Technology Application in Nursing

Technology Application in Nursing

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Due Date: Aug 16, 2017 23:59:59 Max Points: 110

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Each student will select one technology application and describe its use within nursing in general or in patient education. Address the significance of the selected technology, attributes of the selected technology (i.e., accuracy, cost, accessibility, etc.), and provide specific examples with rationale of situations in which the technology application as an educational tool would provide advantages as well as disadvantages. In addition, relate the use of the selected technology application to the appropriate professional standards and competencies.

This assignment may be completed in one of the following formats (with quantitative criteria) listed below:

  1. APA-formatted paper (1,000-1,250 words)
  2. PowerPoint presentation with comprehensive speakers’ notes (12-15 slides)
  3. Podcast (10-15 minutes)
  4. Blog or Web page (1,000-1,250 words)
  5. Any other technology application as approved by the instructor

In addition to the course materials, you are required to use a minimum of three current scholarly, peer-reviewed resources (less than 5 years old).

After you have completed this assignment, you will further post the assignment to the Topic 4 Discussion Forum as specified by the instructor. Within the Topic 4 forum, select and review four technology applications that are new to you in that you have not experienced them in the nursing environment. Explain how each of the four reviewed applications may be modified or adapted for your specific field or to a specific patient population. Ask questions as needed to each classmate about the application. In addition to providing constructive feedback to your peers, your posts should include responses to any questions asked, as well as replies.

APA format is required for essays only. Solid academic writing is always expected. For all assignment delivery options, documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

 

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Application of Technology in Nursing and Patient Education 2 1 Less than Unsatisfactory Satisfactory 760%-75% 80% 0.00% 80.00% 3 4 Satisfactory 81Good 89-92% 88% 92.00% 88.00% 5 Excellent 93-100% 100.00% 70.0 %Content 10.0 % Describes the Use of the Selected Technology in the Specified Population (Nursing in General or Patient Education) Does not Describes the describe the use use of the of the selected selected technology’s technology in effects in the the specified specified population, but population. the information provided is incomplete, inaccurate, or otherwise deficient. Describes the use of the selected technology in the specified population in a perfunctory manner. Minimal detail or support is provided. Describes the Describes the use use of the of the selected selected technology in the technology in specified the specified population clearly population in and full. The comprehensively. submission The submission further additionally encompasses incorporates essential details analysis of and provides supporting appropriate evidence support. insightfully and provides specific examples with relevance. Level of detail is appropriate. 10.0 % Addresses
The Significance Of The Technology Does not address the significance of the selected technology. Minimally Addresses the addresses the significance of significance of the selected the selected technology in a technology, but perfunctory the information manner. provided is Minimal detail incomplete, or support is inaccurate, or provided. lacks both scope Discussion is and/or clarity. somewhat lacking in scope or clarity. Addresses the Addresses the significance of significance of the the selected selected technology in technology clearly full. The and submission comprehensively.
further The submission encompasses additionally essential details incorporates and provides analysis of appropriate supporting support. evidence insightfully and provides specific examples with relevance. Level of detail is appropriate. 15.0 % Does not discuss Minimally Discusses Discusses attributes of the discusses attributes of the Attributes Of selected attributes of the selected The Selected technology. selected technology in a Technology (i.e., technology, but perfunctory Accuracy, Cost, the information manner. Accessibility, provided is Minimal detail Etc.) incomplete, or support is inaccurate, or provided. lacks both scope Discussion is and/or clarity. somewhat lacking in scope or clarity. 10.0 % Provides Specific Examples With Rationale Of Situations In Which The Technology Application Would Present Advantages As An Educational Tool.
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Level of detail is appropriate. 15.0 % Relates the Use of Technology to Appropriate Professional Standards and Competencies Does not relate the use of the selected technology application to the appropriate professional standards and competencies. Minimally relates the use of the selected technology application to the appropriate professional standards and competencies, but the information provided is incomplete, inaccurate, or otherwise deficient. Relates the use of the selected technology application to the appropriate professional standards and competencies in a perfunctory manner. Minimal detail or support is provided. Fully relates the Clearly and use of the comprehensively selected relates the use of technology the selected application to technology the appropriate application to the professional appropriate standards and professional competencies. standards and The submission competencies. The further submission encompasses additionally essential details incorporates and provides analysis of appropriate supporting support. evidence insightfully and provides specific examples with relevance. Level of detail is appropriate. 13.0 %Assignment Criteria 5.0 % Assignment Quantitative Criteria (word count, timespan, slide number, etc.) Unacceptable Poor adherence Weak adherence Adequate Excellent adherence to to applicable to applicable adherence to adherence to applicable assignment assignment applicable applicable assignment quantitative quantitative assignment assignment quantitative criteria. criteria. quantitative quantitative criteria. Submission Submission criteria. criteria. Submission incorporates 25- incorporates 50 Submission Submission incorporates 0 – 50 percent of – 75 percent of incorporates 90 incorporates 100 25 percent of the required the required percent of the percent of the the required criteria for the criteria for the required criteria required criteria criteria for the chosen format. chosen format. for the chosen for the chosen chosen format. format. format. 5.0 % Scholarly Submission Weak selection, Fair selection of references utilizes only or inappropriate scholarly (Utilizes a course use of scholarly materials. Uses minimum of materials. materials to evidence-based three current Selected accompany sources when scholarly, references are course available, but evidence-based, absent or do not materials. Does minimal peer-reviewed meet stated not use relevance or resources less criteria. evidence-based support is than five years sources when present. old, in addition available. to course materials) Strong selection Excellent and of scholarly extensive selection materials.
Uses of scholarly appropriate materials. evidence-based Evidence-based sources when sources are available which suitable and provide relevant. Level of appropriate detail is support. appropriate. 3.0 % Language Use and Audience Awareness (includes sentence construction, Clearly aware of Uses a variety of audience; uses sentence a variety of constructions, sentence figures of speech, structures and and word choices appropriate in unique and vocabulary; creative ways that uses figures of are appropriate to speech to purpose, discipline, Inappropriate Some distracting Sentence word choice and and or structure is or sentence inconsistencies correct and structure, or in language occasionally lack of variety in choice, sentence varies. Word language use is structure, and / choices and present, or word choice language are suggesting are present. appropriate to unawareness of Some writing the targeted word choice, etc.) the audience. and transitions audience. Writing and may lack logical Writing is transitions progression of generally consistently lack ideas, unity, competent, but unity and coherence, and ideas may show coherence. or cohesiveness. some Composition is Some degree of inconsistency in disjointed. composition is composition evident. and/or in their relationship to each other. communicate and scope. There is clearly. Writing a sophisticated exhibits a unity, writing in terms of coherence, and construction and cohesiveness. transitions. Topic sentences Individually and and concluding collectively, remarks are written sections used are coherent and appropriately. cohesive. Submission lacks Thesis is any discernible insufficiently overall purpose developed or or organizing vague. Purpose claim. is not clear. Thesis is clear Thesis is and forecasts comprehensive the and contains the development of essence of the the paper. paper. Thesis Thesis is statement makes descriptive and the purpose of the reflective of the paper clear. arguments and appropriate to the purpose. 12.0 %Organization and Effectiveness 5.0 % Thesis Development and Purpose 5.0 % Argument Statement of Logic and purpose is not Construction justified by the conclusion. The conclusion does not support the claim made. Argument is incoherent and uses noncredible sources. Thesis is apparent and appropriate to purpose. Sufficient Argument is Argument justification of orderly, but may shows logical claims is lacking. have a few progressions. Argument lacks inconsistencies. Techniques of consistent unity. The argument argumentation There are presents are evident. obvious flaws in minimal There is a the logic. Some justification of smooth sources have claims. progression of questionable Argument claims from credibility. logically, but not introduction to thoroughly, conclusion. supports the Most sources purpose. are Sources used are authoritative. credible. Clear and convincing argument that presents a persuasive claim in a distinctive and compelling manner. All sources are authoritative. Introduction and conclusion bracket the thesis. 2.0 % 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) or word choice are present. Sentence structure is correct but not varied. Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but they are not overly distracting to the reader. Correct and varied sentence structure and audienceappropriate language are employed. Prose is largely Writer is clearly in free of command of mechanical standard, written, errors, although academic English. a few may be present.
The writer uses a variety of effective sentence structures and figures of speech. 5.0 %Format 3.0 % Paper Format (use of appropriate style for the major and assignment) Template is not Appropriate used template is appropriately or used, but some documentation elements are format is rarely missing or followed mistaken. A lack correctly. of control with formatting is apparent. 2.0 % Sources are not Documentation documented. of Sources (citations, footnotes, references, bibliography, etc., as appropriate to assignment and style) Documentation of sources is inconsistent or incorrect, as appropriate to assignment and style, with numerous formatting errors. Appropriate Appropriate All format template is template is fully elements are used. Formatting used. There are correct. is correct, virtually no although some errors in minor errors formatting may be present. style. Sources are Sources are Sources are documented, as documented, as completely and appropriate to appropriate to correctly assignment and assignment and documented, as style, although style, and appropriate to some formatting format is mostly assignment and errors may be correct. style, and format is present. free of error. 100 % Total Weightage . Technology Application in Nursing