Applying nursing research to practice

NRSE 4550 RUBRIC: M5 A10 WA: APPLYING NURSING RESEARCH TO PRACTICE (40 pts) Criteria Introduction Key Requirement 1: Identifies a best new practice to implement Body Key Requirement 2: Describes the steps to implementing the best new practice (from your workplace) Key Requirement 3: Supports the implementation of this best new practice through the literature Conclusion Last updated: 06/07/2017 Accomplished 7 to 7 Points  Clearly states the purpose of the paper.  Provides a comprehensive overview of topic or questions.  Engages the reader.  Organized and has easy follow. 5 to 5 Points  Student clearly identifies a new best practice for his or her workplace  Provides explanation and examples as to why this practice was chosen. 7 to 7 Points  Clearly describes the steps to implementing this change.  Shows that research has been done on how to implement this change in the workplace. 8 to 8 Points  Student thoroughly supports the implementation of the new best practice with current research articles. 7 to 7 Points  Summarizes paper and reflects on what the reader has learned from the paper.  Demonstrates persuasive thought and is well organized. Levels of Achievement Needs Improvement 2 to 6 Points  Overview is provided, but key points/ideas are missing.  Purpose statement is not clear.  Does not engage the reader.  Somewhat disorganized but still comprehensible 3 to 4 Points  Student identifies a new best practice for his or her workplace  Does not provide explanation or examples as to why this practice was chosen. 3 to 6 Points  Partially describes the steps to implementing this change, but misses steps or has omissions. 3 to 7 Points  An overview on why implementing this new best practice is provided, but it is not thoroughly supported by the literature. 2 to 6 Points  Merely summarizes the introduction or contains new ideas not present in the paper contents.  Somewhat disorganized but still comprehensible © 2017 School of Nursing – Ohio University Not Acceptable 0 to 1 Points  Does not provide an overview of the paper or is absent.  No purpose statement. 0 to 2 Points  Does not provide a new best practice for his or her workplace. 0 to 2 Points  The steps to implementing an evidence based new best practice in the workplace are not addressed. 0 to 2 Points  Student does not support the implementation of the new best practice with current research articles. 0 to 1 Points  Simply restates the introduction or is absent.  Disorganized to the point of distraction. Page 1 of 2 NRSE 4550 RUBRIC: M5 A10 WA: APPLYING NURSING RESEARCH TO PRACTICE (40 pts) Criteria Stylistics Accomplished 6 to 6 Points  APA Citations are appropriate.  Formatted correctly.  Reference page is complete and correctly formatted.  At least 4 references provided: Two (2) references from required course materials and two (2) peer-reviewed references. *References not older than five years.  More than 600 words excluding title and reference pages. Levels of Achievement Needs Improvement 3 to 5 Points  APA Citations are appropriate and formatted correctly.  Reference page is formatted correctly.  References are not professional or is not formatted correctly.  Missing 1 professional reference.  At least 600 words or more excluding title and reference pages. Not Acceptable 0 to 2 Points  No citations are used or citations are made but not formatted correctly  Reference page is missing.  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. Last updated: 06/07/2017 © 2017 School of Nursing – Ohio University Page 2 of 2 . Applying nursing research to practice