Clinical Rubric

NURS 316

Clarke College Outcomes:

It is expected that graduates of Clarke College will be able to:
1. Demonstrate spirituality as a way of living in relationship with self, others, society, cosmos,
and God.
2. Demonstrate competent use of language in a variety of settings.
3. Demonstrate thinking skills informed by experience, knowledge, insight, and reflection.
4. Demonstrate a breadth and integration of knowledge in arts, humanities, natural sciences, and
social sciences.

Undergraduate Nursing Program Outcomes: It is expected that graduates of the Nursing

program will be able to:
1. Demonstrate critical thinking, therapeutic communication, and clinical decision making skills
in nursing practice.
2. Demonstrate proficiency in technical skills in the application of the nursing process.
3. Demonstrate research and theory-based holistic caring to all clients in a variety of settings.
4. Participate in interdisciplinary practice utilizing ethical, spiritual, and moral principles.
5. Demonstrate a commitment to lifelong learning.
6. Participate in community, political, legal, and professional activities related to the nursing
profession.

Course Outcomes: Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate caring behavior through collaboration with peers.
2. Select appropriate nursing diagnoses and interventions to assist adult clients in attaining,
maintaining, or regaining optimum wellness.
3. Identify potential research while using the nursing process for adult clients throughout the
wellness/illness continuum.
4. Practice applying the concepts of dignity, worth, and uniqueness in caring for individuals and
families in a therapeutic way.
5. Discuss the professional standards and code of ethics used to provide professional nursing
care.
6. Describe the influence of legal, ethical, and cultural etiologies while caring for clients
experiencing various alterations in health.
7. Demonstrate responsibility for independent and interdependent learning while assessing own
leadership abilities.
8. Demonstrate leadership in nursing by participation in a professional organization.
 Rating Scale Program Score 4 3 2 1
Outcomes
Number
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1. Consistently Demonstrates Inconsistently Inconsistently
2 demonstrates ability to demonstrates demonstrates
Demonstrates ability to perform skills ability to ability to
ability to perform skills previously perform skills perform skills
perform basic previously learned. previously previously
learned with Requires learned. learned. Has
skills minimal or no moderate Requires demonstrated
previously instructor instructor maximum unsafe patient
learned. assistance or assistance and instructor care.
cueing. cueing. assistance and
cueing.

2. Consistently Demonstrates Inconsistently Inconsistently

demonstrates knowledge of demonstrates demonstrates
Demonstrates knowledge of sterile knowledge of knowledge of
1, 2
knowledge of sterile technique. sterile sterile
principles of technique. Able to technique. Not technique. Has
Able to verbalize and able to no recollection
sterile verbalize and perform verbalize or of technique or
technique and perform technique with perform procedure.
ability to technique with moderate technique, Has
minimal or no instructor requires demonstrated
maintain instructor cueing or maximum unsafe patient
sterility. (E.g. cueing or feedback. instructor care, below
Injections, feedback. feedback and level of safety.
cueing
dressing
changes, etc.)

3. Applies Consistently Demonstrates Inconsistently Inconsistently

1 demonstrates knowledge of demonstrates demonstrates
principles of knowledge of safety. Keeps knowledge of knowledge of
safety. safety. Keeps the patients patient safety. patient safety.
(E.g. S.R., the patients safety in the Requires Has no
safety in the forefront of maximum recollection of
personal safety, forefront of patient care instructor patient safety
check ID band patient care with moderate reminders and issues. Has
with minimal instructor cueing about demonstrated
or no instructor reminders or patient safety. unsafe patient
reminders or cueing. care, below
cueing. level of safety.

4. Utilizes Consistently Demonstrates Inconsistently Inconsistently

1, 4 demonstrates knowledge of demonstrates demonstrates
professional knowledge of therapeutic knowledge of knowledge of
therapeutic therapeutic communication therapeutic therapeutic
communication communication with patients, communication communication
with patients, staff, etc. . Requires . Has
techniques staff, etc. with moderate maximum demonstrated
with patients, minimal or no instructor instructor unsafe patient
staff, family, instructor cueing. involvement care, below
cueing. and cueing. level of safety.
instructor, and
other students.
5. Consistently Demonstrates Inconsistently Inconsistently
demonstrates knowledge & demonstrates demonstrates
Demonstrates a 1 knowledge & responsibility knowledge & &
sense of responsibility in initiating responsibility responsibility
responsibility in initiating and completing in initiating in initiating
and completing patient cares. and completing and completing
in initiating patient cares. Requires a patient cares. patient cares.
and Requires a moderate Requires Consistently
completing minimal or no amount of maximum demonstrates
amount of instructor instructor unsafe and
patient care instructor intervention intervention dangerous
needs. intervention and cueing. and cueing. patient care.
and cueing.

6. Completes Consistently Completes the Inconsistently Inconsistently

1 completes the worksheet and completes the completes the
the worksheet worksheet and preparation worksheet and worksheet and
and preparation work correctly. preparation preparation
preparation work correctly. Instructor work correctly. work correctly.
Instructor makes a Instructor has
work correctly. makes minimal moderate to make *Student needs
or no amount of maximum to make
corrections and corrections and amounts of appointment to
additions to additions to corrections and see instructor
paperwork. paperwork. additions to regarding poor
paperwork. paperwork.

7. Assess the Consistently Demonstrates Consistently Consistently

2 demonstrates average level of demonstrates demonstrates
patient knowledge & knowledge & below average below average
completely responsibility responsibility of knowledge & of knowledge &
in completing a in completing a responsibility responsibility
full body full body in completing a in completing a
assessment. assessment. full body full body
Demonstrates Requires a assessment. assessment.
above average moderate level Requires a Does not have
level of of instructor maximum level basic
competence in involvement in of instructor knowledge,
assessment the assessment involvement in below level of
skills. process. the assessment safety,
process. unaware.

8. Verbalizes Consistently Demonstrates Consistently Consistently

1 demonstrates an average demonstrates a demonstrates a
an above average level of below average dangerous and
understanding knowledge and knowledge and level of unsafe level of
of the competence in competence in knowledge in knowledge in
med knowledge medication medications medications
medications and treatments knowledge and and treatments and treatments
and treatments for the patient. treatments for for t for the patient.
of the patient. the patient.
9. Performs Consistently Performs care Consistently Consistently
2, 3 performs care at an average performs care performs care
care within at an above level, seeks at a below at an unsafe
scope of average level, assistance, and average level of level, tasks are
knowledge and seeks reports changes competence not completed,
assistance, and as needed. and relies and relies
limits of reports changes heavily on heavily on
licensure. as needed. instructor instructor
Seeks feedback and feedback and
suggestions. suggestions.
assistance,
reports
changes, etc.

10. Follows up Consistently Follows up on Inconsistent on Does not follow

1, 5 follows up on instructors following up on up on
on instructors instructors suggestions and instructors instructors or
or staff suggestions and makes suggestions. staff
suggestions for makes improvements Shows a below suggestions for
improvements accordingly at average level of improving
improving accordingly at a average level competence. patient care.
care. an above of competence.
average level of
competence.

11. Conducts Consistently Demonstrates Consistently Consistently is

1 demonstrates an average demonstrates a irresponsible
self in mature an above level in attitude below average and immature
and average level in and conducts level in attitude and
responsible attitude and self in a mature and does not demonstrates a
conducts self in and responsible conduct self in below average
manner. a mature and manner. a mature and level in
Displays responsible responsible attitude.
positive manner. manner.
attitude.

12. Consistently Demonstrates Inconsistently Consistently

1, 3 demonstrates organization & demonstrates demonstrates
Demonstrates organization & prioritization organization & knowledge or
organization prioritization in initiating prioritization behavior which
and in initiating and completing in initiating reflects
and completing patient cares at and completing dangerous
prioritization patient cares at an average patient cares at levels of
of care. an above level of a below incompetence.
average competence, average level of Tasks are not
competence, requiring a competence, completed and
requiring moderate requiring a performance is
minimal or no amount of maximum unsafe.
instructor instructor amount of
intervention. intervention. instructor
intervention.
13. Documents Consistently Reports and Inconsistently Consistently
1, 5 reports and documents reports and demonstrates a
and reports documents findings documents dangerous level
findings findings appropriately findings at a of competence
appropriately. appropriately at an average below average in reporting
at an above level of level of and
average level of competence, competence, documenting
competence, with moderate with maximum findings.
with minimal amount of amount of Performance is
or no instructor instructor instructor unsafe.
intervention. intervention. intervention.

14. Dresses Consistently Is inconsistent Needs constant

1 dresses with dressing reminders to
according to according to according to dress according
policy. policy. policy. to policy.

**See Student
handbook regarding
dress policy.

15. Arrives on Consistently Inconsistent Consistently

1, 2, 4 arrives on time with arriving arrives late,
time. Notifies and/or notifies on time and does not notify
instructor of instructor of notifying instructor or
absence. absence. instructor or assigned floor
floor of of absence.
absence. Absence is
unexcused.

Maximum 58
Possible Score
Total Score
Final Clinical
Grade (S or U)

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