Leadership and Quality Improvement Project: Research Article Summary ***Group Presentation Topic must be assigned before completing this paper. Each student within the group will find one unique, peer-reviewed research article related

Leadership and Quality Improvement Project: Research Article Summary ***Group Presentation Topic must be assigned before completing this paper. Each student within the group will find one unique, peer-reviewed research article related to the group topic that will be used to contribute to the presentation. The article must be less than 5 years old and from a scholarly, peer- reviewed source. If you submit the same article as one of your peers in the group, you may be required to re¬submit the assignment. Each group member will turn in their assigned article with a 250- 350-word, double¬spaced summary of the article. Summary must contain: a. Correctly formatted APA reference for the article. b. One paragraph summary that discusses the research problem, process, and results. c. One paragraph discussing how this article relates to the topic and how it will help complete the presentation. d. Refer to rubric for all requirements including formatting. Research Article Summary Rubric Criteria Exceeds Satisfactory Needs Unacceptable Expectations Improvement Correctly formatted The citation is in APA The citation has 1-2 The citation has 3 or Citation is missing or APA reference format with no errors in formatting more errors not in APA. errors 7.5 pts 5 pts 0 pts 10 pts Summary of • Content is in- • Content is • Content is lacking Content is lacking • Research depth and well- acceptable and or minimally and not organized problem organized adequately organized 0 pts • Description of • All 3 criteria are organized • Not all criteria research process present and • All 3 criteria are meet minimum • Results of study substantive present standards (CSLO 2) 40 pts 30 pts 15 pts Discussion of • Discussion • Discussion • Discussion • Article has no • How does the demonstrates in- demonstrates an demonstrates relevance to topic article relate to depth rationale of acceptable minimal • Summaiy does the group topic? article’s relevance rationale expectations of not meet minimal • How will the to topic and how displaying article article’s relevance expectations article help me it will contribute has some to topic or how it • Lack of detail on complete the to the relevance to topic will contribute to article’s relevance presentation? presentation and how it will the presentation to group topic or (CSLO 2) • Both criteria are contribute to the • Not all criteria how the article discussed with a presentation meet minimum will be used to high level of • Both criteria are standards complete the critical thinking discussed 15 pts presentation. 40 pts 30 pts 0 pts APA, Grammar, and The summary and The summary meets The summary meets The summary does Mechanics analysis meet and and adequately and adequately not adequately • Article is less adequately address all the address all the address the criteria than 5 years old addresses all the criteria with 1-2 criteria with 3-4 or has 5 or more (unless it is a criteria with no exceptions or errors. exceptions or errors. errors. Length seminal work) exceptions or errors. requirement is not and from an There are no met; Article not peer- Galen College of Nursing – NUR 282 Course Syllabus – Version 3.3 19