Competency Assessment Rubric

All competency criteria must be met to earn a B grade and pass this Course Outcome.

A predefined number of mastery criteria must be met to earn an A grade, indicating mastery of the Course Outcome. See the CLA and Grade Criteria Chart below.

	MET	NOT YET MET
Ethical-Legal Dilemma
Competency
Creates an ethical legal decision-making dilemma involving an advanced practice nurse.
Mastery
Ethical Legal decision-making dilemma has sufficient details, addresses the relevant field of the APN, and demonstrates critical thinking.
Codes of Conduct
Competency
Applies relevant codes of conduct that apply to the practice of nursing and your chosen field.
Mastery
All codes of conduct are identified, all codes of conduct identified are relevant to the chosen APN field.
Ethical Principles and Laws
Competency
Describes one ethical principle and one law that could be violated and whether the violation would constitute a civil or criminal act based on facts.
Mastery
Describes one ethical principle and one law that could be violated. Identifies correctly if the violation would constitute a civil or criminal act based on facts.
Decision Integrity
Competency
Constructs a decision that demonstrates integrity and that would prevent violation of the ethical principle, and prevent the law from being violated.
Lists three recommendations that will resolve advanced practice nurses’ moral distress in the proposed dilemma.
Mastery
Describes three or more recommendations that will resolve advanced practice nurses’ moral distress in the dilemma presented. All recommendations are pertinent to the APN specialty area.
Total Competency Criteria:
Total Mastery Criteria:

 

 

CLA and Grade Criteria Chart

 

CRITERIA	CLA Score	Grade	Points
Meets all competency criteria and 3-4 of mastery criteria	5	A	1000
Meets all competency criteria and 1-2 of mastery criteria	4	B	850
Meets 4 of competency criteria	3	Not Yet Competent*	0
Meets 3 of competency criteria	2	Not Yet Competent*	0
Meets 1-2 of competency criteria	1	Not Yet Competent*	0
Meets 0 competency criteria	0	Not Yet Competent*	0
No submission	NA	Not Yet Competent*	0

 

*Not Yet Competent grades convert to an F at term end

 

*If work submitted for this competency assessment does not meet the minimum submission requirements, it will be returned for revision without being scored. If the work submitted does not meet the minimum submission requirements by the end of the term you will receive a failing score.

 

Minimum Submission Requirements

Minimum Submission Requirements	MET	NOT YET MET
●      Proper notification of any resubmission, repurposing, or reworking of prior work per the Purdue Global Student Coursework Resubmission, Repurposing, and Reworking Policy Resource.
●      This assessment should be a Microsoft Word (3-4 pages) document, in addition to the title and reference pages.
●      Support your paper with a minimum of three (3) scholarly references.
●      Respond to the questions in a thorough manner, providing specific examples of concepts, topics, definitions, and other elements asked for in the questions. Your submission should be highly organized, logical, and focused.
●      Your submission should provide a clearly established and sustained viewpoint and purpose.
●      Your writing should be well-ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful.
●      Your submission must be written in Standard English and demonstrate exceptional content, organization, style, grammar, and mechanics.
●      A separate page at the end of your submission should contain a list of references in APA format. Use your textbook, the Library, and the internet for research.
●      Be sure to include references for all sources and to cite them using in-text citations where appropriate. Your sources and content should follow current APA citation style. Review the writing resources for APA formatting and citation found in Academic Tools. Additional writing resources can be found within the Academic Success Center.