NURS 3110 Information Management and Patient Care Technology

NURS 3110 Information Management and Patient Care Technology

NURS 3110 Information Management and Patient Care Technology

Week 3 Assignment Grading Rubric

Comparing Organizations with Benchmark Data -due by Week 3, Day 7

Assignment:

For this Application assignment, first review under learning resources one of the three links to Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) compare sites (hospital compare, home health compare or nursing home compare). Write a 2-3 page assignment comparing two facilities on the identified CMS measures. Begin this assignment with describing the two facilities chosen to be compared and an explanation of why they were chosen. Benchmark the facilities against local, state and national averages on at least two different measures. Discuss some of the potential causes for differences in the data between the two facilities that you reviewed. Lastly, provide insight into how standardization of data is necessary to compare facilities.

 Grading Rubric: (p. 2-3)

Review the Rubric to guide you in writing your assignment. The Rubric is also your instructors guide to grading your assignment.

Template (p. 4-6):

Please use the attached Template in this Rubric or the Academic Writing Expectations (AWE) 2000/3000 Level Assignment Template found in the course.

Formatting:
Follow the attached Template in this Rubric or use the AWE 2000.3000 Level Assignment Template found in the course. Be sure to use 12 pt. Times New Roman font, 1 inch margins, and double space your paper

 Writing Checklist (p. 7)

Review the items on the checklist to ensure that you meet the expectations the expectations of AWE 2000/3000.

 Submission Instructions:

Prior to submitting your assignment for grading, upload your assignment to the SafeAssign Draft area of the course. Review your SafeAssign results, and revise your assignment as needed.  You may need to work on properly paraphrasing material to improve your SafeAssign Score.  Consider using this week’s Writing Center Course Resources to guide you through the process of paraphrasing and referencing evidence from your article. Once you are satisfied with the integrity of your assignment, submit it for grading.

Please save your Assignment using the following naming convention: WK3Assgn+last name+first initial. In addition, use this naming convention for the title of your submission.

Assignment Grading Rubric

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Comparing Organizations with Benchmark Data

Begin this paper with a brief paragraph that provides an overview of the assignment and its purpose. There is no separate heading for this paragraph; the heading for this paragraph is the same as the title of the paper. This paragraph will be about 2–3 sentences. The last sentence in this paragraph is a sentence that begins “The purpose of this paper is to¨.

Description of Two Organizations

Paper includes a comprehensive description of two organizations, including an explanation of why the organizations were selected. The description includes location –suburban or urban location, size of the facility (number of beds), awards or certifications and any specialty programs that the facility is renowned for.

Comparison of Two Organizations

Paper includes summary of how student’s chosen organization compares to a chosen competitor on state and national average on two different quality measures using the benchmark data from one of the three Compare sites. Addressed will include the compare site goal for the quality measure, the achieved goals for each facility, and if the facilities compare equally on the measure or one excels above the other.

Analysis of Factors that Contribute to Performance Measures

Assignment describes at least two factors that explain differences on performance measures between the chosen organizations. If the facilities results are comparable note two factors that explain these results. Include using supporting evidence from one scholarly article.

Data Standardization to Improve Quality Comparison Measures

Addresses how the comparison of data analysis is would not happen without standardized data.

Conclusion

End the paper with a summary on the main points of the paper.

References

Although a Reference List not is required at the 2000/3000 AWE Level, you may begin practicing referencing your source/s using APA formatting requirements.  Review the “BSN TOP Ten References and Citations” found in Course Resources and the Academic Writing Expectations tab.  Also, the Walden Writing Center is YOUR reference resource place at http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/apa/references 

Academic Writing Expectations Checklist

Academic Writing Expectations for 2000/3000 Level Courses

http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/undergraduate/awe/2000-3000

 NURS 3110 Information Management

Students: Prior to submission please review your assignment for sentence-level, paragraph level, and use of evidence to make sure you meet the AWE expectations.  Check the boxes as you complete your review and click the links to access Writing Center for additional resources if you need them.

Sentence-level skills

Constructing complete and correct sentences. See an explanation of sentence components and how to avoid sentence fragments and run-ons. Take an interactive module on sentence basics.

Using and spelling words correctly. See a list of commonly misused words and information on MS Word’s spell check.

Punctuating appropriately. See the different types of punctuation and their uses.

Using Grammarly to catch further errors. See a Grammarly tutorial.

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Paragraph-level skills

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Using paragraph breaks. Each paragraph acts as a concrete unit of the central argument. See a description of paragraph basics.

Focusing each paragraph on one central idea (rather than multiple ideas). See an explanation of how topic sentences work.

Utilize essay level writing practice and skills, including the use of transitional material and organizational frames.

Use of evidence

Using course learning resources. See examples of integrating evidence in a paper.

Enclosing direct quotes in quotation marks. Read about the purpose of quotation marks.

  Paraphrasing (explaining in one’s own words) to avoid plagiarizing the source. Using

quotes appropriately (no more than one short, unique quote.)  See paraphrasing strategies.  See Ineffective Paraphrasing Strategies

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

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• Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, including a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words. Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source. One or two-sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words. I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.

• Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately. In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies. Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work). Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.

• APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with the APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in Loud-cloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required). Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation. I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.

• Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage over-utilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Master’s level and deduct points accordingly. As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content. It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

• LopesWrite Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to Lopes Write, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me. Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes. Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own? Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in Loud-cloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.

• Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is a 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies. Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances. If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect. I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension. As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading. NURS 3110 Information Management and Patient Care Technology

• Communication

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