2023 NUR 267 Spring 2017 Staffing Charge Nurse Discussion Board INSTRUCTIONS In the discussion board on D2L you

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Timeliness of Post

Initial posting & both responses posted by the assigned deadlines

Either initial posting or one of the responses posted after assigned deadline

2 postings done after assigned deadline

All posts after assigned deadlines

Initial Post – Identifying Staff Patterns & Responsibilities

Identifies staffing pattern on unit, including staff:patient ratio & licensed & unlicensed personnel.  Identifies responsibilities of all staff members in regards to patient care.

Identifies staffing pattern on unit, but does not include all staff members.

Identifies staffing pattern on unit, including all staff members, but does not provide responsibilities of all staff members. 

Does not identify staffing pattern

Initial Post – Safe, Quality Care

Provides discussion of whether the staffing pattern on the unit allows for safe quality care.  Uses at least one source (scholarly, within 5 years – not our textbook) to support the discussion.

Provides discussion of whether the staffing pattern allows for safe quality care,& uses a source to support, but source is not appropriate (not scholarly – not within 5 years) or uses only required textbooks.

Provides discussion of whether the staffing pattern allows for safe, quality care, but does not use external source to support discussion.

Provides minimal or no discussion of whether staffing pattern allows for safe quality care.  

Initial Post – Role of Charge Nurse

Correctly identifies the role & responsibilities of charge nurse.

Identifies roles & responsibilities of charge nurse, but some important information is missing.

Identifies roles & responsibilities, but information is incorrect or major parts are missing.

Does not identify roles/responsibilities of charge nurse.

Initial Post – Charge Nurse Effectiveness

Identifies whether the charge nurse of the unit has patient assignments & thoroughly discusses if & how this influences the ability to effectively perform charge nurse duties.

Identifies whether the charge nurse has patient assignments & if this influences the ability to effectively perform charge nurse duties, but provides minimal or no discussion as to how it does so.

Identifies whether the charge nurse has patient assignments, but does not provide further discussion.

Does not provide any information regarding charge nurse effectiveness.

Response #1 – Quality of Post

Provides comparison and/or contrast; Appropriate comments; thoughtful & reflective; respectful of other’s postings

Appropriate comments; respectful of other’s postings

Responds, but with minimal effort (“I agree”)

No posting

Response #2 – Quality of Post

Provides comparison and/or contrast; Appropriate comments; thoughtful & reflective; respectful of other’s postings

Appropriate comments; respectful of other’s postings

Responds, but with minimal effort (“I agree”)

No posting

Grammar

All posts are grammatically correct without spelling errors

One grammatical or spelling error

Two or three grammatical or spelling errors

Posts are grossly grammatically incorrect; significant number of spelling errors