Assessment 4 4045

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Criterion 1

Describe nursing-sensitive quality indicators in general and explain the importance of a selected indicator to the quality of care and patient safety.

Distinguished

Describes nursing-sensitive quality indicators in general and explains the importance of a selected indicator to the quality of care and patient safety, providing examples.

Proficient

Describes nursing-sensitive quality indicators in general and explains the importance of a selected indicator to the quality of care and patient safety.

Basic

Describes nursing-sensitive quality indicators in general.

Non Performance

Does not describe nursing-sensitive quality indicators in general, or explain the importance of a selected indicator to the quality of care and patient safety.

Criterion 2

Describe the interdisciplinary team’s role in collecting and reporting quality indicator data to enhance patient safety, patient care outcomes, and organizational performance reports, including the data that currently exists about a quality indicator.

Distinguished

Describes the interdisciplinary team’s role in collecting and reporting quality indicator data to enhance patient safety, patient care outcomes, and organizational performance reports, including the data that currently exists about a quality indicator. Offers insight into the impact of the interdisciplinary team on data collection.

Proficient

Describes the interdisciplinary team’s role in collecting and reporting quality indicator data to enhance patient safety, patient care outcomes, and organizational performance reports, including the data that currently exists about a quality indicator.

Basic

Identifies the interdisciplinary team’s role in collecting and reporting quality indicator data.

Non Performance

Does not describe the interdisciplinary team’s role in collecting and reporting quality indicator data to enhance patient safety, patient care outcomes, and organizational performance reports, including the data that currently exists about a quality indicator.

Criterion 3

Explain how a health care organization uses nursing-sensitive quality indicators to enhance patient safety, patient care outcomes, and organizational performance reports.

Distinguished

Provides a comprehensive explanation for how a health care organization uses nursing-sensitive quality indicators to enhance patient safety, patient care outcomes, and organizational performance reports, giving examples.

Proficient

Explains how a health care organization uses nursing-sensitive quality indicators to enhance patient safety, patient care outcomes, and organizational performance reports.

Basic

Describes the use of nursing-sensitive quality indicators within a health care organization, but without a clear explanation of how their use is tied to enhancing patient safety, patient care outcomes, and organizational performance reports.

Non Performance

Does not explain how a health care organization uses nursing-sensitive quality indicators to enhance patient safety, patient care outcomes, and organizational performance reports.

Criterion 4

Describe how a nursing-sensitive quality indicator establishes evidence-based practice guidelines for nurses to follow when using patient care technologies to enhance patient safety, satisfaction, and outcomes. 

Distinguished

Describes how a nursing-sensitive quality indicator establishes evidence-based practice guidelines for nurses to follow when using patient care technologies to enhance patient safety, satisfaction, and outcomes, providing examples.

Proficient

Describes how a nursing-sensitive quality indicator establishes evidence-based practice guidelines for nurses to follow when using patient care technologies to enhance patient safety, satisfaction, and outcomes.

Basic

Describes a nursing-sensitive quality indicator, though it's not clear how it establishes evidence-based practice guidelines for nurses to follow when using patient care technologies to enhance patient safety, satisfaction, and outcomes.

Non Performance

Does not describe how a nursing-sensitive quality indicator establishes evidence-based practice guidelines for nurses to follow when using patient care technologies to enhance patient safety, satisfaction, and outcomes.

Criterion 5

Deliver a professional, effective tutorial along with speaker notes on a selected quality indicator that engages new nurses and motivates them to accurately report quality data in a timely fashion. Submission includes a reference list with at least three scholarly references.

Distinguished

Delivers a polished, professional, effective tutorial along with speaker notes on a selected quality indicator that engages new nurses and motivates them to accurately report quality data in a timely fashion. Submission includes a reference list with more than three scholarly references.

Proficient

Delivers a professional, effective tutorial along with speaker notes on a selected quality indicator that engages new nurses and motivates them to accurately report quality data in a timely fashion. Submission includes a reference list with at least three scholarly references.

Basic

Provides a script or speaker's notes of a tutorial without a presentation on a selected quality indicator, or the tutorial lacks purpose, coherence, or focus or has technical issues that distract from the presentation.

Non Performance

Does not deliver a professional, effective tutorial along with speaker notes on a selected quality indicator that engages new nurses and motivates them to accurately report quality data in a timely fashion. Submission does not include a reference list with at least three scholarly references.

Criterion 6

Follow APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references.

Distinguished

Follows APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references with flawless precision and accuracy.

Proficient

Follows APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references. Academic citations and references are largely error-free.

Basic

Partially follows APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references.

Non Performance

Does not follow APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references.