To prepare for this Assignment:

• Select one disease that is either emerging or re-emerging in the world today.
• Research the disease using both scholarly and non-scholarly resources.
• Determine your audience (patients, other nurses, schools, etc.) that you would want to share the Fact Sheet with.
• Select pieces of information that are appropriate for your audience.

By Day 7

Submit: A 1- to 2-page Fact Sheet.

• Indicate the audience on the Fact Sheet.
• Give a brief history of the disease.
• What are the implications of the spread of the disease?
• How does one detect and prevent the spread of this disease?
• How is this disease treated?

Your Fact Sheet should be visually stimulating, appropriate for your audience, and formatted with bullet points for easy reading.

Support your “facts” with references.

Note: Your Fact Sheet must be supported with at least three scholarly sources of evidence in the literature.

Provided a brief history an emerging/reemerging disease.—

Excellent 23 (15.33%) – 25 (16.67%)

Proficient 20 (13.33%) – 22 (14.67%)

Basic 18 (12%) – 19 (12.67%)

Needs Improvement 0 (0%) – 17 (11.33%)

Described the implications of the spread of the disease and included statistical data.—

Excellent 23 (15.33%) – 25 (16.67%)

Proficient 20 (13.33%) – 22 (14.67%)

Basic 18 (12%) – 19 (12.67%)

Needs Improvement 0 (0%) – 17 (11.33%)

Described how to detect the disease and how to prevent the spread of the disease.—

Excellent 23 (15.33%) – 25 (16.67%)

Proficient 20 (13.33%) – 22 (14.67%)

Basic 18 (12%) – 19 (12.67%)

Needs Improvement 0 (0%) – 17 (11.33%)

Described how the disease is treated.—

Excellent 23 (15.33%) – 25 (16.67%)

Proficient 20 (13.33%) – 22 (14.67%)

Basic 18 (12%) – 19 (12.67%)

Needs Improvement 0 (0%) – 17 (11.33%)

Academic Writing Expectations (AWE 3) 4000 Level “Displays sentence and paragraph level skills: Constructs simple, complex and compound sentences; Writes without spelling, grammatical or syntax errors; Writes without sentence fragments or run on sentence; Uses punctuation appropriately; Writes appropriate introductions and conclusions. Demonstrates essay level skills: Cohesion and flow by using transition sentences; precision, clarity and academic tone; Awareness of discipline specific audience. Displays academic expression: Scholarly voice, evidence of the student’s own ideas with a well-organized presentation of evidence; Synthesizes resources by using own words; Limits use of quotes appropriately; Uses evidence from course learning resources, scholarly resources and seeks additional resources to support content as required in the assignment; A minimum of three references are required. “—

Excellent 23 (15.33%) – 25 (16.67%)

Proficient 20 (13.33%) – 22 (14.67%)

Basic 18 (12%) – 19 (12.67%)

Needs Improvement 0 (0%) – 17 (11.33%)

APA “APA Formatting: cover page, title of paper on second page, level headings, Times New Roman 12 font, 1″” margins, and page numbers. APA References: Uses in-text citations appropriately and format correctly. Paraphrases to avoid plagiarizing the source. Reference list is in alphabetical order, hanging indent, double spaced in format. Each specific entry contains all information required by APA format including author, year of publication, title of publication, pages, DOI, website, as appropriate.”—

Excellent 23 (15.33%) – 25 (16.67%)

Proficient 20 (13.33%) – 22 (14.67%)

Basic 18 (12%) – 19 (12.67%)

Needs Improvement 0 (0%) – 17 (11.33%)

Total Points: 150

Name: NURS_4005_Week1_Assignment_Rubric

Description: NURS 4006 Assignment Week 1 Rubric