assessment 2 4055

Scoring Guide

Use the scoring guide to understand how your assessment will be evaluated.

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Criterion 1

Explain how an organization’s mission and vision enable it to contribute to public health and safety improvements.

Distinguished

Explains how an organization’s mission and vision enable it to contribute to public health and safety improvements. Draws well-reasoned, logical conclusions about the organization’s work and provides a specific, relevant example of how a local or global initiative supports the organization’s mission and vision and promotes public health and safety.

Proficient

Explains how an organization’s mission and vision enable it to contribute to public health and safety improvements.

Basic

Describes an organization’s mission and vision, though it's not clear how these enable it to contribute to public health and safety improvements.

Non Performance

Does not explain how an organization’s mission and vision enable it to contribute to public health and safety improvements.

Criterion 2

Evaluate an organization’s ability to promote equal opportunity and improve the quality of life in a community.

Distinguished

Evaluates an organization’s ability to promote equal opportunity and improve the quality of life in a community, with regard to the effects of social, cultural, economic, and physical barriers and their implications for the organization and community.

Proficient

Evaluates an organization’s ability to promote equal opportunity and improve the quality of life in a community.

Basic

Describes how an organization promotes equal opportunity and improves the quality of life in a community without evaluating the organization's impact or ability.

Non Performance

Does not evaluate an organization’s ability to promote equal opportunity and improve the quality of life in a community.

Criterion 3

Assess the impact of funding sources, policy, and legislation on an organization's service delivery.

Distinguished

Assesses the impact of funding sources, policy, and legislation on an organization’s service delivery. Provides clear insight into the potential implications of funding decisions, policy, and legislation for community members.

Proficient

Assesses the impact of funding sources, policy, and legislation on an organization’s service delivery.

Basic

Identifies funding sources, policy, and legislation related to an organization’s service delivery.

Non Performance

Does not assess funding sources, policy, and legislation related to on an organization’s service delivery.

Criterion 4

Explain how an organization’s work impacts the health and/or safety needs of a local community.

Distinguished

Explain how an organization’s work impacts the health and/or safety needs of a local community, and offers creative or insightful ideas about how nurses might become involved with the organization.

Proficient

Explains how an organization’s work impacts the health and/or safety needs of a local community.

Basic

Describes an organization’s work in community health and safety.

Non Performance

Does not explain how an organization’s work impacts the health and/or safety needs of a local community.

Criterion 5

Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.

Distinguished

Organizes content with a clear purpose. Content flows logically with smooth transitions using coherent paragraphs, correct grammar/punctuation, word choice, and free of spelling errors.

Proficient

Organizes content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.

Basic

Organizes content with some logical flow and smooth transitions. Contains errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.

Non Performance

Does not organize content for ideas. Lacks logical flow and smooth transitions.

Criterion 6

Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references, exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.

Distinguished

Exhibits strict and flawless adherence to APA formatting of headings, in-text citations, and references. Quotes and paraphrases correctly.

Proficient

Applies APA formatting to in-text citations and references, exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.

Basic

Applies APA formatting to in-text citations, headings and references incorrectly and/or inconsistently, detracting noticeably from the content. Inconsistently uses headings, quotes and/or paraphrasing.

Non Performance

Does not apply APA formatting to headings, in-text citations, and references. Does not use quotes or paraphrase correctly.