INTERVIEW OF THE OLDER ADULT AND TEACHING PROJECT RUBRIC

INTERVIEW OF THE OLDER ADULT AND TEACHING PROJECT RUBRIC
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Comments Max Points Earned
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Heading- Title of Paper
Introduce the interview (the setting, your initial impressions, general reactions, and feelings about the phone conversation or interview. 1
Assess the paper for HIPPA concerns. Avoid adding your relationship to person (Parent, grandparent etc, please do not use city/town, state lived in, year of birth, etc.) 2
Address what the purpose of the paper is…what will the paper discuss? 2
SECTION TOTAL 5
Heading – Synopsis of Interview
Give a brief synopsis of your interview, including the elder’s interesting life experiences.
Identify 2 meetings with the elder adult. The first meeting is the interview. The second meeting is the teaching session
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Subheading: Elder’s View of Aging, Wellness, and Health
Describe the older person’s view of aging, wellness, and health 3
Subheading : Therapeutic Communication Techniques
Identify two or more therapeutic communication skills used in the interview
• Provide factual information on techniques used, citing rationales for why they are therapeutic in this situation…not just the technique
• Describe how techniques were applied.
• Identify and described one communication barrier
• How did it effect communication?
• What would you do differently next time?
NOTE: Review APA for details on in-text citation

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Subheading: Evidence Based Practice
Select ONE empirical article with current evidence of best teaching strategies in older adults OR current evidence of therapeutic communication skills with older adults. Include short summary of best practices.
Discuss how you applied what you learned to this interview
NOTE: Be sure to place the citation in the reference page 5

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SECTION TOTAL 25
Heading -Teaching Topic
Identify and describe the teaching topic. The topic must address enhancing the elder person’s safety , health status, or a problem identified and discussed in the interview
NOTE: Use of technology not acceptable unless identified in professional literature as a barrier to health and supported by EBP interventions

Describe methods for presenting information

Address the primary method of learning

Address that the topic was chosen collaboratively.

Apply adult learning principles
• Describe assessment of learning needs (perception, readiness to learn, developmental concerns, educational level, adaptations needed or not required, communication barriers- hearing, vision, language)

Did learning occur? How do you know? Was there a change in behavior, knowledge, skills, or attitude?
Note: Make sure you cite the 2 resources used for teaching during the discussion above

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SECTION TOTAL 20

Completion of Teaching Grid
• Teaching grid is included within the body of the paper
• Develop a minimum of 2 goals for your teaching session.
• Objectives are SMART
• Content: List specific topics/items taught
• Content included is cited/referenced per APA
• Incorporates patients preferred learning style
• Clearly identify methods to evaluate each aspect of teaching (e.g reverbalization/ written/ demonstration).

NOTE: Make sure you evaluate each learning objective

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SECTION TOTAL 15

Heading- Personal Reflection
Reflect on the interview and explore personal feelings about aging, the elderly, and the role of the nurse, teaching / learning and the older adult. Use Ignatian Pedagogy as a guide for reflection
Context/Meaning
Experience interpretation
Action
Evaluation

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SECTION TOTAL 8
Heading- Conclusion
(Section should be brief- 1 sentence per topic listed below)
Restate purpose of the paper including the chosen topic
Restate outcome of learning from patient perspective
Restate personal takeaway
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SECTION TOTAL 4
Format – APA style, Introduction, body, & conclusion, spelling, grammar, syntax, Bolded Paragraph headings per APA
Paper is organized, showing flow of ideas (good transitions), depth of knowledge
Typographical errors, spacing, duplicate wording ( ½ point deduction for each error up to 2 points )
Uses the standard Regis University cover page
Applies APA 7th edition throughout the paper.
Paper and is submitted using the proper format
Paper does not exceed 4 pages 2

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4
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SECTION TOTAL 14
Heading- References
References are within the past 5 years
All references on reference page are cited within the paper (if it’s on the reference page, it needs to be cited in the paper)

Note: Make sure you list and reference all material used to prepare the teaching session.
• Include two resources to reference to meet the teaching topic.
• Include one resource to reference therapeutic communication techniques.
• Included citation from the ANA Foundation of Nursing Books
• Include reference to empirical article for EBP. 2
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SECTION TOTAL 9
TOTAL GRADE