Nurses use Quality Indicators (QIs) for several purposes. QIs highlight potential quality concerns, identify areas that need further study and investigation and track changes over time. 

• Draft a 2- to 3-page paper describing your selected QI in general, and then describe how this QI has the potential to improve the quality, safety, and outcomes of your patients and their families.
• Describe the current data available and the leadership’s goal for improvement.
• Draft a solution using 2 sources from professional and scholarly literature to support your proposal.
• Use the 2000/3000 AWE Level Assignment Template in the resources for this week to complete your Assignment.
• Use in-text citations to support your paper. Use essay-level writing skills, including the use of transitional material and organizational frames.

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Title of Paper

Student’s Full Name

Title of Paper
This is your introduction paragraph which is designed to inform the reader as to what you will cover in the paper. Double-space the paper with 1″ margins on all sides. The American Psychological Association (APA) recommends using Times New Roman in 12 point font. The last sentence of this paragraph needs to be, “The purpose of this paper is to describe . . . “
Level One Heading
Organize your headings by following the assignment’s Grading Rubric criteria.
Level One Heading
Be sure to credit your source(s) in your paper using APA Style. Citations are required at the 2000/3000 AWE Level using APA formatting requirements.
The Walden Writing Center is YOUR citation resource place at http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/apa/citations Also see the citation and reference examples provided in the Academic Expectations tab of this course.
Conclusion
End the assignment with a summary on the main points of the assignment.

References
Although a Reference List not is required at the 2000/3000 AWE Level, you may begin practicing referencing your source/s using APA formatting requirements. The Walden Writing Center is YOUR reference resource place at
http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/apa/references
Also see the citation and reference examples provided in the Academic Writing Expectations tab of this course.

NURS 3100 Academic Writing Expectations (AWE) Checklist, Weeks 4–6

Academic Writing Expectations for 2000/3000 Level Courses

http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/undergraduate/awe/2000-3000

Students:
Prior to submission please review your assignment for sentence-level, paragraph level, and use of evidence to make sure you meet the AWE expectations. Check the boxes as you complete your review and click the links to access Writing Center for additional resources if you need them.

DO NOT SUBMIT THIS FORM WITH YOUR ASSIGNMENT. It is for you to check your compliance to Academic Writing Expectations.

· Sentence-level skills

|_| Constructing complete and correct sentences. See an explanation of

sentence components

and how to avoid

sentence fragments and run-ons

. Work through an

interactive module on sentence basics

.

|_| Using and spelling words correctly. See a list of

commonly misused words

and information on

MS Word’s spell check

.

|_| Punctuating appropriately. See the different types of

punctuation

and their uses.

|_| Using Grammarly to catch further errors. See a

Grammarly tutorial

.

· Paragraph-level skills

|_| Using paragraph breaks. Each paragraph acts as a concrete unit of the 

central argument

. See a description of

paragraph basics

.

|_| Focusing each paragraph on one central idea (rather than multiple ideas). See an explanation of how

topic sentences

work.

|_| Utilize

essay level

writing practice and skills, including the use of 

transitional material

 and

organizational frames

.

· Use of evidence

|_| Using course learning resources. See examples of

integrating evidence

in a paper.

|_| Enclosing direct quotes in

quotation marks

. Read about the purpose of

quotation marks.

|_| Paraphrasing (explaining in one’s own words) to avoid plagiarizing the source. Using

quotes appropriately (no more than one short, unique quote.) See paraphrasing strategies. See Ineffective Paraphrasing Strategies

|_| Using in-text citations appropriately. Citations have the same three elements regardless of source.

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