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Good ideas and concepts presented. Introduction does not carry introduction heading; use title of paper. See APA
Manual for reference page (pg. 180) and how to format references; remove hyperlinks

Michelle McDermott, Sep

28 at 10:45pm

Theory Essay Rubric

Theory Essay
Criteria

Ratings

Introduction

The student provides a reasonable

description of the major topic areas in the
introductory paragraph
10 pts

The student provides an unreasonable

description of the major topic areas in an
introductory paragraph
6 pts

Importance of
Ethical theory to
nursing

The student provides a credible and wellsupported justification of the importance

of ethical theory to nursing
25 pts

The student provides a plausible

justification of the importance of
ethical theory to nursing
15 pts

The student does not justify or provides an

implausible justification of the importance
of ethical theory to nursing.
5 pts

25 / 25 pts

Importance of an
ethical principle and
importance to
nursing

The student provides a credible and wellsupported justification of the importance

of ethical principle to nursing.
25 pts

The student provides a plausible

justification of the importance of
ethical principle to nursing
15 pts

The student does not justify or provides an

implausible justification of the importance
of ethical principle to nursing.
5 pts

25 / 25 pts

Ethical principle in
conflict with broken
confidentiality

The student provides a precise

summary of an ethical principle that
would be in conflict if confidentiality
were broken.
25 pts

The student provides a reasonable

summary of an ethical principle that
would be in conflict if confidentiality
were broken
15 pts

The student provides an imprecise summary

or no summary at all of an ethical principle
that would be in conflict if confidentiality
were broken
5 pts

25 / 25 pts

Professional,
Scholarly Sources

The student cites more than 5

professional, scholarly sources in the
paper that are less than 10 years old.
10 pts

The student cites less than 3 professional,

scholarly sources or sources that are older
than 10 years old in the paper
0 pts

10 / 10 pts

Overall holistic

Exemplary
5 pts

Total Points: 97

Pts

The student cites 3-5 professional,

scholarly sources in the paper that are
less than 10 years old.
6 pts

Meets Standards
3 pts

The student does not describe any

major topic areas in an introductory
paragraph
0 pts

Unacceptable
0 pts

10 / 10 pts

2 / 5 pts