NUR456 Leadership and Management
Reflective Activity
This assignment addresses the following Student Program Learning Outcomes and Student Course Learning Outcomes:
Student Learning Program Outcomes
SLPO #4: Incorporate nursing’s professional core values, standards of
practice, commitment to excellence, and lifelong learning as a basis for
professional nursing practice.
Student Course Outcomes
8. Defend the role and responsibility of the baccalaureate nurse as an
advocate for quality patient care and health work environment.
SLPO #5: Apply principles of leadership to advocate for the unique role
of the nursing profession within the healthcare system.
The following rubric criteria will be used to grade your 4-5 page Reflective Activity, which accounts for 15% of your final course grade. Keep in
mind that the expectations described under each performance level on the scale (e.g., master, developing) defines the minimum performance
that must be demonstrated to earn the minimum points at that level. Mastery is considered “target” performance. Performance at a Mastery
level for each criterion is considered ideal. Exemplary performance is considered rare.
Performance levels equate to the following point ranges on a 100-point scale:
Exemplary = 100 – 95
Mastery = 94 – 85
Developing = 84 – 75
Beginning = 74 – 65
Incomplete = 64 – 0
Point ranges are equivalent to the following letter grades:
100 – 90 points = A
89 – 80 points = B
79 – 70 points = C
69 – 60 points = D
Below 60 = F
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Criteria
Most Transformative
Lesson
Student reflects on
most transformative
lesson learned during
course using course
concepts and
terminology and
explains how lesson
will be applied and
success of efforts
determined.
(20% of grade)
SLPO #4
Incorporate nursing’s
professional core
values, standards of
practice, commitment
to excellence, and
lifelong learning as a
basis for professional
nursing practice
Exemplary
20 points
Using highly relevant
and complex course
concepts and
terminology,
thoroughly describes
two transformative
lessons gained from
the course.
Provides a full
explanation of how
lessons will be
applied to practice
including more than
two relevant
examples for each.
Provides significant
detail of how success
of application will be
determined via highly
relevant and specific
methods.
Mastery
18 – 19 points
Using relevant course
concepts and
terminology,
thoroughly describes
most transformative
lesson gained from
course.
Provides a full
explanation of how
lesson will be applied
to practice including
at least two relevant
examples.
Provides sufficient
and thoughtful detail
on how success of
application will be
determined.
Developing
16 – 17 points
Using relevant course
concepts and
terminology, partially
describes most
transformative lesson
gained from course.
Partially explains how
lesson will be applied
to practice including
two relevant
examples.
Provides adequate
detail on how success
of application will be
determined.
Beginning
14 – 15 points
Using at least one
relevant course
concept or term,
minimally describes
most transformative
lesson gained from
course.
Incomplete
0 – 13 points
Does not meet
minimal standards or
does not submit
work.
Minimally explains
how lesson will be
applied to practice
including at least one
relevant example.
Provides minimal
detail on how success
of application will be
determined.
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Criteria
Highly-Developed
Leadership /
Management
Characteristic or Skill
Student reflects on
highly-developed
leadership /
management
characteristic or skill
using course concepts
and terminology and
provides evidence of
characteristic or skill
when leading /
managing teams.
(20% of grade)
SLPO #4
Incorporate nursing’s
professional core
values, standards of
practice, commitment
to excellence, and
lifelong learning as a
basis for professional
nursing practice
Exemplary
20 points
Using highly relevant,
complex course
concepts and
terminology,
thoroughly describes
a highly-developed
leadership
characteristic or skill.
Provides more than
two highly
representative pieces
of evidence or rich
examples from own
current practice of
leading / managing
teams to further
illustrate description.
Mastery
18 – 19 points
Using relevant course
concepts and
terminology,
thoroughly describes
a highly-developed
leadership
characteristic or skill.
Provides two
representative pieces
of evidence or
examples from own
current practice of
leading / managing
teams to further
illustrate description.
Developing
16 – 17 points
Using relevant course
concepts and
terminology, partially
describes a highlydeveloped leadership
characteristic or skill.
Provides two pieces
of evidence or
examples from own
current practice of
leading / managing
teams to sufficiently
support description.
Beginning
14 – 15 points
Using at least one
relevant course
concept or term,
minimally describes a
highly-developed
leadership
characteristic or skill.
Incomplete
0 – 13 points
Does not meet
minimal standards or
does not submit
work.
Provides at least one
piece of evidence or
example from own
current practice of
leading / managing
teams to support
description.
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Criteria
To-Be-Developed
Leadership /
Management
Characteristic or Skill
Student reflects on
leadership /
management
characteristic or skill
yet to be developed
using course concepts
and terminology and
describes a strategy
for developing and
evaluating
characteristic or skill.
(20% of grade)
SLPO #4
Incorporate nursing’s
professional core
values, standards of
practice, commitment
to excellence, and
lifelong learning as a
basis for professional
nursing practice
Exemplary
20 points
Using highly relevant,
complex course
concepts and
terminology,
thoroughly describes
a leadership
characteristic or skill
yet to be developed.
Provides a
comprehensive
strategy with
significant detail of
how characteristic or
skill will be
developed.
Provides significant
detail of how
improvement in
characteristic or skill
will be determined.
Mastery
18 – 19 points
Using relevant course
concepts and
terminology,
thoroughly describes
a leadership
characteristic or skill
yet to be developed.
Developing
16 – 17 points
Using relevant course
concepts and
terminology, partially
describes a
leadership
characteristic or skill
yet to be developed.
Beginning
14 – 15 points
Using at least one
relevant course
concept or term,
minimally describes a
leadership
characteristic or skill
yet to be developed.
Provides a sufficient
and thoughtful
strategy of how
characteristic or skill
will be developed.
Provides an adequate
strategy of how
characteristic or skill
will be developed.
Provides a superficial
strategy of how
characteristic or skill
will be developed.
Provides adequate
detail of how
improvement in
characteristic or skill
will be determined.
Provides minimal
detail of how
improvement in
characteristic or skill
will be determined.
Provides sufficient
and thoughtful detail
of how improvement
in characteristic or
skill will be
determined.
Incomplete
0 – 13 points
Does not meet
minimal standards or
does not submit
work.
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Criteria
Leadership /
Management Impact
Student illustrates
how own leadership /
management style
influences or will
influence the
healthcare practice
environment,
specifying at least
two areas of impact.
Exemplary
20 points
Skillfully illustrates
with significant detail
how own leadership /
management style
influences or will
influence the
healthcare practice
environment and
people within that
environment.
To support
(20% of grade)
illustration, specifies
more than two ways
SLPO #4
in which own
Incorporate nursing’s leadership /
professional core
management style
values, standards of
impacts or will impact
practice, commitment at least two distinct
to excellence, and
areas of the
lifelong learning as a
healthcare practice
basis for professional environment (e.g.,
nursing practice
team behavior or
SLPO #5 Apply
affect, individual
principles of
behavior or affect,
leadership to
organization
advocate for the
outcomes, patient
unique role of the
outcomes).
nursing profession
within the healthcare
system.
SLPO #5: Apply
Mastery
18 – 19 points
Illustrates with
sufficient detail how
own leadership /
management style
influences or will
influence the
healthcare practice
environment and
people within that
environment.
To support
illustration, specifies
two ways in which
own leadership /
management style
impacts or will impact
at least one area of
the healthcare
practice environment
(e.g., team behavior
or affect, individual
behavior or affect,
organization
outcomes, patient
outcomes).
Developing
16 – 17 points
Partially describes
how own leadership /
management style
influences or will
influence the
healthcare practice
environment and/or
people within that
environment.
Beginning
14 – 15 points
Minimally describes
how own leadership /
management style
influences or will
influence the
healthcare practice
environment and/or
people within that
environment.
To support
description, specifies
two ways in which
own leadership /
management style
impacts or will impact
at least one area of
the healthcare
practice environment
(e.g., team behavior
or affect, individual
behavior or affect,
organization
outcomes, patient
outcomes).
To support
description, specifies
at least one way in
which own leadership
/ management style
impacts or will impact
at least one area of
the healthcare
practice environment
(e.g., team behavior
or affect, individual
behavior or affect,
organization
outcomes, patient
outcomes).
Incomplete
0 – 13 points
Does not meet
minimal standards or
does not submit
work.
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principles of
leadership to
advocate for the
unique role of the
nursing profession
within the healthcare
system.
CO #8 Defend the
role and
responsibility of the
baccalaureate nurse
as an advocate for
quality patient care
and health work
environment.
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Criteria
Integration and
Ethical, Legal Use of
Research to Support
Ideas
(5% of Grade)
Exemplary
5 points
Skillfully synthesizes
high-quality, credible,
relevant sources to
support ideas
appropriate for the
assignment.
Consistently uses
information in ways that
are true to original
context. Always
distinguishes between
own ideas or common
knowledge and ideas
requiring attribution.
Must include more than
3 peer-reviewed
references from within
last five years and/or
seminal works.
Mastery
4 points
Consistently integrates
credible, relevant
sources to support
ideas appropriate for
the assignment.
Consistently uses
information in ways
that are true to original
context. Always
distinguishes between
own ideas or common
knowledge and ideas
requiring attribution.
Must include 3 peerreviewed references
from within last five
years and/or seminal
works.
Developing
3 points
Uses some credible
and/or relevant
sources to support
ideas that are
appropriate for the
assignment. Generally
uses information in
ways that are true to
original context. Mostly
distinguishes between
own ideas or common
knowledge and ideas
requiring attribution.
Must include 3 peerreviewed references
and/or seminal works.
Beginning
2 points
Uses sources in an
attempt to support
ideas in the
assignment, but
sources may not be
credible or relevant.
Generally uses
information in ways
that are true to
original context.
Mostly distinguishes
between own ideas or
common knowledge
and ideas requiring
attribution. Must
include at least 2
references.
Incomplete
0 – 1 points
Does not meet
minimal
standards or
does not
submit work.
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Criteria
Exemplary
15 points
Uses clear structure as
outlined in the
assignment with all
components present.
Uses graceful, clear,
concise, error-free
language that skillfully
communicates meaning
to readers. Fully
conforms to APA
formatting standards.
Mastery
13 – 14 points
Uses clear structure as
outlined in the
assignment with all
components present.
Uses straightforward,
clear, concise, nearly
error-free language
that conveys meaning
to readers. Conforms
to APA formatting
standards, with only
minor deviations.
Developing
Beginning
Incomplete
11 – 12 points
10 points
0 – 9 points
Mainly uses structure
Uses structure that is
Does not meet
as outlined in the
not clear or does not
minimal
assignment with most
match expectations of standards or
Organization, Writing
components present.
assignment. Uses
does not
Style, Grammar,
Uses language that
language that
submit work.
Usage, Mechanics,
generally conveys
attempts to convey
and Formatting
meaning to readers,
meaning for readers,
although writing may
but writing includes
(15% of Grade)
include some errors or significant errors or is
may not be concise.
not clear. Somewhat
Mostly conforms to
conforms to APA
APA formatting
formatting standards.
standards.
For more information on organization, writing style, grammar, usage, mechanics, and formatting, see relevant sections in the APA Publication
Manual (6th ed.), Chapters 3 and 4.
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