week 4 journal entry 3

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Purpose

This assignment gives you the opportunity to reflect on a professional issue that you have encountered during your nursing career. If you are a new graduate, consider an issue that you experiences as a nursing student.

You will be asked to make two entries in your journal throughout this course where you will identify the nature of the issue, provide details about what occurred, find related evidence that can deepen your understanding, an summarize what you have learned that could help you successfully manage the issue if it was to recur.

Follow the directions and rubric. Use the assigned template for each Journal.

Course Outcome

This assignment enables the student to meet the following Course Outcome.

  • CO 2: Consider the impact of contemporary healthcare issues on the role of the professional nurse. (PO 7)

Directions

  1. Download the Journal Entry #2 form (Links to an external site.).
  2. Use the same professional issue/situation used in your first journal entry, and describe your search for evidence, details of the resource selected, and its impact on how you will perceive and handle a similar situation in the future.
  3. Complete each section on the form. Review the instructions and grading rubric to be sure that you are meeting all the requirements to achieve maximum points.
  4. This is not a scholarly paper. You may write in the first person, and you do not need to follow APA format. However, you are expected to write in complete sentences and use proper grammar and correct spelling.
  5. Submit your journal entry by the due date mentioned above.

Huston, C. J. (2020). Professional issues in nursing: Challenges and opportunities (5th ed.) Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.

  • Chapter 14: Medical Errors: An Ongoing Threat to Quality Health Care, pp. 197-214

Please see the grading criteria and rubrics on this page.

Rubric

NR395: Journal Entry #2 Rubric

NR395: Journal Entry #2 Rubric
Criteria Ratings Pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeDescribe how you searched for a resource (places searched, key words used, and methods to review returns) that could inform you about your situation from Journal #1, and that can guide you in the future.
35.0 pts

Describes in excellent detail how you searched for a resource (places searched, key words used, and methods to review returns) that could inform you about your situation from Journal #1, and that can guide you in the future.

 31.0 pts

Describes in good detail how you searched for a resource (places searched, key words used, and methods to review returns) that could inform you about your situation from Journal #1, and that can guide you in the future.

 28.0 pts

Describes briefly how you searched for a resource but fails to include several of the key elements.

 13.0 pts

Describes the search briefly, but in a way that does not give sufficient information to replicate it.

 0.0 pts

Fails to describe the search.

35.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeProvide the following information about this source: authors, year, title, source, and URL or permalink.
35.0 pts

Provides the following information about this source in excellent detail: authors, year, title, source, and URL or permalink.

 31.0 pts

Provides the following information about this source in good detail: authors, year, title, source, and URL or permalink.

 28.0 pts

Provides some of the following information about this source in fair detail or with one missing item: authors, year, title, source, and URL or permalink.

 13.0 pts

Provides few of the following information about this source in poor detail making retrieval challenging with two or more missing items: authors, year, title, source, and URL or permalink.

 0.0 pts

Fails to provide information needed to retrieve the source.

35.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeIdentify evidence found in the resource that would help guide you toward better handling of a similar situation in the future.
35.0 pts

Identifies evidence in excellent detail found in the resource and explains how this would help guide you in the future if you encountered a similar situation.

 31.0 pts

Identifies evidence in good detail found in the resource and explains how this would help guide you in the future if you encountered a similar situation.

 28.0 pts

Explains how the article could help guide you in the future, but does not describe the evidence that led to this decision.

 13.0 pts

Provides an inadequate or confusing explanation of how the information in the article could help guide you in the future.

 0.0 pts

Fails to identify evidence that could guide you in the future.

35.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeDescribe in detail how information from the above resource and course materials might have changed the way you would have handled the situation to produce a better outcome.
35.0 pts

Describe in excellent detail how information from the above resource and course materials might have changed the way you would have handled the situation to produce a better outcome.

 31.0 pts

Describe in good detail how information from the above resource and course materials might have changed the way you would have handled the situation to produce a better outcome.

 28.0 pts

Describe in fair detail how information from the above resource and course materials might have changed the way you would have handled the situation to produce a better outcome.

 13.0 pts

Inadequately describes how detail from the above resource or course materials might have changed your handling of the situation.

 0.0 pts

Fails to explain impact of information.

35.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeWrite the journal entry using the mechanics and organization of good writing.
10.0 pts

Excellent mechanics and organization with minimal errors of the following: well organized and logical, correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling, professional wording is used, uses complete sentences, paragraphs are linked together logically, and main ideas expressed clearly.

 9.0 pts

Good mechanics and organization considering the elements listed in the first column. A few errors noted.

 8.0 pts

Fair mechanics and organization considering the elements listed in the first column. Some errors noted.

 4.0 pts

Poor mechanics and organization considering the elements listed in the first column. Many errors noted.

 0.0 pts

Very poor mechanics and organization considering the elements listed in the first column such that it is difficult to follow or understand.

10.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAssigned Template Use
0.0 pts

0 points deducted

Assigned template used for this assignment results in 0 points deducted

 0.0 pts

15 points (10%) deduction

Assigned template NOT used for this assignment results in a loss of 15 points (10%) from possible points.

0.0 pts

Total Points: 150.0
 
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