NUR 301 Module Four Project Preparation Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
Nurses must have an understanding of healthcare issues that directly impact their nursing practice. To do this, they must identify healthcare issues that impact them. Then, they must investigate how the issues connect to larger concerns. Finally, as they investigate, they must examine potential solutions to the issues.
The nursing shortage is a significant healthcare problem that has impacted, and is impacted by, many other healthcare issues. As frontline healthcare providers, nurses are directly impacted by these issues in many ways. There are a variety of healthcare issues connected to the nursing shortage, such as burnout, workplace violence, lack of nursing faculty, and more. When nurses identify issues that directly affect their nursing practice, there is often a desire to have a better understanding of the issues from all directions. This project preparation provides an opportunity to start the exploration of the many aspects of nursing practice issues.
This project preparation will help you with Project Two, where you will be required to describe a contributing issue that directly impacts the nursing shortage.
Directions
In this project preparation, you will select the contributing healthcare issue you will research for Project Two. Using the Module Four Project Preparation Template in the What to Submit section, create an outline that describes the contributing healthcare issue that impacts the nursing shortage and nursing practice. The following are examples of contributing issues to nursing shortages.
- Workplace violence (or lateral violence, physical violence)
- Nurse burnout
- Nurse substance abuse (or diversion)
- Nurse suicide
- Work-life imbalance
- Resilience gap or deficit
- Lack of diversity (race, culture, or gender) in nursing (e.g., in leadership positions or board membership)
- Moral distress or injury
- Access to nursing education
Include at least three scholarly, current (within the last five years) sources to support this project preparation.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
- Contributing Healthcare Issue: Explain a contributing healthcare issue that affects the nursing shortage and nursing practice.
- Impact: Summarize the impact that the healthcare issue has on the nursing shortage and nursing practice.
- Solution: Describe an evidence-based potential solution to the healthcare issue.
What to Submit
Using the Module Four Project Preparation Template, create an outline to submit for grading. Follow APA style standards for formatting and citing your sources.
Module Four Project Preparation Rubric
| Criteria | Exemplary (100%) | Proficient (85%) | Needs Improvement (55%) | Not Evident (0%) | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contributing Healthcare Issue | Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Explains a contributing healthcare issue that affects the nursing shortage and nursing practice | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions | Does not attempt criterion | 25 |
| Impact | Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Summarizes the impact that the healthcare issue has on the nursing shortage and nursing practice | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions | Does not attempt criterion | 25 |
| Solution | Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Describes an evidence-based potential solution to the healthcare issue | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions | Does not attempt criterion | 25 |
| Clear Communication | Exceeds proficiency with an intentional use of language that promotes a thorough understanding | Consistently and effectively communicates in an organized way to a specific audience | Shows progress toward proficiency, but communication is inconsistent or ineffective in a way that negatively impacts understanding | Shows no evidence of consistent, effective, or organized communication | 10 |
| Scholarly Sources | Incorporates more than three scholarly, current (within the last five years) sources, or use of sources is exceptionally insightful | Incorporates three scholarly, current (within the last five years) sources that support claims | Incorporates fewer than three scholarly, current (within the last five years) sources, or not all sources support claims | Does not incorporate sources | 10 |
| APA Style | Formats in-text citations and reference list according to APA style with no errors | Formats in-text citations and reference list according to APA style with fewer than five errors | Formats in-text citations and reference list according to APA style with five or more errors | Does not format in-text citations and reference list according to APA style | 5 |
| Total: | 100% | ||||
