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Chamberlain College of Nursing
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Assessment 2: Addressing Bias
Guidelines with Scoring Rubric
PURPOSE
In today’s current healthcare settings, the increasing diversity, globalization, and expanding technologies
produce complex ethical pressures that influence nursing practice and practice outcomes. To be effective in a
master’s-prepared advanced nurse practice role it is important to understand personal values, beliefs,
strengths, and limitations. The purpose of this assessment is to promote introspective reflection related to
implicit and/or explicit personal biases. Students will develop a plan to reduce bias and promote personal and
professional growth.
COURSE OUTCOMES
Through this assessment, the student will meet the following Course Outcomes.
CO 1: Examine roles and competencies of master’s-prepared nurses essential to performing as
leaders and advocates of safe and quality care. (POs 1, 2, 3, and 10)
CO 2: Apply concepts of person-centered care to nursing practice situations. (POs 1, 6, and 7)
TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE
This assessment is worth 75 points.
DUE DATE
Submit your file(s) by 11:59 p.m. MT Sunday at the end of Week 3.
REQUIREMENTS
Criteria for Content
Complete a self-inventory on personal biases you hold. The biases might be implicit or explicit.
1. In a one to two-page summary, address the following.
a. Identify your selected specialty track (education, executive, family nurse practitioner,
healthcare policy, or nursing informatics).
b. Discuss how biases can impact outcomes in selected nursing practice settings.
c. Identify personal biases and attitudes toward people with various cultural, gender, sexual
orientation, age, weight, and religions that are different than your own.
d. Select one bias that you have.
e. Develop one strategy to reduce this bias.
PREPARING THE PAPER
Submission Requirements
1. Application: Use Microsoft Word 2013™ to create the written assessment.
2. Length: The paper (excluding the title page and reference page) is at maximum two pages.
3. A minimum of two (2) scholarly literature references must be used.
4. Submission: Submit your files: Last name_First initial_Assessment 2_Addressing Bias
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Best Practices in Preparing the Project
The following are best practices in preparing this project.
1. Review directions thoroughly.
2. Follow submission requirements.
3. Make sure all elements on the grading rubric are included.
4. Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are followed and consistent with
formal, scientific writing.
5. Title page, running head, body of paper, and reference page must follow APA guidelines as found
in the 6th edition of the manual. This includes the use of headings for each section of the paper
except for the introduction where no heading is used.
6. Ideas and information that come from scholarly literature must be cited and referenced
correctly.
7. A minimum of two (2) scholarly literature references must be used.
8. Abide by CCN academic integrity policy.
GRADING CRITERIA
Category
Points
%
Description
Introduction
8
10%
Introduction includes general statements on biases and how biases
influence interactions and affect outcomes. Identify sections of the
paper. Provide support from scholarly literature.
Discussion of
Bias
22
30%
Identification of selected specialty track. Discuss how biases can
influence and affect outcomes in selected specialty area of
professional practice. Provide citations from scholarly nursing
literature that support your position.
Identification
of Personal
Bias
8
10%
Identify one personal bias that you have. Identify if the bias is implicit
or explicit in nature.
Strategy to
Reduce Bias
11
15%
Develop one strategy to reduce bias.
SelfReflection
18
25%
Provide a self-reflection regarding what was learned from completing
this assessment.
APA Format
4
5%
Title page, running head, body of paper, and reference page must
follow APA guidelines as found in the 6th edition of the manual. This
includes the use of headings for each section or topic of the paper
(one deduction for each type of APA style error). Ideas and
information that come from scholarly sources must be cited and
referenced correctly. A minimum of two (2) scholarly references are
used.
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Writing
Mechanics
4
5%
Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are
followed and consistent with formal written work as found in the 6th
edition of the APA manual. For this assignment first person may be
used.
Total
75
100
A quality assessment will meet or exceed all the above requirements.
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GRADING RUBRIC
Assessment
Criteria
Exceptional
Exceeds
Meets
Needs Improvement
Developing
(100%)
(88%)
(80%)
(38%)
(0)
Outstanding or highest
level of performance
Very good or high level
of performance
Competent or
satisfactory level of
performance
Poor or failing level of
performance
Unsatisfactory level of
performance
7 Points
6 Points
5 Points
0 Points
Presentation of
information is
superficial and includes
all of the following
elements:
• General statements
on biases
• General statements
on how biases
influence
interactions and
affect outcomes
nursing practice and
profession
Presentation of
information is
minimally
demonstrated and
includes all of the
following elements:
• General statements
on biases
• General statements
on how biases
influence
interactions and
affect outcomes
Presentation of
information in one of the
following elements fails
to meet expectations or
is missing the following:
• General statements
on biases
• General statements
on how biases
influence
interactions and
affect outcomes
nursing practice and
profession
Presentation of
information in two or
more of the following
elements fail to meet
expectations or are
missing the following:
• General
statements on
biases
• General
statements on
how biases
influence
interactions and
Content Possible Points = 67 Points
Introduction
8 Points
Presentation of
information is
comprehensive and
concise and includes all
of the following
elements:
• General statements
on biases
• General statements
on how biases
influence
interactions and
affect outcomes
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•
•
Discussion of Bias
nursing practice and
profession
Identification of
sections of the paper
Support from
scholarly literature
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•
•
Identification of
sections of the
paper
Support from
scholarly literature
•
•
nursing practice and
profession
Identification of
sections of the
paper
Support from
scholarly literature
•
•
Identification of
sections of the paper
Support from
scholarly literature
•
•
affect outcomes
nursing practice
and profession
Identification of
sections of the
paper
Support from
scholarly
literature
22 Points
20 Points
18 Points
13 Points
0 Points
Presentation of
information is
comprehensive and
concise and includes all
of the following
elements:
• Identifies selected
specialty track
• Discusses how biases
can influence and
affect outcomes in
selected specialty
area of professional
practice
• Provides citations
from scholarly
nursing literature
Presentation of
information is
superficial in places and
includes all of the
following elements:
• Identifies selected
specialty track
• Discusses how
biases can influence
and affect
outcomes in
selected specialty
area of professional
practice
• Provides citations
from scholarly
nursing literature
Presentation of
information is
minimally
demonstrated and
includes all of the
following elements:
• Identifies selected
specialty track
• Discusses how
biases can influence
and affect
outcomes in
selected specialty
area of professional
practice
• Provides citations
from scholarly
nursing literature
Presentation of
information in one of the
following elements fails
to meet expectations or
is missing the following:
• Identifies selected
specialty track
• Discusses how biases
can influence and
affect outcomes in
selected specialty
area of professional
practice
• Provides citations
from scholarly
nursing literature
Presentation of
information in two or
more following
elements fail to meet
expectations or are
missing the following:
• Identifies selected
specialty track
• Discusses how
biases can
influence and
affect outcomes
in selected
specialty area of
professional
practice
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Identification of
Personal Bias
8 Points
Presentation of
information is
comprehensive and
concise and includes all
of the following
elements:
• Identifies one
personal bias
• Identifies if the bias
is implicit or explicit
in nature
Strategy to Reduce
Bias
11 Points
Self-Reflection
18 Points
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6 Points
5 Points
0 Points
Presentation of
information is
minimally
demonstrated and
includes all of the
following elements:
• Identifies one
personal bias
• Identifies if the bias
is implicit or explicit
in nature
Presentation of
information in one of the
following elements fails
to meet expectations or
is missing the following:
• Identifies one
personal bias
• Identifies if the bias
is implicit or explicit
in nature
Presentation of
information in both
following elements
fail to meet
expectations or are
missing the following:
• Personal bias is
not identified.
• Nature of bias is
not identified.
9 Points
Presentation of
information is
comprehensive and
concise:
• Develops one
strategy to reduce
bias
0 Points
Presentation is
minimally
demonstrated:
• Develops one
strategy to reduce
bias
16 Points
Provides citations
from scholarly
nursing literature
14 Points
Presentation of
information is
missing:
• Strategy to
reduce bias is not
developed.
11 Points
6
0 Points
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Presentation of
information is
comprehensive and
concise and includes all
of the following
elements:
• Summary regarding
what was learned
from completing this
assessment
• Statements on how
this assessment will
change future
professional practice
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Presentation of
information is good but
superficial in places and
includes all of the
following elements:
• Summary regarding
what was learned
from completing
this assessment
• Statements on how
this assessment will
change future
professional
practice
Presentation of
information is
minimally
demonstrated in all of
the following elements:
• Summary regarding
what was learned
from completing
this assessment
• Statements on how
this assessment will
change future
professional
practice
Presentation of
information in one of the
following elements fails
to meet expectations or
is missing the following:
• Summary regarding
what was learned
from completing this
assessment
• Statements on how
this assessment will
change future
professional practice
Presentation of
information in the
following elements
fail to meet
expectations or are
missing the following:
• Summary
regarding what
was learned from
completing this
assessment
• Statements on
how this
assessment will
change future
professional
practice
Content Subtotal ___ /67 points
Format Possible Points = 8 Points
APA Format
4 Points
APA guidelines, as per
the 6th edition of the
manual, are
demonstrated for the
• title page;
• running head;
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3 Points
APA guidelines, as per
the 6th edition of the
manual, are
demonstrated for the
• title page;
• running head;
2 Points
1 Point
APA guidelines, as per
the 6th edition of the
manual, are
demonstrated for the
• title page;
• running head;
7
APA guidelines, as per
the 6th edition of the
manual, are
demonstrated for the
• title page;
• running head;
0 Points
APA guidelines, as per
the 6th edition of the
manual, are
demonstrated for the
• title page;
• running head;
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•
body of paper
(including citations
and headings); and
reference page.
One deduction for each
type of APA format error.
0 to 1 APA error is
present
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•
•
body of paper
(including citations
and headings); and
reference page.
One deduction for each
type of APA format
error.
2–3 APA errors are
present
•
•
body of paper
(including citations
and headings); and
reference page.
One deduction for each
type of APA format
error.
•
•
body of paper
(including citations
and headings); and
reference page.
One deduction for each
type of APA format error.
6–7 APA errors are
present
4–5 APA errors are
present
•
body of paper
(including
citations and
headings); and
reference page.
One deduction for
each type of APA
format error.
8 or greater APA
errors are present
References and Page
Length
Note: Students are to
use at least two (2)
scholarly references.
The paper (excluding
the title page and
reference page) should
be at least one but no
more than two pages.
Writing Mechanics
•
2 Point Deduction
Does not use at least
two (2) scholarly
references and/or
exceeds required
page length.
4 Points
3 Points
2 Points
1 Point
0 Points
1–2 errors or exceptions
to the rules of grammar,
spelling, word usage,
punctuation, and other
aspects of formal written
work as found in the 6th
3–4 errors or exceptions
to the rules of grammar,
spelling, word usage,
punctuation, and other
aspects of formal
written work as found in
5–6 errors or exceptions
to the rules of grammar,
spelling, word usage,
punctuation, and other
aspects of formal
written work as found in
7–8 errors or exceptions
to the rules of grammar,
spelling, word usage,
punctuation, and other
aspects of formal written
work as found in the 6th
9 or greater errors or
exceptions to the
rules of grammar,
spelling, word usage,
punctuation, and
other aspects of
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edition of the APA
manual. For this
assignment, first person
may be used.
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the 6th edition of the
APA manual. For this
assignment, first person
may be used.
the 6th edition of the
APA manual. For this
assignment, first person
may be used.
edition of the APA
manual. For this
assignment, first person
may be used.
formal written work
as found in the 6th
edition of the APA
manual. For this
assignment, first
person may be used.
Format Subtotal ____/8 points
Total Points ____/75 points
Comments:
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