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Explain factors leading to a specific patient-safety risk in a health care setting.
Distinguished
Explains factors leading to a specific patient-safety risk in a health care setting. Makes reference to specific data, evidence, or standards to illustrate the safety risk.
Proficient
Explains factors leading to a specific patient-safety risk in a health care setting.
Basic
Identifies factors leading to a specific patient-safety risk in a health care setting.
Non Performance
Does not identify factors leading to a specific patient-safety risk in a health care setting.
Criterion 2
Explain evidence-based and best-practice solutions to improve patient safety and reduce costs.
Distinguished
Explains evidence-based and best practice solutions to improve patient safety and reduce costs. Makes explicit reference to scholarly or professional resources to support explanation.
Proficient
Explains evidence-based and best-practice solutions to improve patient safety and reduce costs.
Basic
Identifies evidence-based and best-practice solutions to improve patient safety and/or discusses reducing costs but not both.
Non Performance
Does not identify evidence-based and best-practice solutions to improve patient safety and/or reduce costs.
Criterion 3
Explain how nurses can help coordinate care to increase patient safety and reduce costs.
Distinguished
Explains how nurses can help coordinate care to increase patient safety and reduce costs, providing specific examples related to a patient safety risk.
Proficient
Explains how nurses can help coordinate care to increase patient safety and reduce costs.
Basic
Identifies how nurses can help coordinate care to increase patient safety and/or how to reduce costs but not both.
Non Performance
Does not identify how nurses can help coordinate care to increase patient safety and/or reduce costs.
Criterion 4
Identify stakeholders with whom nurses would coordinate to drive safety enhancements with a specific safety quality issue.
Distinguished
Identifies stakeholders with whom nurses would need to coordinate to drive quality and safety enhancements with a specific safety quality issue, noting the relevance and potential importance of the stakeholders.
Proficient
Identifies stakeholders with whom nurses would need to coordinate to drive quality and safety enhancements with a specific safety quality issue.
Basic
Identifies stakeholders, but their relevance to collaboration with nurses or their ability to drive quality and safety enhancements with a specific safety quality issue is unclear.
Non Performance
Does not identify stakeholders with whom nurses would need to coordinate to drive quality and safety enhancements with with a specific safety quality issue.
Criterion 5
Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar or punctuation, word choice, and spelling.
Distinguished
Organizes content with a clear purpose. Content flows logically with smooth transitions using coherent paragraphs, correct grammar or punctuation, word choice, and free of spelling errors.
Proficient
Organizes content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar or punctuation, word choice, and spelling.
Basic
Organizes content with some logical flow and smooth transitions. Contains errors in grammar or 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 or inconsistently, detracting noticeably from the content. Inconsistently uses headings, quotes or paraphrasing.
Non Performance
Does not apply APA formatting to headings, in-text citations, and references. Does not use quotes or paraphrase correctly.
