Practice of Nursing Informatics
Network Presentation
Guidelines with Rubric
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to identify an information network in your work setting. This could be within an organizational unit, an entire physical building, or across facilities.
POINTS: 150
DESCRIPTION
Identify an electronic or computer-based information network in your work setting. This could be within an organizational unit, an entire physical building, or across facilities. Do NOT select EHRs which are software applications. In a 15-to-20 PowerPoint slide presentation, describe the network’s purposes, architecture, shape (draw the network, showing how nodes are related), scope (e.g., how much of the unit, building, or organization is connected by the network), users, and any issues related to the network’s design and use. Relate the extent to which the network’s characteristics fit your findings in the scholarly literature (that is, compare your network to typical networks described in published articles). In the event that you are unable to obtain detailed information about your network provide your recommendations for the ideal network architecture for your setting based upon the literature. Explain two advantages and two disadvantages of the selected network type for communicating information. Speaker notes for each slide should explain, in-depth, the key points shown on the slide.
Criteria for Content
- Network description includes purposes, architecture, shape, scope, users, and issues.
- Network characteristics are compared to scholarly literature, on a separate slide.
- Advantages and disadvantages of the network type are explained.
- Significance of network principles for informatics nurses relative to functional areas of practice/scope of practice provided.
- Speaker notes are provided for each slide, except for title and references, and provide sufficient depth to allow someone else to take over the presentation.
Criteria for Format and Special Instructions
- Grammar, spelling, and punctuation are consistent with formal academic writing.
- APA format is used correctly for citations and references.
- Presentation meets limit of 15-to-20 slides, not counting title or references slides.
| Category | Points | % | Description |
| Network description | 30 | 20% | Network description includes all required elements: purposes, architecture, shape, scope, users, and issues. |
| Comparison to literature | 30 | 20% | Network characteristics are compared to scholarly literature, using at least three scholarly sources and a separate slide. |
| Advantages & Disadvantages of of | 30 | 20% | Two advantages and two disadvantages of the selected network type are explained. |
| Significance of network principles for informatics nurses | 30 | 20% | Relates four specific examples of ways that knowledge of network principles can support functional areas of nursing informatics practice. |
| Speaker Notes | 15 | 10% | Speaker notes are present on each required slide and are sufficient to allow someone else to take over the presentation. |
| Presentation Quality | 15 | 10% | Presentation uses a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 20 slides.
Presentation uses APA correctly for citations and references. Grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are consistent with formal written work. |
| Total | 150 | 100% |
GRADING CRITERIA
Grading Rubric
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Assignment Criteria |
Exceptional
(100%) Outstanding or highest level of performance |
Exceeds
(88%) Very good or high level of performance |
Meets
(80%) Competent or satisfactory level of performance |
Needs Improvement
(38%) Poor or failing level of performance |
Developing
(0) Unsatisfactory level of performance |
| Network
Description |
30Points | 26 Points | 24Points | 11 Points | 0 Points |
| Network description includes all required elements: purposes, architecture, shape, scope, users, and issues. | Network description is missing one required element: purposes, architecture, shape, scope, users, and issues. | Network description is missing two required elements: purposes, architecture, shape, scope, users, and issues. | Network description is missing three or more required elements: purposes, architecture, shape, scope, users, and issues. | Network description is absent.
OR Characteristics of a software application are described instead |
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| Comparison to
Literature |
30Points | 26 Points | 24Points | 11 Points | 0 Points |
| Network characteristics clearly are compared to scholarly literature, using at least three scholarly sources, on a separate slide. | Network characteristics are compared to scholarly literature, using two scholarly sources,
OR a separate slide is not used. |
Network characteristics are compared to the scholarly literature using only one scholarly source. | Network characteristics are compared to the trade literature or product websites only. | Network characteristics are absent. | |
| Advantages & Disadvantages | 30Points | 26 Points
|
24Points | 11 Points | 0 Points |
| Two advantages and two disadvantages of the selected network are explained. | Only one advantage and one disadvantage of the selected network are explained. | The advantages and disadvantages are only partially described. | Network characteristics are not compared to the scholarly literature. | No explanation of advantages and disadvantages.
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| Significance of network principle knowledge for informatics nurses | 30 Points | 26 Points | 24 Points | 11 Points | 0 Points |
| Clearly relates four specific examples of ways supported by scholarly literature that knowledge of network principles can support functional areas/standards of nursing informatics practice. | Relates three specific examples supported by scholarly literature of ways that knowledge of network principles can support functional areas/standards of nursing informatics practice. | Relates two specific examples of ways that knowledge of network principles can support functional areas/standards of nursing informatics practice. | Provides generalizations but clarity or scholarly support is missing. | No content provided. | |
| Speaker Notes | 15 Points | 13 Points | 12 Points | 6 Points | 0 Points |
| Speaker notes are present on each required slide, focus on network features, and are sufficient to allow someone else to take over the presentation. | Speaker notes focus on network features, are provided for each slide, but one or more slides lack sufficient detail to allow someone else to take over the presentation. | Speaker notes focus on network features but are not provided for one to two slides, not counting title and references slides. | Speaker notes focus on network features but are not provided for three or more slides, not counting title and references slides. | Speaker notes are not provided.
Or Speaker notes address software applications, not network features. |
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| Presentation
Quality |
15 Points | 13 Points | 12 Points | 6 Points | 0 Points |
| Presentation uses 15 – 20 slides,
AND uses APA correctly for citations and references, AND zero to one errors in grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation. |
Presentation does not meet limits on number of slides,
OR one to three errors in APA format, OR two to four errors in grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation. |
Four to five errors in APA format,
OR five to seven errors in grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation. |
Six errors in APA format,
OR eight or more errors in grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation. |
Seven or more errors in APA format,
OR eight or more errors in grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation. |
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| Total Points | _______ 150 Points | ||||
