NUR213 M6A4: Breaking the Chain: The Patient with an
Infectious Communicable Disease Paper Rubric
The following criteria are used to grade your six (6) to ten (10) page paper (excluding the cover page and reference page).
A paper that does not meet the Turnitin.com match* will not be graded and is recorded as a zero (0).
Criteria
Part 1 – The Chain of
Infection
1. Describes each element
in the chain of infection
in terms of the
identified disease:
infectious agent,
reservoir, portal of exit,
means of transmission,
portal of entry,
susceptible host.
2. Supporting evidence is
appropriate and
current.
Criteria
Part 2 – Nursing
Management
1. Identifies treatment
options used to break
the chain of infection.
2. Explores evidencebased nursing
interventions used to
manage short-term and
long-term
consequences of the
disease.
Exceptional
(40 points)
All components are
addressed. Work is
comprehensive and
presented clearly.
Good
(35 points)
All components are
addressed but minor
points require further
development.
Marginal
(30 points)
Supporting evidence is
appropriate and current;
but one (1) component is
not addressed.
Weak
(25 points)
Two (2) components are
not addressed.
AND
AND
OR
Supporting evidence is
appropriate and current.
Supporting evidence is
appropriate and current.
Supporting evidence is
appropriate and one (1)
component is
incompletely, inaccurately,
unclearly, or irrelevantly
addressed.
Two (2) components are
incompletely, inaccurately,
unclearly, or irrelevantly
addressed.
Exceptional
(40 points)
All components are
addressed. Work is
comprehensive and
presented clearly.
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Good
(35 points)
All components are
addressed but minor
points require further
development.
OR
OR
Supporting evidence is not
appropriate or current.
Marginal
(30 points)
One (1) component is not
addressed.
Weak
(25 points)
Two (2) components are
not addressed.
OR
OR
One (1) component is
incompletely, inaccurately,
unclearly, or irrelevantly
addressed.
Two (2) components are
incompletely, inaccurately,
unclearly, or irrelevantly
addressed.
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Unacceptable
(0 points)
Does not meet criteria.
Unacceptable
(0 points)
Does not meet criteria.
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3. Describes how the
registered nurse would
support patient
adherence to the
treatment plan.
Scholarly Writing
a. Organized; conforms
to length;
grammatically
correct.
b. Consistent and
correct use of APA
format.
c. A minimum of three
(3) current
references.
Exceptional
(20 points)
All components are met.
No evidence of
plagiarism.*
Good
(16 points)
Overall well done, but at
least one (1) component is
not completely met.
No evidence of
plagiarism.*
Marginal
(14 points)
Overall acceptable but at
least two (2) components
are not completely met.
No evidence of
plagiarism.*
Weak
(12 points)
All three (3) components
are not completely met.
Unacceptable
(0 points)
Does not meet criteria.
Evidence of plagiarism.*
No evidence of
plagiarism.*
Grade: _________________
* Turnitin.com: If the Similarity Index is greater than 15% or greater than 2% on any individual match, your paper will be closely reviewed for originality and possible plagiarism.
Refer to the course documents and Excelsior College policies on Academic Honesty and Plagiarism for additional information about plagiarism.
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