Enhancing Quality and Safety Scoring Guide

CRITERIA NON-PERFORMANCE BASIC PROFICIENT DISTINGUISHED

Explain factors

leading to a specific

patient-safety risk

focusing on

medication

administration.

 

Does not identify

factors leading to a

 

specific patient-

safety risk focusing

 

on medication

administration.

 

Identifies factors

leading to a specific

patient-safety risk

focusing on medication

administration.

 

Explains factors

leading to a specific

patient-safety risk

focusing on

medication

administration.

 

Explains factors leading

 

to a specific patient-

safety risk focusing on

 

medication

administration. Makes

reference to specific

data, evidence, or

standards to illustrate

the safety risk.

 

Explain evidence-

based and best-

practice solutions to

 

improve patient

safety focusing on

medication

administration and

reducing costs.

 

Does not identify

evidence-based and

best-practice

solutions to improve

patient safety

focusing on

medication

administration and

reducing costs.

 

Identifies evidence-

based and best-

practice solutions to

 

improve patient safety

focusing on medication

administration and/or

discusses reducing

costs but not both.

 

Explains evidence-

based and best-

practice solutions to

 

improve patient

safety focusing on

medication

administration and

reducing costs.

 

Explains evidence-

based and best practice

 

solutions to improve

patient safety focusing

on medication

administration and

reducing costs. Makes

explicit reference to

scholarly or professional

resources to support

explanation.

 

Explain how nurses

can help coordinate

care to increase

patient safety with

medication

administration and

reduce costs.

 

Does not identify

how nurses can help

coordinate care to

increase patient

safety with

medication

administration and

reduce costs.

 

Identifies how nurses

can help coordinate

care to increase

patient safety with

medication

administration and/or

how to reduce costs

but not both.

 

Explains how nurses

can help coordinate

care to increase

patient safety with

medication

administration and

reduce costs.

 

Explains how nurses

can help coordinate care

to increase patient

safety with medication

administration and

reduce costs, providing

specific examples

related to a patient

safety risk.

 

Identify

stakeholders with

whom nurses would

need to coordinate

to drive quality and

safety

enhancements with

medication

administration.

 

Does not identify

stakeholders with

whom nurses would

need to coordinate

to drive quality and

safety

enhancements with

medication

administration.

 

Identifies stakeholders,

but their relevance to

collaboration with

nurses or their ability

to drive quality and

safety enhancements

with medication

administration is

unclear.

 

Identifies

stakeholders with

whom nurses would

need to coordinate

to drive quality and

safety

enhancements with

medication

administration.

 

Identifies stakeholders

with whom nurses would

need to coordinate to

drive quality and safety

enhancements with

medication

administration, noting

the relevance and

potential importance of

the stakeholders.

 

Organize content so

ideas flow logically

with smooth

transitions; contains

few errors in

grammar or

punctuation, word

choice, and spelling.

 

Does not organize

content for ideas.

Lacks logical flow

and smooth

transitions.

 

Organizes content with

some logical flow and

smooth transitions.

Contains errors in

grammar or

punctuation, word

choice, and spelling.

 

Organizes content

so ideas flow

logically with smooth

transitions; contains

few errors in

grammar or

punctuation, word

choice, and spelling.

 

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.

 

Apply APA

formatting to in-text

citations and

references

exhibiting nearly

 

Does not apply APA

formatting to

headings, in-text

citations, and

references. Does not

 

Applies APA formatting

to in-text citations,

headings and

references incorrectly

or inconsistently,

detracting noticeably

 

Applies APA

formatting to in-text

citations and

references

exhibiting nearly

 

Exhibits strict and

flawless adherence to

APA formatting of

headings, in-text

citations, and

 

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