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Miscommunication/Lack of Communication Paper
What happens though if the interviewer or person being interviewed does not communicate well? For this assignment, write a 750 to 1,000-word paper over miscommunication or a lack of communication and how it effects the patient.
Provide a scenario of miscommunication or lack of communication that has occurred or may occur with a patient during an interview. Remember this is an APA format paper and therefore there should be no patient names included if you are using an actual scenario.
Discuss the effect that this miscommunication could have on the patient or the patient’s outcomes. Identify how the miscommunication could have been avoided by the healthcare provider who interviewed the patient. Make sure to include techniques learned in this week’s module. Use scholarly sources to support your information.
- Paper must be in APA style and format, including cover page, 12 pt. font in Times New Roman, 1 in. margins, citations, and reference page.
- Include a strong thesis statement/sentence.
- An abstract page is not required for this paper.
- You must use at least two scholarly sources written within the past 5 years.
- Grading Rubric provided to help guide your work. Nursing homework help
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Grading Rubric
Criteria | Below Expectations 12 points | Meets Expectations 17 points | Exceeds Expectations
20 points |
Provides a scenario of miscommunication or lack of communication that has occurred or may occur with a patient during an interview | A scenario of miscommunication that has occurred or may occur with a patient during an interview is present. Lacks depth and citations. | A scenario of miscommunication that has occurred or may occur with a patient during an interview is present and discussed thoroughly. Discussion is convincing. Includes citation, but from dated sources. | A scenario of miscommunication that has occurred or may occur with a patient during an interview is present and discussed thoroughly. Discussion is convincing. Includes citation from sources within past 5 years. |
Discuss the effect that this miscommunication could have on the patient or the patient’s outcomes | Discussion of the effect that the miscommunication could have on the patient or the patient’s outcomes is present. Lacks depth and citation. | Discussion of the effect that the miscommunication could have on the patient or the patient’s outcomes is present and discussed thoroughly. Discussion is convincing. Includes citation, but from dated sources. | Discussion of the effect that the miscommunication could have on the patient or the patient’s outcomes is present and discussed thoroughly. Discussion is convincing. Includes citation from sources within past 5 years |
Identify how the miscommunication could have been avoided by the healthcare provider who interviewed the patient | Identification of how miscommunication could have been avoided is present but lacks depth and citation. | Identification of how miscommunication could have been avoided is present and discussed thoroughly. Discussion is convincing. Includes citation, but from dated sources. | Identification of how miscommunication could have been avoided is present and discussed thoroughly. Discussion is convincing. Includes citation from sources within the past 5 years. |
Use techniques for effective interviews discussed in Module 6. | Techniques for effective interviews from module six is present but lacks depth and citation. | Techniques for effective interviews from module six is present and discussed thoroughly. Discussion is convincing. Includes citation, but from dated sources. | Techniques for effective interviews from module six is present and discussed thoroughly. Discussion is convincing. Included citation from sources |
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within the past 5 years. | |||
Thesis Statement/Sentence | Thesis statement is present, but vague and unclear to the reader. | Thesis statement is present and appropriate to the paper but lacks definition and comprehensiveness of the paper. | Thesis statement is comprehensive. Thesis provides essence of the paper and makes the purpose of the paper clear. |
APA Style/Format | Most elements of APA style and format present. Citations and references not present or are in incorrect format | Elements of APA style and format are all present. References and citations are present and mostly correct. | All elements of APA style and format present and correct. |
There are 120 points available for this assignment. |
Note: Learner will earn a score of zero on any missing elements.