NUR204 Week 7 Assignment - Leadership

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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: o First paragraph: summarize the major points of the article. o Second paragraph: answer whether you support the leadership style, and why or

why not.

o Final paragraph: discuss the article as it relates to nursing practice. o Use at least one additional outside source, such as your textbook. 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 (1pt)

Pts.

Article - Citation from a professional peer-reviewed nursing journal. - Current within last 5 years - Relates to nursing leadership.

- Citation from nursing journal. - Out of date or - Not related to nursing leadership

- Citation not from a nursing journal - Article out of date or not related to nursing leadership.

 

First Paragraph - Concise summary of key points of article. - Writing is clear and focused. - Details are present.

- Concise summary of key points. - Writing is not clear or focused. - Some details present.

- Summary is not concise. - Writing is not clear or focused. - Details are missing.

 

Second Paragraph - Writing presents support or non-support of leadership style. - Writing explains why support or non-support is given. - Writing is clear and logical.

- Writing presents support or non-support. - Writing does not express reason for support or non- support. - Writing is somewhat unclear or not logical.

- Writing does not present support or non- support. - Writing does not express reason for support or non- support. - Writing is unclear and illogical.

 

 

 

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Third Paragraph - Writing is related to nursing practice and demonstrates analysis and application.

- Writing is related to nursing practice. - Analysis and application is weak.

- Writing is not related to nursing practice. - Missing analysis and application.

 

Spelling/grammar/ APA

- Proper APA format is used for citations. - At least two sources are included. - Spelling and grammar errors are few and insignificant.

- Proper APA format is used for citations. - Only one source is used. - Occasional errors in spelling and grammar.

- APA format is not used. - Sources are missing. - Significant errors in spelling and grammar. Written communication is non-coherent.

 

Instructor: Total score