XQ4001: Safety and Quality Fundamentals: Apply quality improvement and patient safety principles in care delivery.

Rubric Criteria

Masters Expectations

Achieves Expectations

Does Not Meet Expectations

Module 1: Foundation of Healthcare Safety

Complete the National Patient Safety Goals Template.

• Identified nursing specialty and practice.

Learning Objective 1.2: Identify sources and applications of national safety and quality standards to guide nursing practice

The response clearly identifies nursing specialty and practice.

The response identifies nursing specialty and practice.

The response inaccurately and vaguely identifies nursing specialty and/or practice, or it is missing.

• Identified the appropriate NPSG Chapter for current practice.

Learning Objective 1.2: Identify sources and applications of national safety and quality standards to guide nursing practice

The response clearly identifies NPSG Chapter for current practice.

The response identifies NPSG Chapter for current practice.

The response inaccurately and vaguely identifies NPSG Chapter for current practice, or it is missing.

• Identified the year, name, and

number of each goal for NPSH 1. Explains the NPSG with a brief

The response comprehensively and clearly identifies the

The response identifies year, name, and number

The response inaccurately and vaguely identifies year, name,

Rubric Criteria

Masters Expectations

Achieves Expectations

Does Not Meet Expectations

description.

Learning Objective 1.2: Identify sources and applications of national safety and quality standards to guide nursing practice

year, name, and number of each goal for NPSG 1.

The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that fully support the description.

of each goal for NPSG 1.

The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that support the description.

and number of each goal for NPSG 1, or it is missing.

The response includes inaccurate and vague examples that do not support description, or it is missing.

• Identified the year, name, and number of each goal for NPSH 2. Explains the NPSG with a brief description.

Learning Objective 1.2: Identify sources and applications of national safety and quality standards to guide nursing practice

The response comprehensively and clearly identifies the year, name, and number of each goal for NPSG 2.

The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that fully support the description.

The response identifies year, name, and number of each goal for NPSG 2.

The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that support the description.

The response inaccurately and vaguely identifies year, name, and number of each goal for NPSG 2, or it is missing.

The response includes inaccurate and vague examples that do not support description, or it is missing.

• Identified the year, name, and number of each goal for NPSH 2. Explains the NPSG with a brief description.

Learning Objective 1.2: Identify sources and applications of national

The response comprehensively and clearly identifies the year, name, and number of each goal for NPSG 3.

The response identifies year, name, and number of each goal for NPSG 3.

The response includes relevant, specific, and

The response inaccurately and vaguely identifies year, name, and number of each goal for NPSG 3, or it is missing.

Rubric Criteria

Masters Expectations

Achieves Expectations

Does Not Meet Expectations

safety and quality standards to guide nursing practice

The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that fully support the description.

appropriate examples that support the description.

The response includes inaccurate and vague examples that do not support description, or it is missing.

Module 2: Improving Patient Outcomes

• Identified one NPSG as a priority for a facility. Identification supported with evidence and experience.

Learning Objective 2.3: Identify strategies to improve outcomes of patient care practice

The response comprehensively and clearly identifies one NPSG as a priority.

The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that fully supports the identification.

The response identifies one NPSG as a priority.

The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that support the identification.

The response inaccurately and vaguely identifies one NPSG as a priority, or it is missing.

The response includes inaccurate and vague examples that do not support identification, or it is missing.

• Reflected on the role of nurses and patient safety. Described how the NPSGs contribute to a culture of safety in healthcare.

Learning Objective 1.3: Identify strategies to improve outcomes of patient care practice

The response comprehensively and clearly reflects on the role of nurses and culture of safety in healthcare.

The response includes relevant, specific, and NPSG appropriate examples that fully supports the reflection.

The response reflects on the role of nurses and culture of safety in healthcare.

The response includes relevant, specific, and NPSG appropriate examples that support the reflection.

The response inaccurately and vaguely reflects on the role of nurses and culture of safety in healthcare, or it is missing.

The response includes inaccurate and vague NPSG examples that do not support reflection, or it is missing.

Rubric Criteria

Masters Expectations

Achieves Expectations

Does Not Meet Expectations

• Analyzed a real-world example of failure to meet one of the current NPSGs resulted in an adverse effect, discussing consequences and lessons learned.

Learning Objective 1.4: Describe processes used in understanding causes of error

The response comprehensively and clearly analyzes a real- world example discussing consequences and lessons learned.

The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that fully supports the analysis.

The response analyzes a real-world example discussing consequences and lessons learned.

The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that support the analysis.

The response inaccurately and vaguely analyzes a real-world example discussing consequences and/or lessons learned, or it is missing.

The response includes inaccurate and vague examples that do not support analysis, or it is missing.

• Identified facility, safety grade, and three areas of improvement for a local hospital.

Learning Objective 1.2: Identify sources and applications of national safety and quality standards to guide nursing practice

The response comprehensively and clearly identifies a facility, safety grade, and three areas of improvement for a local hospital.

The response identifies a facility, safety grade, and three areas of improvement for a local hospital.

The response inaccurately and vaguely identifies a facility, safety grade, and/or three areas of improvement for a local hospital, or it is missing.

Rubric Criteria

Masters Expectations

Achieves Expectations

Does Not Meet Expectations

• Identified three evidence-based interventions that might be implemented for the local hospital.

Learning Objective 1.3: Identify strategies to improve outcomes of patient care practice

Learning Objective 1.4: Describe processes used in understanding causes of error

The response comprehensively and clearly identifies three evidence-based interventions for implementation.

The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that fully supports the interventions.

The response identifies three evidence-based interventions for implementation.

The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that support the interventions.

The response inaccurately and vaguely identifies three

evidence-based interventions for implementation, or it is missing.

The response includes inaccurate and vague examples that do not support interventions, or it is missing.

Professional Writing

Masters Expectations

Achieves Expectations

Does not Meet Expectations

Context, Organization, Audience, Purpose, Tone, Style, Clarity, Flow

Demonstrates full awareness of writing context, audience, and purpose.

Content is consistently clear, logical, and well organized with appropriate sentence and paragraph structure.

Demonstrates some awareness of writing context, audience, and purpose.

Content is mostly clear, logical, and well organized with adequate sentence and paragraph structure.

Demonstrates minimal awareness of writing context, audience, and purpose.

Content lacks clarity, logic, and/or discernible organization and does not use proper sentence and paragraph structure.

Professional Writing

Masters Expectations

Achieves Expectations

Does not Meet Expectations

Tone is highly professional, scholarly, and free of bias.

Tone is adequately professional, scholarly, and/or free of bias.

Tone is not professional/scholarly and/or contains bias.

Style is consistently appropriate for a professional setting/workplace context.

Style is mostly appropriate for a professional setting/workplace context.

Style is inconsistent with a professional setting/workplace context.

Free of spelling, punctuation, and grammar/syntax errors.

Contains few spelling, punctuation, and/or grammar/syntax errors.

Content contains significant spelling, punctuation, and/or grammar/syntax errors.

Originality, Source Credibility,

Writing fully reflects

Writing adequately reflects

Writing does not reflect

and Attribution of Ideas

original thought and

original thought and

original thought and

paraphrasing and adheres

paraphrasing and adheres

paraphrasing and does not

to reference requirements,

to reference requirements,

adhere to reference

including the use of

including the use of

requirements, including the

credible evidence to

credible evidence to

use of credible evidence to

support a claim while

support a claim while

support a claim while

incorporating appropriate

incorporating appropriate

incorporating appropriate

citations and references in

citations and references in

citations and references in

APA format.

APA format.

APA format.