• Review and ONE article related to best practices or a sentinel event in the pediatric setting.
o Examples of best practices: palliative care for children suffering from terminal cancer, preoperative/preanesthesia checklists (time out), interventions to prevent catheter associated urinary tract infections, etc.
o Examples of sentinel events: medication errors, falls, retention of foreign objects during surgery, etc.

-Write a Journal Critique for the chosen article.

Grading Rubric for Journal Critiques
5 points 4 points 3 points
Number of pages Two typewritten pages, double spaced, with one inch margins 1.5 typewritten pages, double spaced, with one inch margins Less than 1 typewritten page, OR not double spaced, OR margins incorrect
Short summary of article Writer presents a short summary of the article, 1-2 paragraphs in length Writer presents a summary of article less than one paragraph in length Writer does not include short summary of article
Key points and examples Writer includes key points of article with primary examples Writer includes key points of article but no examples Writer includes no key points or examples
Recommendation Writer defends validity of the article, and explains who they would recommend this article to and specifically why Writer defends validity of the article, but makes no recommendation Writer does not defend validity of the article, and makes no recommendation
References and APA format Writer presents body of paper and references in correct APA format, with no mistakes, according to most recent APA guidelines. Writer presents the body of paper with minimal mistakes in APA formatting of body and references. Multiple mistakes in the APA format are present in both the body and references of the paper
Spelling and grammar Writer seems in control of the English language, no spelling or grammatical errors are present Writer seems in control of the English language, few spelling or grammatical errors are present Multiple spelling or grammatical errors are present

Course Student Learning Outcome #2 f and #3 d.

2. Demonstrate critical thinking and clinical reasoning to make patient-centered care decisions when caring for childbearing families and children
   d. Identify possible errors that may occur in a variety of maternal/child and pediatric healthcare settings.
3. Relate quality measures to improved patient care for childbearing families and children.
   d. Explain a root cause analysis of a sentinel event occurring in the maternal/child and pediatric setting