Principles of Leadership

The student provides a thoughtful, descriptive explanation of their beliefs on health.

The student provides a general explanation of their beliefs on health. Details may be missing and some ideas expressed may be generic, popular opinion, or impersonal.

The student provides a vague or unclear explanation of their beliefs on health. Details are missing and one does not get a sense of the student’s beliefs on health.

The student does not provide personal beliefs on health.

The student provides a thoughtful, descriptive personal nursing philosophy. The student includes multiple details to support their thoughts and reasons.

The student provides a satisfactory, descriptive personal nursing philosophy but some ideas are underdeveloped or vague. The student includes minimal detail to support their thoughts and reasons. Ideas may be generic, popular opinion, or impersonal.

The student provides a vague or incoherent personal nursing philosophy. The student does not include details to support their thoughts and reasons. Ideas may be confusing or incomplete.

The student does not include a personal nursing philosophy.

The assignment is organized in a clear, concise, formal, and well-organized manner. Writing is sophisticated and word choice is thoughtful and professional.

Most of the writing is clear and organized, but there may be one or two instances where it is not. Most word choice is thoughtful and professional.

The writing lacks clarity, conciseness, and organization in many places. Some of the word choice does not reflect professionalism.

The paper is unfocused or contains serious errors with organization. The paper lacks professionalism.

The student uses APA Style accurately and consistently. The assignment meets all formatting requirements (length and style). Punctuation, spelling, and capitalization are all correct. There are minimal to no errors.

The students uses APA Style but there are 1–2 errors. The assignment meets most formatting requirements (length and style). Punctuation, spelling, and capitalization are generally correct with only 3-4 errors.

The student reflects incomplete knowledge of APA Style and there are 3-4 errors. Teh assignment meets half of the formatting requirements (length and style). Errors in punctuation, spelling, and capitalization detract from the readability of the assignment.

Mechanical errors significantly interfere with the readability of the paper. No attempt to follow the required format is indicated. There are many distracting errors in punctuation, spelling, and capitalization.