Assignment: Leadership: Assignment Overview
In this assignment, you will research and locate a current journal article on nursing leadership styles. The article must be from a professional, peer-reviewed nursing journal published within the last 5 years; and then write a summary of your findings.
Assignment Details:
Perform the following tasks:
Complete the reading assignment and the interactive lesson before attempting this assignment.
Research a current journal article on nursing leadership styles. The article must be from a professional, peer-reviewed nursing journal published within the last 5 years.
Write a 1-2 page summary of your findings following the criteria below:
why not.
o The summary should be written in APA style format and all sources must be cited correctly.
Include the proper file naming convention: NUR204_wk7_assn_jsmith_mmddyyy.
Grading:
Criteria | Excellent (3pts) | Good (2pts) | Needs Improvement | Pts. |
(1pt) | ||||
Article | – Citation from a | – Citation from nursing | – Citation not from a | |
professional | journal. | nursing journal | ||
peer-reviewed | – Out of date or | – Article out of date or | ||
nursing journal. | – Not related to nursing | not related to nursing | ||
– Current within last 5 | leadership | leadership. | ||
years | ||||
– Relates to nursing | ||||
leadership. | ||||
First Paragraph | – Concise summary of | – Concise summary of | – Summary is not | |
key points of article. | key points. | concise. | ||
– Writing is clear and | – Writing is not clear or | – Writing is not clear or | ||
focused. | focused. | focused. | ||
– Details are present. | – Some details present. | – Details are missing. | ||
Second Paragraph | – Writing presents | – Writing presents | – Writing does not | |
support or non-support | support or non-support. | present support or non- | ||
of leadership style. | – Writing does not | support. | ||
– Writing explains why | express reason for | – Writing does not | ||
support or non-support | support or non- | express reason for | ||
is given. | support. | support or non- | ||
– Writing is clear and | – Writing is somewhat | support. | ||
logical. | unclear or not logical. | – Writing is unclear | ||
and illogical. | ||||
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Third Paragraph | – Writing is related to | – Writing is related to | – Writing is not related | ||
nursing practice and | nursing practice. | to nursing practice. | |||
demonstrates analysis | – Analysis and | – Missing analysis and | |||
and application. | application is weak. | application. |
Spelling/grammar/ | – Proper APA format is | – Proper APA format is | – APA format is not | |
APA | used for citations. | used for citations. | used. | |
– At least two sources | – Only one source is | – Sources are missing. | ||
are included. | used. | – Significant errors in | ||
– Spelling and grammar | – Occasional errors in | spelling and grammar. | ||
errors are few and | spelling and grammar. | Written communication | ||
insignificant. | is non-coherent. | |||
Instructor: | Total score | |||