Assessing the Problem: Quality, Safety, and Cost Considerations Scoring Guide
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Assessing the Problem: Quality, Safety, and Cost Considerations Scoring Guide
CRITERIA NON-
PERFORMANCE BASIC PROFICIENT DISTINGUISHED
Explain how a
patient, family, or
population problem
impacts the quality
of care, patient
safety, and costs to
the system and
individual.
Does not
describe the
impact of a
patient, family, or
population
problem on the
quality of care,
patient safety,
and costs to the
system and
individual.
Attempts to
describe the impact
of a patient, family,
or population
problem on the
quality of care,
patient safety, and
costs to the system
and individual.
Explains how a
patient, family, or
population
problem impacts
the quality of care,
patient safety, and
costs to the
system and
individual.
Provides a convincing
explanation of how a patient,
family, or population problem
impacts the quality of care,
patient safety, and costs to the
system and individual by
providing specific individual,
family, or population examples of
such impacts.
Explain how state
board nursing
practice standards
and/or
organizational or
governmental
policies can affect a
patient, family, or
population
problem’s impact on
the quality of care,
patient safety, and
costs to the system
and individual.
Does not identify
state board
nursing practice
standards and/or
organizational or
governmental
policies that could
affect a patient,
family, or
population
problem’s impact
on the quality of
care, patient
safety, and costs
to the system and
individual.
Attempts to explain
state board nursing
practice standards
and/or
organizational or
governmental
policies that could
affect a patient,
family, or
population
problem’s impact
on the quality of
care, patient safety,
and costs to the
system and
individual.
Explains how
state board
nursing practice
standards and/or
organizational or
governmental
policies can affect
a patient, family,
or population
problem’s impact
on the quality of
care, patient
safety, and costs
to the system and
individual.
Provides an explanation—based
on a perceptive and coherent
synthesis of current literature—of
how state board nursing practice
standards and/or organizational
or governmental policies can
affect a patient, family, or
population problem’s impact on
the quality of care, patient safety,
and costs to the system and
individual. Provides clear insight
into how policy affects nursing
scope of practice and will inform
and guide an intervention.
Propose strategies
to improve the
quality of care,
enhance patient
safety, and reduce
costs to the system
and individual
and document the
practicum hours
spent with these
individuals or group
in the Capella
Academic Portal
Volunteer
Experience Form.
Does not propose
strategies to
improve the
quality of care,
enhance patient
safety, and
reduce costs to
the system and
individual, and
does not
document
practicum hours
in the Capella
Academic Portal
Volunteer
Experience Form.
Proposes
leadership
strategies that are
not clearly related
to care quality,
patient safety, or
cost reduction, or
which are unlikely
to significantly
improve outcomes,
and/or does not
document
practicum hours in
the Capella
Academic Portal
Volunteer
Experience Form.
Proposes
strategies to
improve the
quality of care,
enhance patient
safety, and reduce
costs to the
system and
individual
and documents
the practicum
hours spent with
these
individuals or
group in the
Capella Academic
Portal Volunteer
Experience Form.
Proposes strategies, supported
by examples, to improve the
quality of care, enhance patient
safety, and reduce costs to the
system and individual. Exhibits
clear insight into the
effectiveness of the strategies
and available sources of relevant
benchmark data. Documents the
practicum hours spent with these
individuals or group in the
Capella Academic Portal
Volunteer Experience Form
Use paraphrasing
and summarization
to represent ideas
from external
sources.
Incorporates
plagiarized
information.
Paraphrasing or
summarization is
awkward,
inaccurate, or
borders on
plagiarism.
Uses
paraphrasing and
summarization to
represent ideas
from external
sources.
Uses concise paraphrasing or
summarization to accurately
represent ideas from external
sources. Exhibits an insightful
interpretation and synthesis of
credible sources.11/21/22, 11:49 AM Assessing the Problem: Quality, Safety, and Cost Considerations Scoring Guide
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CRITERIA NON-
PERFORMANCE BASIC PROFICIENT DISTINGUISHED
Apply APA style and
formatting to
scholarly writing.
Does not apply
APA style and
formatting to
scholarly writing.
Applies APA style
and formatting to
scholarly writing
incorrectly and/or
inconsistently,
detracting
noticeably from
good scholarship.
Applies APA style
and formatting to
scholarly writing.
Applies APA style and formatting
to scholarly writing. Exhibits strict
and nearly flawless adherence to
stylistic conventions, document
structure, and source attributions.
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