NRS 493 Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal

Role of Technology in Improving Health Care Outcomes (C4.1)

Information on the role of technology in improving health care outcomes is not present.

Information on the role of technology in improving health care outcomes is present, but it is incomplete or otherwise lacking in required detail.

Information on the role of technology in improving health care outcomes is present. Some minor details or elements are missing, but the omissions do not impede understanding.

Information on the role of technology in improving health care outcomes is present and complete. The submission provides the basic information required.

Information on the role of technology in improving health care outcomes is present, complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.

Population Health Concerns

Information regarding population health concerns is not present.

Information regarding population health concerns is present, but it is incomplete or otherwise lacking in required detail.

Information regarding population health concerns is present. Some minor details or elements are missing, but the omissions do not impede understanding.

Information regarding population health concerns is present and complete. The submission provides the basic information required.

Information regarding population health concerns is present, complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.

Preservation of Integrity of Human Dignity in the Care of All Patients (C5.4)

Information regarding the preservation of integrity and human dignity in the care of all patients is not present.

Information regarding the preservation of integrity and human dignity in the care of all patients is present, but it is incomplete or otherwise lacking in required detail.

Information regarding the preservation of integrity and human dignity in the care of all patients is present. Some minor details or elements are missing, but the omissions do not impede understanding.

Information regarding the preservation of integrity and human dignity in the care of all patients is present and complete. The submission provides the basic information required.

Information regarding the preservation of integrity and human dignity in the care of all patients is present and complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.

Practice of Culturally Sensitive Care (C5.3)

Information regarding the practice of culturally sensitive care is not present.

Information regarding the practice of culturally sensitive care is present, but it is incomplete or otherwise lacking in required detail.

Information regarding the practice of culturally sensitive care is present. Some minor details or elements are missing, but the omissions do not impede understanding.

Information regarding the practice of culturally sensitive care is present and complete. The submission provides the basic information required.

Information regarding the practice of culturally sensitive care is present and complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.

Outline of Overall Personal Discovery

Outline of what student discovered about professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses that surfaced, additional resources and abilities that could be introduced to a given situation to influence optimal outcomes, and how the student met the competencies aligned to this course is not present

Outline of what student discovered about professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses that surfaced, additional resources and abilities that could be introduced to a given situation to influence optimal outcomes, and how the student met the competencies aligned to this course is present, but it is incomplete or otherwise lacking in required detail.

Outline of what student discovered about professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses that surfaced, additional resources and abilities that could be introduced to a given situation to influence optimal outcomes, and how the student met the competencies aligned to this course is present. Some minor details or elements are missing, but the omissions do not impede understanding.

Outline of what student discovered about professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses that surfaced, additional resources and abilities that could be introduced to a given situation to influence optimal outcomes, and how the student met the competencies aligned to this course is present and complete. The submission provides the basic information required.

Outline of what student discovered about professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses that surfaced, additional resources and abilities that could be introduced to a given situation to influence optimal outcomes, and how the student met the competencies aligned to this course is present and complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.

Interprofessional Collaboration (C4.3)

Interprofessional collaboration information is not present.

Interprofessional collaboration information is present, but it is incomplete or otherwise lacking in required detail.

Interprofessional collaboration information is present. Some minor details or elements are missing, but the omissions do not impede understanding.

Interprofessional collaboration information is present and complete. The submission provides the basic information required.

Interprofessional collaboration information is present, complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.

Health Policy

Health policy information is not present.

Health policy information is present, but it is incomplete or otherwise lacking in required detail.

Health policy information is present. Some minor details or elements are missing, but the omissions do not impede understanding.

Health policy information is present and complete. The submission provides the basic information required.

Health policy information is present, complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.

Health Care Delivery and Clinical Systems

Health care delivery and clinical systems information is not present.

Health care delivery and clinical systems information is present, but it is incomplete or otherwise lacking in required detail.

Health care delivery and clinical systems information is present. Some minor details or elements are missing, but the omissions do not impede understanding.

Health care delivery and clinical systems information is present and complete. The submission provides the basic information required.

Health care delivery and clinical systems information is present, complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.

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

Surface errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning. Inappropriate word choice or sentence construction is used.

Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader. Inconsistencies in language choice (register), sentence structure, or word choice are present.

Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but they are not overly distracting to the reader. Correct sentence structure and audience-appropriate language are used.

Prose is largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present. A variety of sentence structures and effective figures of speech are used.

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

Ethical Considerations In Health Care (C2.3)

Information regarding ethical considerations in health care is not present.

Information regarding ethical considerations in health care is present, but it is incomplete or otherwise lacking in required detail.

Information regarding ethical considerations in health care is present. Some minor details or elements are missing, but the omissions do not impede understanding.

Information regarding ethical considerations in health care is present and complete. The submission provides the basic information required.

Information regarding ethical considerations in health care is present, complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.

New Practice Approaches

New practice approaches are not present.

New practice approaches are present, but they are incomplete or otherwise lacking in required detail.

New practice approaches are present. Some minor details or elements are missing, but the omissions do not impede understanding.

New practice approaches are present and complete. The submission provides the basic information required.

New practice approaches are present, complete, and incorporate additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.

Health Disparities

Information on health disparities is not present.

Information on health disparities is present, but it is incomplete or otherwise lacking in required detail.

Information on health disparities is present Some minor details or elements are missing, but the omissions do not impede understanding.

Information on health disparities is present and complete. The submission provides the basic information required.

Information on health disparities is present, complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.

Leadership and Economic Models

Information on leadership and economic models is not present.

Information on leadership and economic models is present, but it is incomplete or otherwise lacking in required detail.

Information on leadership and economic models is present. Some minor details or elements are missing, but the omissions do not impede understanding.

Information on leadership and economic models is present and complete. The submission provides the basic information required.

Information on leadership and economic models is present, complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.

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.