing Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Criterion 30 % Clinical Narrative
	Poor 20 20 pts	Good 25 25 pts	Excellent 30 30 pts	Possible Score 30 (N/A)
Clinical Narrative (Content) 30 % -Context of the clinical situation (time of day, staff resources, etc.).<BR> -A DETAILED description of what happened.<BR> -Why the clinical situation is important to you<BR> -What were your concerns at the time?<BR> -What were you thinking as the situation was taking place?<BR> -What were you thinking before and after the situation?<BR> -As a nursing student, what did you find most demanding?	Poor - Content is incomplete. - Major required topics are lacking or not all included or poorly discussed.	Good - Content is mostly complete - Major points are addressed, but not well discussed.	Excellent - Content is complete - Major points are fully discussed - Purpose of the writing is clear.	Possible Score Your Score
Criterion 10 % Clinical Question
	Poor 0 0 pts	Good 5 5 pts	Excellent 10 10 pts	Possible Score 10 (N/A)
Clinical Question 10 % Identify a nursing question from the narrative and the importance to maternal/child health nursing practice. Must be stated in question form (i.e.- 'What are the benefits of a breast-feeding support group for first-time mothers?,' or, 'What type nursing interventions are most effective when communicating with hospitalized adolescents?'	Poor Clinical question and its importance to maternal/child health nursing practice not identified.	Good Clinical question and its importance to maternal/child health nursing practice is identified but not stated in question form.	Excellent Clinical question and its importance to maternal/child health nursing practice is identified and clearly stated in question form.	Possible Score Your Score
Criterion 5 % Sharing and Discussion
	Poor 1 1 pts	Good 3 3 pts	Excellent 5 5 pts	Possible Score 5 (N/A)
Sharing and Discussion 5 % Clinical Narrative shared and discussed with clinical group.	Poor Present for discussion.	Good Discussion of clinical narrative shared with clinical group.	Excellent A thoughtful, informative, well-prepared, discussion of clinical narrative shared with clinical group. Encourages questions and involvement of peers.	Possible Score Your Score
Criterion 30 % The Evidence Search
	Poor 20 pts	Good 25 pts	Excellent 30 pts	Possible Score 30 pts
The Evidence Search 30 % Explore NURSING literature. Included must be (3) relevant articles from professional, current (not >5 years old), peer-reviewed sources -Investigate 'Best Practice' guidelines. This must be done, even if the topic is not in the guidelines -Investigate databases and note search terms -Use a formal style of writing to answer your clinical question in a well-organized, and concise format (3rd person) -Cite sources throughout to support statements. Use of direct quotes	Poor Less than (3) relevant articles from professional, not current (more than 5 years old), non-peer-reviewed sources -'Best Practice' guidelines not discussed -Evidence-based databases and search terms not discussed. -Did not use a formal style of writing to answer the clinical question in a thorough, well-organized, and concise format -Sources not cited to support statements. Over use (more than 2) of direct quotes -Poor sentence structure, grammar,> thre	Good (3) relevant articles from professional, current peer-reviewed sources not included. -'Best Practice' guidelines minimally discussed -Evidence-based databases and search terms minimally discussed - Limited use of a formal style of writing to answer the clinical question in a thorough, well-organized, and concise format -Sources occasionally cited to support statements -Frequent use of direct quotes (1+) -Several errors in sentence structure, grammar, and/or	Excellent Fully explored NURSING literature. Included (3) relevant articles from professional, current peer-reviewed sources -Investigated 'Best Practice' guidelines. -Investigated and fully discussed evidence-based databases and noted search terms -Used a formal style of writing to answer the clinical question in a thorough, well-organized, and concise format (3rd person) -Cited sources properly throughout paper -Proper sentence structure, grammar, and spelling throughou	Possible Score Your Score
The Evidence Search (con't) 0 % -Cite sources throughout paper to support your statements. **Remember when a reader can ask 'who said?,' a citation is necessary.** Use direct quotes ONLY when necessary.-	Poor	Good	Excellent	Possible Score
Mechanics/APA 10 % Punctuation, & Spelling<BR> APA 6th Edition Formatting, References
	Poor 1 pts	Good 2 pts	Excellent 3.3 pts	Possible Score 10 (N/A)
Grammar, Punctuation, & Spelling 3.3 % Proper sentence structure, grammar, spelling, punctuation	Poor - Paper contains more than 5 grammatical, punctuation, mechanical and/or spelling errors. -Run-on sentences -Unclear. Confusing to the reader.	Good - Paper contains several (3-5) grammatical, punctuation, mechanical and/or spelling errors. -'Flowery and 'fluffy' language distracts from conciseness required in academic writing.	Excellent - Paper contains less than 1-2 grammatical, punctuation, mechanical, and/or spelling errors. - Language is clear and concise.	Possible Score Your Score
APA 6th Edition Formatting 3.3 %	Poor - Paper lacks many elements of correct APA 6th edition formattting such as proper in-text citations, running head, title page, references, page numbers.	Good - Paper follows most APA 6th edition guidelines. -Formatting is mostly accurate with most required components.	Excellent - Paper follows APA 6th edition designated guidelines with all required components.	Possible Score Your Score
References 3.3 % Professional references, including at least three professional journal articles are included in the reference list.	Poor -Three journal (nursing) articles are not included and/or the references are from unprofessional sources.	Good -There are less than 3 current peer-reviewed journal articles (nursing)among the references.	Excellent -The references are peer-reviewed and include at least three current, professional nursing journal articles.	Possible Score Your Score
Refelection/Evaluation 10 %	Poor Fails to reflect on the literature or how the literature search facilitated understanding of the clinical situation. No examples provided.	Good Weakly reflects on the literature and how the literature search facilitated understanding of the clinical situation. One to two examples provided.	Excellent Comprehensively reflects on the literature and how the literature search facilitated understanding of the clinical situation. At least three examples provided.	Possible Score Your Score
Group Sharing of Paper 5 %	Poor Does not participate.	Good Does not question peers, clearly unprepared to present material.	Excellent Actively participates. Asks questions of peers. Clearly prepared to present material.	Possible Score Your Score

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