Assignment Content
Information and technology skills are essential for all nurses to have, but especially for nurse informaticists. This assignment requires you to consider how information and technology connect to patient care outcomes and a safe care environment.
Explain why information and technology skills are essential for safe patient care.
Identify the baccalaureate nurse’s role in championing the use of information and technology to improve safety and patient outcomes.
Provide examples of how nurses use technology to make health care-related decisions.
Analyze relationship between the quality and integrity of data entered into a database and the resulting effect on the quality of patient care.875-word paper
Include a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources, and develop an APA-formatted reference page.
Submit your assignment.
Grading Rubric
Accomplished Emerging Unsatisfactory Content
Points Range:62.25 (41.50%) – 75 (50.00%)
Responds clearly, thoroughly, and effectively to all aspects of the assignment. All content is accurate and/or supported.
Points Range:57 (38.00%) – 61.5 (41.00%)
Responds adequately to the assignment but may not be thorough.
Points Range:0 (0.00%) – 56.25 (37.50%)
Does not respond to the assignment.
Focus and Detail
Points Range:31.125 (20.75%) – 37.5 (25.00%)
There is a clear, well-focused topic. Main ideas are clear and are well supported by detailed and accurate information gathered from scholarly sources.
Points Range:28.5 (19.00%) – 30.75 (20.50%)
There is a clear, well-focused topic. Main ideas are clear but are not well supported by scholarly sources and detailed information.
Points Range:0 (0.00%) – 28.125 (18.75%)
The topic and main ideas are not clear.
Organization
Points Range:18.675 (12.45%) – 22.5 (15.00%)
The introduction is inviting, states the main topic, and provides an overview of the paper. Information is relevant and presented in a logical order. The conclusion is strong.
Points Range:17.1 (11.40%) – 18.45 (12.30%)
The introduction states the main topic and provides an overview of the paper. A conclusion is included.
Points Range:0 (0.00%) – 16.875 (11.25%)
There is no clear introduction, structure, or conclusion.
Mechanics and APA
Points Range:12.45 (8.30%) – 15 (10.00%)
The assignment consistently follows current APA format and is free of errors in formatting, citation, and references. There are no grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. All sources are correctly cited and referenced.
Points Range:11.4 (7.60%) – 12.3 (8.20%)
The assignment consistently follows current APA format with only isolated and inconsistent mistakes and/or has a few grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. Most sources are correctly cited and referenced.
Points Range:0 (0.00%) – 11.25 (7.50%)
The assignment does not follow current APA format and/or has many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. Many sources are incorrectly cited and referenced or citations and references are missing.
