Patient Education tool and paper

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Explain the appropriate use of a medication.

Does not explain the appropriate use of a medication.

Explains the use of a medication, but the explanation is inaccurate or not appropriate for the medication.

Explains the appropriate use of a medication.

Explains the appropriate use of a medication and the importance of following the instructions in terms of quality patient outcomes.

Identify specific factors that may affect the efficacy of a medication.

Does not identify specific factors that may affect the efficacy of a medication.

Lists factors that may affect a medication, but the list is incomplete or does not relate to the efficacy of the medication.

Identifies specific factors that may affect the efficacy of a medication.

Explains how specific factors may affect the efficacy of a medication.

Describe possible chemical reactions, side effects, or other negative reactions a patient may experience from a medication.

Does not describe possible chemical reactions, side effects, or other negative reactions a patient may experience from a medication.

Lists possible chemical reactions, side effects, or other negative reactions a patient may experience from a medication.

Describes possible chemical reactions, side effects, or other negative reactions a patient may experience from a medication.

Describes possible chemical reactions, side effects, or other negative reactions a patient may experience from a medication and explains the actions a patient should take.

Explain correct handling, storage, and disposal of a medication.

Does not explain correct handling, storage, and disposal of a medication.

Explains handling, storage, and disposal of a medication, but the explanation is inaccurate or incomplete.

Explains correct handling, storage, and disposal of a medication.

Explains correct handling, storage, and disposal of a medication and includes a brief rationale of why these instructions are important.

Explain how a patient education tool promotes patient safety related to pharmacology.

Does not explain how a patient education tool promotes patient safety related to pharmacology.

Explains the use of a patient education tool but does not associate the tool with patient safety.

Explains how a patient education tool promotes patient safety related to pharmacology.

Explains how a patient education tool promotes patient safety related to pharmacology and how the tool benefits both patients and nurses.

Explain how a patient education tool adheres to the principles and practices of cultural competence.

Does not explain how a patient education tool adheres to the principles and practices of cultural competence.

Explains how a patient education tool adheres to the principles and practices of cultural competence, but the explanation is missing key elements.

Explains how a patient education tool adheres to the principles and practices of cultural competence.

Explains how a patient education tool adheres to the principles and practices of cultural competence, including differences of gender and age, and describes how the tool could be modified for other individual differences.

Write content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.

Does not write content clearly, logically, or with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.

Writes with errors in clarity, logic, grammar, punctuation, or mechanics.

Writes content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.

Writes clearly and logically with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics; uses relevant evidence to support a central idea.

Correctly format paper, citations, and references using current APA style.

Does not correctly format paper, citations, and references using current APA style.

Uses current APA to format paper, citations, and references but with numerous errors.

Correctly formats paper, citations, and references using current APA style with few errors.

Correctly formats paper, citations, and references with no errors.