ConflictResolutionEssay-Rubric.docx

Conflict Resolution

Identify a situation where you experienced conflict; it may be school, work or clinically related. Briefly explain the situation, what actions you took to resolve the situation, the results and what you learned from this experience.

Achieving Outcomes

Choose One goal from the following list of NWTC ADN program outcomes, and discuss how you have reached this outcome goal, giving examples showing your growth and progression from semester 1 through semester 4.

Associate Degree Nursing Student Learning Outcomes

1. Implement one's role as a nurse in ways that reflect integrity, responsibility, ethical practices, and an evolving professional identity as a nurse committed to evidence-based practice, caring, advocacy and quality care

2. Demonstrate appropriate written, verbal, and nonverbal communication in a variety of clinical contexts

3. Integrate social, mathematical, and physical sciences, pharmacology, and pathophysiology in clinical decision making

4. Provide patient centered care by utilizing the nursing process across diverse populations and health care settings

5. Minimize risk of harm to patients, members of the healthcare team and self through safe individual performance and participation in system effectiveness

6. Lead the multidisciplinary health care team to provide effective patient care throughout the lifespan

7. Use information and technology to communicate, manage data, mitigate error, and support decision-making

Transitions Essay/ Conflict Resolution Scoring Rubric

Score:_______________/15_________

Criteria

Exemplary

10

Acceptable

8 

Needs Improvement 

4

Unacceptable

0

Content:

Share an experience in which you were involved in a conflict (school, clinical, work).

Discuss how your actions helped to resolve the situation.

Share how the experience helped shape your nursing practice.

Reflect upon your role as the caregiver and patient advocate.

Reflection conveys extensive evidence of the topic.

Extensive evidence that essay is written based on personal experience.

Demonstrates personal growth and awareness.

Essay is complete and addresses all important aspect of the topic.

Reflection conveys basic evidence of the topic.

Some evidence that essay is written based on personal experience.

Demonstrates basic personal growth and awareness.

Essay is incomplete and does not address one aspect of the topic.

Reflection conveys limited evidence of the topic.

Minimal evidence that essay is written based on personal experience.

Minimal demonstration of personal growth and awareness.

Essay is incomplete and does not address more than one aspect of the topic.

Reflection conveys no evidence of the topic.

No evidence that essay is written based on personal experience.

No evidence of personal growth and awareness.

Essay is incomplete and does not address aspects of the topic.

Criteria

Exemplary

5

Acceptable

4 

Needs Improvement 

2

Unacceptable

0

Structure/

Organization

Spelling/

Grammar

Late Work Deduction

Introductory Paragraph: Purpose of essay is clearly stated and carried through essay.

Body: Clearly and concisely describes the experience including your personal role.

Conclusion: Clearly and concisely summarizes impact of the experience in shaping personal growth.

Each paragraph transitions to move reader through the essay.

Essay is word processed, neat, and without error.

Introductory Paragraph: Purpose of essay is stated but not carried through essay.

Body: Information included when describing the experience and your personal role lacks clarity or conciseness.

Conclusion: Summarizes impact of the experience in shaping personal growth but includes irrelevant information.

One paragraph lacks transition.

Essay is word processed, neat, and includes only few errors.

Introductory Paragraph: Purpose of essay is unclear.

Body: Irrelevant information included when describing the experience and your personal role distracts from the purpose of the essay.

Conclusion: Minimally summarizes impact of the experience in shaping personal growth but includes irrelevant information.

One paragraph lacks transition.

Essay is word processed, neat, and includes multiple errors

Introductory Paragraph: Purpose of essay is not stated or carried through essay.

Body: Does not describe the experience or your personal role.

Conclusion:

Does not summarize impact of the experience in shaping personal growth.

No transitions used in paragraphs.

Essay is word processed but errors interfere with the ability to communicate content.