NRS-451 Organizational Culture and Values GCU

Effective Strategies for Resolving Workplace Conflict and Encouraging Interprofessional Collaboration

Effective strategies for resolving workplace conflict and encouraging interprofessional collaboration are omitted.

Strategies for resolving workplace conflict and encouraging interprofessional collaboration are partially discussed. It is unclear how the proposed strategies would be effective; the proposed strategies are not relevant.

Strategies for resolving workplace conflict and encouraging interprofessional collaboration are generally discussed. The proposed strategies are relevant and would be generally effective for resolving workplace conflict and encouraging interprofessional collaboration. More evidence and rationale are needed.

Effective strategies for resolving workplace conflict and encouraging interprofessional collaboration is discussed. Some detail or rationale is needed for clarity or support.

Effective strategies for resolving workplace conflict and encouraging interprofessional collaboration is discussed. Strong support and rationale are provided to support each strategy.

Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use)

Slide errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning.

Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader.

Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but they are not overly distracting to the reader.

Slides are largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present.

Writer is clearly in control of standard, written, academic English.

Presentation of Content

The content lacks a clear point of view and logical sequence of information. Includes little persuasive information. Sequencing of ideas is unclear.

The content is vague in conveying a point of view and does not create a strong sense of purpose. Includes some persuasive information.

The presentation slides are generally competent, but ideas may show some inconsistency in organization or in their relationships to each other.

The content is written with a logical progression of ideas and supporting information exhibiting a unity, coherence, and cohesiveness. Includes persuasive information from reliable sources.

The content is written clearly and concisely. Ideas universally progress and relate to each other. The project includes motivating questions and advanced organizers. The project gives the audience a clear sense of the main idea.

Purpose of Organizational Mission, Vision, and Values

Purpose of organizational mission, vision, and values is omitted.

Purpose of organizational mission, vision, and values is partially summarized. There are omissions and inaccuracies.

Purpose of organizational mission, vision, and values is summarized. Some information is needed. There are minor inaccuracies.

Purpose of organizational mission, vision, and values is outlined. Some detail is needed for clarity or accuracy.

Purpose of organizational mission, vision, and values is accurate and clearly outlined.

Language Use and Audience Awareness (includes sentence construction, word choice, etc.)

Inappropriate word choice and lack of variety in language use are evident. Writer appears to be unaware of audience. Use of primer prose indicates writer either does not apply figures of speech or uses them inappropriately.

Some distracting inconsistencies in language choice (register) or word choice are present. The writer exhibits some lack of control in using figures of speech appropriately.

Language is appropriate to the targeted audience for the most part.

The writer is clearly aware of audience, uses a variety of appropriate vocabulary for the targeted audience, and uses figures of speech to communicate clearly.

The writer uses a variety of sentence constructions, figures of speech, and word choice in distinctive and creative ways that are appropriate to purpose, discipline, and scope.

Significance of Mission, Vision, and Values on Nurse Engagement and Patient Outcomes

Explanation of why organizational mission, vision, and values are significant to nurse engagement and patient outcomes is omitted.

An incomplete explanation of why organizational mission, vision, and values are significant to nurse engagement and patient outcomes is presented. There are omissions and inaccuracies. The significance is not established.

A summary of why organizational mission, vision, and values are significant to nurse engagement and patient outcomes is presented. More information is needed. There are minor inaccuracies. The significance is partially established.

An explanation of why organizational mission, vision, and values are significant to nurse engagement and patient outcomes is presented. Some rationale or information is needed for support. The significance is generally established.

A detailed explanation of why organizational mission, vision, and values are significant to nurse engagement and patient outcomes is presented. Sound rationale is provided for support. The significance is clearly established.

Documentation of Sources (citations, footnotes, references, bibliography, etc., as appropriate to assignment and style)

Sources are not documented.

Documentation of sources is inconsistent or incorrect, as appropriate to assignment and style, with numerous formatting errors.

Sources are documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, although some formatting errors may be present.

Sources are documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is mostly correct.

Sources are completely and correctly documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is free of error.

Influence of Organizational Needs and Culture of Health Care on Organizational Outcomes

How organizational needs and the culture of health care influence organizational outcomes is not discussed.

How organizational needs and the culture of health care influence organizational outcomes is partially presented. There are major omissions and inaccuracies.

How organizational needs and the culture of health care influence organizational outcomes is generally discussed. How these relate to health promotion and disease prevention from a community health perspective is summarized. The relationship among these is not clearly established. More information is needed. There are some inaccuracies.

How organizational needs and the culture of health care influence organizational outcomes is discussed. How these relate to health promotion and disease prevention from a community health perspective is described. The relationship among these is generally established. Some information or rationale is needed.

How organizational needs and the culture of health care influence organizational outcomes is clearly discussed. How these relate to health promotion and disease prevention from a community health perspective is described in detail. The relationship among these is established. Rationale and evidence is provided for support.

Factors Leading to Conflict in Professional Practice and Influence of Organizational Values and Culture in Addressing Conflict

Factors leading to conflict in a professional practice are omitted.

Factors leading to conflict in a professional practice are partially presented. A vague summary of how organizational values and culture influence the way conflict is addressed is presented. There are significant omissions.

A general explanation of factors leading to conflict in a professional practice is presented. A summary of how organizational values and culture influence the way conflict is addressed is presented. Some aspects are unclear. More information and rationale are needed.

An explanation of factors leading to conflict in a professional practice is presented. How organizational values and culture influence the way conflict is addressed is described. Some information or rationale is needed for support.

An explanation of factors leading to conflict in a professional practice is clearly presented. How organizational values and culture influence the way conflict is addressed is described in detail. Strong rationale and evidence are provided for support.

Layout

The layout is cluttered, confusing, and does not use spacing, headings, and subheadings to enhance the readability. The text is extremely difficult to read with long blocks of text, small point size for fonts, and inappropriate contrasting colors. Poor use of headings, subheadings, indentations, or bold formatting is evident.

The layout shows some structure, but appears cluttered and busy or distracting with large gaps of white space or a distracting background. Overall readability is difficult due to lengthy paragraphs, too many different fonts, dark or busy background, overuse of bold, or lack of appropriate indentations of text.

The layout uses horizontal and vertical white space appropriately. Sometimes the fonts are easy to read, but in a few places the use of fonts, italics, bold, long paragraphs, color, or busy background detracts and does not enhance readability.

The layout background and text complement each other and enable the content to be easily read. The fonts are easy to read and point size varies appropriately for headings and text.

The layout is visually pleasing and contributes to the overall message with appropriate use of headings, subheadings, and white space. Text is appropriate in length for the target audience and to the point. The background and colors enhance the readability of the text.

Demonstrates achievement of scholarly inquiry for professional and academic topics.

• Provides evidence of scholarly inquiry relevant to required TD topic(s).
• Presents specific information from scholarly sources to develop a comprehensive presentation of facts.
• Uses at least one outside scholarly reference that is relevant, less than 5 years old (use of older references requires instructor permission) and reliable for the required topic.*
• Uses in-text citation and full reference at end of posting when presenting another person’s thoughts as quotes or paraphrase of information.

• Provides evidence of scholarly inquiry relevant to required TD topic(s).
• Presents specific information from scholarly sources to develop a comprehensive presentation of facts.
• Uses at least one outside scholarly reference that is relevant, less than 5 years old (use of older references requires instructor permission) and reliable for the required topic.*
• Uses in-text citation and full reference at end of posting when presenting another person’s thoughts as quotes or paraphrase of information.

• Provides evidence of scholarly inquiry relevant to required TD topic(s).
• Presents specific information from scholarly sources to develop a comprehensive presentation of facts.
• Uses at least one outside scholarly reference that is relevant, less than 5 years old (use of older references requires instructor permission) and reliable for the required topic.*
• Uses in-text citation and full reference at end of posting when presenting another person’s thoughts as quotes or paraphrase of information.

Presentation of information is unsatisfactory in one of the following elements:

• Provides evidence of scholarly inquiry relevant to required TD topic(s).
• Presents specific information from scholarly sources to develop a comprehensive presentation of facts.
• Uses at least one outside scholarly reference that is relevant, less than 5 years old (use of older references requires instructor permission) and reliable for the required topic.*
• Uses in-text citation and full reference at end of posting when presenting another person’s thoughts as quotes or paraphrase of information.

Presentation of information is unsatisfactory in two of the following elements:

• Provides evidence of scholarly inquiry relevant to required TD topic(s).
• Presents specific information from scholarly sources to develop a comprehensive presentation of facts.
• Uses at least one outside scholarly reference that is relevant, less than 5 years old (use of older references requires instructor permission) and reliable for the required topic.*
• Uses in-text citation and full reference at end of posting when presenting another person’s thoughts as quotes or paraphrase of information.

• Provides evidence of scholarly inquiry relevant to required TD topic(s).
• Presents specific information from scholarly sources to develop a comprehensive presentation of facts.
• Uses at least one outside scholarly reference that is relevant, less than 5 years old (use of older references requires instructor permission) and reliable for the required topic.*
• Uses in-text citation and full reference at end of posting when presenting another person’s thoughts as quotes or paraphrase of information

Demonstrate the ability to analyze and apply principles, knowledge and information learned in the outside readings and relate them to real-life professional situations

• Applies principles, knowledge and information from scholarly resources to the required topic.
• Applies facts, principles or concepts learned from scholarly resources to a professional experience.
• Application of information is comprehensive and specific to the required topic.

• Applies principles, knowledge and information from scholarly resources to the required topic.
• Applies facts, principles or concepts learned from scholarly resources to a professional experience.
• Application of information is comprehensive and specific to the required topic.

• Applies principles, knowledge and information from scholarly resources to the required topic.
• Applies facts, principles or concepts learned from scholarly resources to a professional experience.
• Application of information is comprehensive and specific to the required topic.

• Applies principles, knowledge and information from scholarly resources to the required topic.
• Applies facts, principles or concepts learned from and scholarly resources to a professional experience.
• Application of information is comprehensive and specific to the required topic.

• Applies principles, knowledge and information from scholarly resources to the required topic.
• Applies facts, principles or concepts learned from scholarly resources to a professional experience.
• Application of information is comprehensive and specific to the required topic.

• Applies principles, knowledge and information and scholarly resources to the required topic.
• Applies facts, principles or concepts learned scholarly resources to a professional experience.
• Application of information is comprehensive and specific to the required topic.

Initial post should be a minimum of 300 words (references do not count toward word count)

The peer and instructor responses must be a minimum of 150 words each (references do not count toward word count)

Responses are substantive and relate to the topic.

• Initial post must be a minimum of 300 words.
• The peer and instructor responses must be a minimum of 150 words each.
• Responses are substantive
• Responses are related to the topic of discussion.

• Initial post must be a minimum of 300 words.
• The peer and instructor responses must be a minimum of 150 words each.
• Responses are substantive
• Responses are related to the topic of discussion.

• Initial post must be a minimum of 300 words.
• The peer and instructor responses must be a minimum of 150 words each.
• Responses are substantive
• Responses are related to the topic of discussion.

• Initial post must be a minimum of 300 words.
• The peer and instructor responses must be a minimum of 150 words each.
• Responses are substantive
• Responses are related to the topic of discussion.

Points deducted for improper grammar, syntax and APA style of writing.

The source of information is the APA Manual 6th Edition

Error is defined to be a unique APA error. Same type of error is only counted as one error.

• 0-3 errors in APA format

AND

• Responses have 0-3 grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors

AND

• Writing style is generally clear, focused on topic,and facilitates communication.

• 4-6 errors in APA format.

AND/OR

• Responses have 4-5 grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors

AND/OR

• Writing style is somewhat focused on topic.

• 7-9 errors in APA format.

AND/OR

• Responses have 6-7 grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors

AND/OR

• Writing style is slightly focused on topic making discussion difficult to understand.

The following was present:

• 10- 12 errors in APA format

AND/OR

• Responses have 8-9 grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors

AND/OR

• Writing style is not focused on topic, making discussion difficult to understand.

The following was present:

• 13 – 15 errors in APA format

AND/OR

• Responses have 8-10 grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors

AND/OR

• Writing style is not focused on topic, making discussion difficult to understand.

AND/OR

• The student continues to make repeated mistakes in any of the above areas after written correction by the instructor.

• 16 to greater errors in APA format.

AND/OR

• Responses have more than 10 grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.

AND/OR

• Writing style does not facilitate communication

Requirements

• Initial, peer, and faculty postings were made on 3 separate days

• Initial, peer, and faculty postings were made on 3 separate days

• The initial posting to the graded threaded discussion topic is posted within the course no later than Wednesday, 11:59 pm MT.

A minimum of one peer and one instructor responses are to be posted within the course no later than Sunday, 11:59 pm MT.

• The initial posting to the graded threaded discussion topic is posted within the course no later than Wednesday, 11:59 pm MT.

A minimum of one peer and one instructor responses are to be posted within the course no later than Sunday, 11:59 pm MT.