Critique of Assessment tool Due: February 5, 2025 by 09:00 AM Value: 25 % Submit as an email attachment or upload to your tutor/instructor on Canvas. This assignment will demonstrate your ability to analyze and critique an assessment tool used in the advanced nursing practice setting. Guidelines for the Paper:
• In conjunction with your tutor/instructor, select an assessment tool used in the advanced nursing practice setting. Examples (but not limited to), could include the Beck depression scale, PQH-9 scale, Framingham, CHADs score, Ottawa ankle rules, or the 60 second diabetic foot screen. • Advise your tutor/instructor of your chosen tool by the end of January. • 5 page maximum (cover page, reference list, and appendices are in addition to the 5 page maximum). • References should draw from a broad cross-section of empirical and theoretical sources. They should be selected from current scholarly, peer-reviewed sources. • Follow APA (7th ed.) for format and references. • Please see the form Critique of Assessment Tool (Links to an external site.) for the grading criteria of the paper.
Guidelines for Grading the Paper:
1. Description of tool 15% 2. Review and critique of literature related to tool 3. Clinical application 4. Report on actual clinical application 10% 5. Sharing of tool 5% 6. Use of quality evidence/literature 10% 7. Scholarly Format
