NURSING SPECIALTY COURSES EVALUATION CRITERIA GUIDELINES

CRITERIA

COURSE THEORETICAL COMPONENT

1. Attendance
(Must be evidenced by attendance lists or roster)

2. Partial/Specialty Exams (20%) / Quizzes

(20%) (HESI/NLN)

3. e-Lab (5%) / e-Portfolio (5%)

4. Assignments
- Applied Self Reflection Diary
- Oral Presentations
Per week, in the language of the week, must be
corrected by DL rubrics included in the modules.

PERCENTAGE

60% OF THE TOTAL COURSE SCORE

5%
40%
10%

15%

5. Comprehensive HESI Exam

30%

Total of courses theoretical component

100%

6. COURSE CLINICAL COMPONENT

40% OF THE TOTAL COURSE SCORE

a. Attendance

5%

b. Laboratorio de destrezas
Competencies certified by facilitator

15%

c. Assignments
- Weekly nursing note (different
formats written in the language
according to the week.
- Case studies (1-English / 1Spanish/HESI)

30%

d. Ejecutoria Clinica

50%

Total of courses clinical component

THEORY + CLINICAL COMPONENTS

100%

100% TOTAL COURSE SCORE

1. Dual Language rubrics must be used to correct all applicable student work.
2. The 70/30 rule must ALWAYS be applied to student work (70% Content / 30% Language
component).
3. UTs Nursing Program authorized rubrics and criteria must be used whenever applicable to
correct students work.
4. NO grades must be based on subjective facilitators criteria.
5. Work must be corrected, feedback provided to the student and pertinent grade posted to
Blackboard within 2 weeks of the due date for the students work as per institutional
policy.
YMTorres, DON

September 2015