Sepsis/Septic shock

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Writing Across the Curriculum Assignment

NURS 2115 Spring 2023

Instructions for this assignment:

Step 1- Please choose one article on

sepsis/septic shock.
The article should be from a scholarly source and should not be older than 5 years,

Step 2- Compose a 2-3 page (excluding the title page and reference page) scholarly paper to include the following:

a. Summarize your chosen article in one-two paragraphs.

b. Summarize the following:

I. Etiology

II. Clinical manifestations

III. Diagnostics

IV. Appropriate medical management

V. Nursing interventions

VI. Patient teaching to prevent sepsis/septic shock

c. Explain why sepsis/septic shock is the leading cause of death in noncoronary ICU patients.

d. Discuss how sepsis contributes to multi-organ failure.

Step 3- Ensure paper adheres to the following guidelines:

a. Word document

b. APA format

c. Arial or Times New Roman

d. Size 12 font

e. Includes a title page

f. Includes a reference page (minimum of 3 references)

g. 2-3 page scholarly paper (excluding title and reference pages)

h. Attach a copy of the article you summarized

i. Title page should include:

I. Writing Across the Curriculum Assignment

II. Title of the article you summarized

III. Your name

IV. NURS 2115 Adult Health III

V. Date

Step 4- Submit your paper to Turnitin.com and print out the results. Attach a copy of the results to your paper. Ensure the results are 15% or less. All quotes must be in quotation marks and include the page or paragraph number. Anytime you copy word for word from an author, you must place those words in quotation marks and cite the page number—no exceptions. Use no more than 2 of the exact same words in a row as your guide. The Turnitin system gives the student and instructor a number of the percentage of the entire paper that has been copied/plagiarized material. The instructor checks the citation to see if the information is indeed copied/plagiarized.
NO PLAGIARISM IS ACCEPTED.

Grading Criteria: This required assignment will count as your Writing Across the Curriculum for this semester. This also constitutes a portion of your clinical assignment/hours. Any student not completing will receive a clinical incomplete for this course.
Please see attached rubric.

Learning Outcomes assessed:

ASN Student Learning Outcome: Students nearing completion of the Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) demonstrate effective written communication skills appropriate to the field of Nursing.
 

Evidence based practice: Use best current evidence, expert opinion, and clinical expertise as a basis for nursing practice and clinical judgment.

Patient education: Develop and implement health related education to patients that will facilitate their acquisition and reinforcement of knowledge and skills, adoption of new behaviors, and modification of attitudes.

Due Date: February 1, 2023 via Assignment Dropbox. Be sure to include your paper AND your article. Failure to submit article in the Assignment Drop Box will result in a zero for this assignment. Ensure you are using a scholarly article (no Wiki page, textbook, etc. Your summary MUST be of an article. You may use your textbook as one of your 3 references but NOT what you summarize!

Writing Across Curriculum Rubric:

Grading Criteria: This required assignment will count as your Writing Across the Curriculum for this semester. This also constitutes a portion of your clinical assignment/hours. Any student not completing will receive a clinical incomplete for this course.
A score of 16 of 20 points will be considered satisfactory for this assignment. You should have at minimum 3 references, current and within 5 years in APA format. Submit your paper to Turnitin.com and attach a copy of your results.

Category:

1 point

0 points

Total points:

Summarize article

1-2 paragraph summary of article included

Did not include 1-2 paragraph summary of article

Etiology

Etiology included

Etiology was not included

Clinical manifestations

Clinical manifestations included

Clinical manifestations were not included

Diagnostics

Diagnostics included

Diagnostics was not included

Appropriate medical management

Appropriate medical management included

Appropriate medical management was not included

Nursing Interventions and Care

Nursing Interventions included

Nursing Interventions were not included

Patient Teaching
On the prevention of sepsis/septic shock

Patient teaching included

Patient teaching was not included

Explain why sepsis/septic shock is the leading cause of death in noncoronary ICU patients

Explained why sepsis/septic shock is the leading cause of death in noncoronary ICU patients

Did not explain why sepsis/septic shock is the leading cause of death in noncoronary ICU patients

Discuss how sepsis leads to multi-organ failure

Discussed how sepsis leads to multi-organ failure

Did not discuss how sepsis leads to multi-organ failure

Title Page

Included title page per directions

Did not include title page per directions

Reference Page

Reference page submitted, 3 current references within 5 years using APA format

Reference page was not submitted, 3 references not within 5 years, did not use APA format

Attach article

Article submitted

Did not include article

No more than 2 spelling errors

Included 2 or less spelling errors

More than 2 spelling errors

Correct subject/verb agreement

No errors in subject verb agreement

Errors in subject/verb agreement

Correct sentence structure

No errors in sentence structure

Errors in sentence structure

General layout of paper

Used Word document, Arial or Times New Roman, size 12 font, followed APA format

Did not us Word document, Arial or Times New Roman, size 12 font, did not follow APA format

Paper length

Paper was 2-3 pages in length

Paper was less than 2 pages or greater than 3 pages

Assignment submitted on time

Assignment submitted by due date

Assignment not submitted on time

Turnitin.com

Submitted paper to Turnitin.com and provided results

Did not submit paper to Turnitin.com and / or attach the results

Turnitin.com results

Should be 15% or less

More than 15%

Total Points __________/20

Pass or Fail

****A score of 16 of 20 points will be considered satisfactory for this assignment