Advanced Practice Leadership Paper from an ethic of care
Advanced Practice Leadership Paper from an ethic of care Guidelines PURPOSE The purpose of this application is to provide the student an opportunity to critically appraise advanced nursing practice leadership from an ethic of care perspective. COURSE OUTCOMES This assignment provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes. CO4: Assimilate relationship-based and patient-centered care attributes for interprofessional collaboration in advanced nursing practice (PO #8). CO6: Formulate selected strategies for increasing interprofessional collaboration and influence across diverse personal, professional, and/or practice settings (PO #8). CO7: REQUIREMENTS 1. To complete this application, you will need to access to the following databases: CINAHL, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, and the Joanna Briggs Institute. Research Help in the left-hand menu. When clicked, it reveals a list of “Tools” or PDFs on how to do conduct various searches of the required databases (CINAHL, MEDLINE, Cochrane, and JBI) through the portals (EBSCO and OVID) provided. 2. The Advanced Nursing Practice Leadership from an ethic of care paper is worth 275 points and will be graded on quality of information, use of citations, use of standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the required components as summarized in the directions and grading criteria rubric. 3. Create your manuscript using Microsoft Word 2010 (a part of Microsoft Office 2010) or later version, You can tell that the document is saved as a MS Word 2010 document because it will end in .docx. 4. Follow the directions and grading criteria closely. Any questions about this paper may be posted under the Q & A Forum. 5. The length of the paper is to be no fewer than six and no greater than eight pages, excluding the title page and reference pages. 6. APA format is required with both a title page and reference page. Use the required components of the review as Level 1 headings (upper and lower case, centered, boldface): Note: Write an introduction to the advanced nursing practice leadership dynamic but do not use Introduction as a heading in accordance with the rules put forth in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2010, p. 63). a. Description of ethic of care versus ethic of justice perspectives b. Reflection on the application from an ethic of care perspective c. Conclusion PREPARING THE PAPER The following are best practices for preparing this paper. 1. When introducing the advanced nursing practice leadership dynamic, be sure to identify appropriate background information regarding the practice situation (who, what, where, when, and why). 2. When describing ethic of care versus ethic of justice perspectives, be sure to fully describe the potential impacts of each ethical perspective using current evidence. 3. When reflecting on the application from an ethic of care dynamic, be sure to fully critique factors that compel an ethic of care in todays healthcare environment. DIRECTIONS AND GRADING CRITERIA Category Points % Description Introduction to the advanced nursing practice leadership dynamic Introduces the purpose of the paper and addresses all background information elements of the advanced nursing practice leadership dynamic in its practice context Description of ethic of care versus ethic of justice perspectives Individually addresses potential impacts of each ethical perspective using current evidence; uses examples from the practice context to support your assertions Reflection on the application from an ethic of care perspective Individually critiques factors that compel an ethic of care in todays healthcare environment; summarizes your critique using examples from the practice context to support your assertions Conclusion Identifies the main ideas and major conclusions from the body of your manuscript, with minor details left out; summarizes benefits of the application of an ethic of care to advanced nursing practice Clarity of writing Use of standard English grammar and sentence structure; no spelling errors or typographical errors; organized around the required components using appropriate headers APA format All information taken from another source (even if summarized) appropriately cited in manuscript and listed in references using APA (6th ed.) format 1. Document setup 2. Title and reference pages 3. Citations in the text and references Total: 275 A quality paper will meet or exceed all of the above requirements. ? GRADING RUBRIC Assignment Criteria Meets Criteria Partially Meets Criteria Does Not Meet Criteria Introduction to the Advanced Nursing Practice leadership dynamic (30 points) Excellent introduction of selected advanced nursing practice leadership dynamic; rationale well presented and purpose fully developed 2730 points Basic understanding and/or limited use of advanced nursing practice leadership dynamic and/or inappropriate emphasis on an area 2326 points Little or very general introduction of leadership dynamic; little to no original explanation; inappropriate emphasis on an area 022 points Description of ethic of care versus ethic of justice perspectives (55 points) Excellent discussion of each ethical perspective; discussion of each ethical perspective supported with examples 5055 points Basic discussion of each ethical perspective; discussion of each ethical perspective not supported with examples 4249 points Little or very general discussion of each ethical perspective; little or no application to practice context or each ethical perspective not supported with examples 041 points Reflection on the application from an ethic of care perspective (55 points) Excellent discussion of advanced nursing practice leadership application; reflection on ethic of care perspective supported with practice context examples 5055 points Basic discussion of advanced nursing practice leadership application and/or reflection on ethic of care perspective not supported with practice context examples 4249 points Little or very general discussion of advanced nursing practice leadership application, or little or no reflection on ethic of care perspective and/or practice context examples 041 points Conclusion (30 points) Excellent understanding of ethic of care contributions to advanced nursing practice; conclusions well evidenced and fully developed 2730 points Basic understanding and/or limited application of ethic of care contributions to advanced nursing practice 2326 points Little or no understanding of ethic of care contributions to advanced nursing practice; inappropriate emphasis on an area. 022 points Clarity of writing (50 points) Excellent use of standard English showing original thought; no spelling or grammar errors; well organized with proper flow of meaning 4550 points Some evidence of own expression and competent use of language; no more than three spelling or grammar errors; well organized thoughts and concepts 3844 points Language needs development; four or more spelling and/or grammar errors; poorly organized thoughts and concepts 037 points APA format (55 points) APA format correct with no more than 12 minor errors. 5055 points Three to five errors in APA format and/or 12 citations missing 4249 points Multiple errors in APA formatting and/or several citations missing 041 points