NUR 440 Peer Review Guidelines and Rubric Overview: The purpose of peer review is to facilitate quality-nursing care through best practice discovered in evidence-based research. According to the American Nurses Association, “peer review in nursing is the process by which practicing registered nurses systematically access, monitor, and make judgments about the quality of nursing care provided by peers as measured against professional standards of practice. Peer review implies that the nursing care delivered by a group of nurses or an individual nurse is evaluated by individuals of the same rank or standing according to established standards of practice.” Peer review helps not only the author but the reviewer as well through the development of a critical eye which can then be applied to their own work. Prompt As the reviewer: When you peer review another’s work, you will critically evaluate and suggest improvements. You will likely read the abstract once or twice before delving in with comments and first impressions. Using the checklist below, identify strengths and areas for improvement, being sure to address each critical element in your review. Peer Review Checklist: x Aims and objectives: Is the purpose clearly stated? x Background: Does the author offer background on the subject? x Methods: Are the methods clearly stated? What type of method did the author use? x Results: Are the results valid and reliable? x Conclusions: Are the conclusions clearly stated and are they informed by the results? x Relevance to clinical practice: Does the author state the relevancy to clinical practice? x Articulation of response (e.g., citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, organization) You will be evaluated on your peer reviews, not the abstract submitted, using the rubric below. As the author of the abstract, remember the following: x Read the review carefully, avoiding any desire to defend your choices. x If you are unclear what the reviewer means, ask them to clarify. x If you have any questions, feel free to pose them to the reviewer. x Take special note of repeated commentary (e.g., grammar, citation, etc.) as this may signify an area for improvement. x Thank the reviewers for their feedback. If some commentary was especially helpful, this is useful information for the reviewer. x Accept that negative feedback comes with the territory. Your job is not to make everyone happy but to make your work the best that it can be. https://americannursetoday.com/nursing-peer-review-principles-and-practice/ Guidelines for Submission: You must submit your abstract to the provided discussion for review by Sunday of the previous module. When choosing two abstracts for review, be sure to select peers who have not yet received feedback. Each of your reviews should be 2–3 paragraphs in length. Rubric Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value Analysis Mee ...

1. NUR 440 Peer Review Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: The purpose of peer review is to facilitate quality-
nursing care through best practice discovered in evidence-based
research. According to the
American Nurses Association, “peer review in nursing is the
process by which practicing registered nurses systematically
access, monitor, and make judgments
about the quality of nursing care provided by peers as measured
against professional standards of practice. Peer review implies
that the nursing care delivered
by a group of nurses or an individual nurse is evaluated by
individuals of the same rank or standing according to
established standards of practice.” Peer review
helps not only the author but the reviewer as well through the
development of a critical eye which can then be applied to their
own work.
Prompt
As the reviewer:
When you peer review another’s work, you will critically
evaluate and suggest improvements. You will likely read the
abstract once or twice before delving in with
comments and first impressions. Using the checklist below,
identify strengths and areas for improvement, being sure to
address each critical element in your
review.
Peer Review Checklist:

2. x Aims and objectives: Is the purpose clearly stated?
x Background: Does the author offer background on the subject?
x Methods: Are the methods clearly stated? What type of
method did the author use?
x Results: Are the results valid and reliable?
x Conclusions: Are the conclusions clearly stated and are they
informed by the results?
x Relevance to clinical practice: Does the author state the
relevancy to clinical practice?
x Articulation of response (e.g., citations, grammar, spelling,
syntax, organization)
You will be evaluated on your peer reviews, not the abstract
submitted, using the rubric below.
As the author of the abstract, remember the following:
x Read the review carefully, avoiding any desire to defend your
choices.
x If you are unclear what the reviewer means, ask them to
clarify.
x If you have any questions, feel free to pose them to the
reviewer.
x Take special note of repeated commentary (e.g., grammar,
citation, etc.) as this may signify an area for improvement.
x Thank the reviewers for their feedback. If some commentary
was especially helpful, this is useful information for the
reviewer.
x Accept that negative feedback comes with the territory. Your
job is not to make everyone happy but to make your work the
best that it can be.

3. https://americannursetoday.com/nursing-peer-review-principles-
and-practice/
Guidelines for Submission: You must submit your abstract to
the provided discussion for review by Sunday of the previous
module. When choosing two abstracts
for review, be sure to select peers who have not yet received
feedback. Each of your reviews should be 2–3 paragraphs in
length.
Rubric
Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs
Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Analysis Meets “Proficient” criteria and
provides concrete examples on
how abstracts relate to course
concepts and draws on this
knowledge in analysis
Analyzes abstracts in relation to
course concepts and
terminology
Briefly analyzes abstracts in
relation to course concepts and
terminology, or analysis
contains gaps
Does not relate abstracts to
course concepts and
terminology

4. 30
Evaluation: Critical
Elements
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
provides concrete examples on
how to improve the
incorporation of critical
elements in the future
Clearly evaluates abstracts for
the inclusion of required critical
elements
Briefly and incompletely
evaluates abstracts for inclusion
of required critical elements
No evaluation of abstracts for
inclusion of required critical
elements
30
Evaluation: Strengths
and Weaknesses
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
provides concrete examples for
improvement
Clearly evaluates abstracts for
strengths and weaknesses

5. Briefly and incompletely
evaluates abstracts for
strengths and weaknesses
Does not evaluate abstracts for
strengths and weaknesses
30
Articulation of
Response
(APA/Mechanics)
Submission is free of errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, and
organization and is presented in
a professional and easy-to-read
format
Submission has no major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
Submission has major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that negatively impact
readability and articulation of
main ideas
Submission has critical errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that obstruct understanding

6. 10
Earned Total 100%
CIS502 discussion post responses.
Respond to the colleagues posts regarding:
Security Models
In information security, models provide a way to formalize
security policies. Such models can be abstract or intuitive. All
models are intended to provide an explicit set of rules that a
computer can follow to implement the fundamental security
concepts, processes, and procedures that make up a security
policy. The models offer a way to deepen your understanding of
how a computer operations system should be designed and
developed to support a specific security policy. No system can
be secure; security professionals have several security models
to consider.
Let’s say you work for one of the following types of industry:
Choose a different industry from last week’s discussion, and
then from the list below, select a model and summarize the
model as you understand it. State why you might use this model
in your job. Include at least one advantage and disadvantage of
the model you’ve chosen. Include a real-life example of the
model in use.
Make sure to include any special or unique security features for
the model.
TS’s post states the following:Top of Form
Trusted Computing Base (TCB)
This system is compiled of everything within a computing

7. system that ensures a secure environment. This would include
things like the operating system, security mechanisms,
prescribed procedures, physical locations, and network
hardware/software. Normally there are requirements for
controlling access, backing up data, supporting user
authentications, guarding against viruses and system
infiltrations.
TCB is also accountable for confidentiality and integrity. It is
the only portion of a system that functions at a high level of
trust. It enforces the security policy and monitors four basic
functions: Input/output operations, Execution domain switching,
Memory protection, Process activation.
Manufacturing may use TCB to protect trade secrets that they
store in computers or devices. If your field or product is
competitive enough then you may worry about people stealing
or employees selling information that gives you a completive
advantage. Ensuring that your data is safeguarded would be
critical.
One advantage of a TCB is its security. Having the peace of
mind knowing that your data is safe and has very little potential
to be infiltrated.
BE’s post states the following:Top of Form
I have selected the services industry and the Brewer and Nash
model (also known as the Chinese Wall Model.) I understand
the model as a tool used as a commercial security analysis
conflict of interest binary relation (CIR). This model could be
used at my job to service employee banking safely. One
advantage is that it prohibits a person from accessing several
conflicts of interest categories and avoids conflict of interest.
One disadvantage is that the datasets and the objects, along with
the subjects, should flow according to or the metaphorically
will not work correctly. An example would be a Brewer and
Nash wall between the company’s data from Bank A and Bank
B; if the user had access data from bank B first, then they could
not be able to access data. The objective is to avoid conflict of

8. interest between parties.
CISSP PRACTICE QUESTIONS – 20190906 by Wentz Wu,
CISSP https://wentzwu.com/2019/09/06/cissp-practice-
questions-20190906/
Choose two peers and review their abstracts using the Peer
Review Checklist found in the Peer Review Guidelines and
Rubric document.
Peer 1 Response:
Kristi Sullivan posted
Vaccinating children from birth to college age is an important
party of herd immunity in your local community. Parents are
still hesitant about giving vaccines because of the whole story
about the link to Autism.Providers are struggling with the
parents refusing or delaying childhood vaccines and its causing
eradicated diseases to resurface, along with all people coming
from different countries.
Aims and objectives: Vaccinating children on a timely schedule
from newborn to college age
Is the purpose clearly stated? The purpose of this article is to
examine the most common concerns surrounding vaccine
hesitancy and outline strategies for pediatric providers to
address concerns with parents in the clinical setting.
Background: Does the author offer background on the subject?
The author shows the statistics of the 644 new cases of measles,
17,325 cases of pertussis, and the 42% of patients who don’t get
the flu shot.
Methods: Are the methods clearly stated? What type of method
did the author use? The methods used are providers and other
staff giving information about the safety and validity of keeping

9. a vaccine schedule. They will provide any education to parents
and VIS sheets that explain all of the possible side effects of
each vaccine. They will start to educate parents as early as
prenatal visits on the importance of a timely vaccine schedule.
Results: Are the results valid and reliable? The results are valid
and reliable because they got statistics from CDC.
Conclusions:Are the conclusions clearly stated and are they
informed by the results?
The conclusions were clearly stated that providers need to
encourage parents to vaccinate to preserve herd
immunity.Providers also need to continue to educate parents on
every visit explaining the risks and benefits of vaccines.
Relevance to clinical practice: Does the author state the
relevance to clinical practice? The author states relevance to
clinical practice by how the providers continue to struggle with
hesitancy to give vaccines to children. There has to be constant
reminders and education about how important it is to keep the
children, their families and community healthy.
Reference
Barrows, M. A., Coddington, J. A., Richards, E. A., &
Aaltonen, P. M. (n.d.). Parental Vaccine Hesitancy: Clinical
Implications for Pediatric Providers. JOURNAL OF
PEDIATRIC HEALTH CARE, 29(4), 385–394. https://doi-
org.ezproxy.snhu.edu/10.1016/j.pedhc.2015.04.019
Peer 2 Response:
Laura Feigenbaum posted
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the possible
causes of patient falls in acute care hospitals and review the
current policies and procedures in place for handling these
events. Furthermore, this study explores how and why these
policies and procedures are ineffective and offers suggestions
for improvements to decrease patient falls rates and improve

10. patient outcomes.
Design and Methods: Data was gathered through several
different randomized control research studies. These studies
included data collection and analysis via observation,
qualitative and quantitative data review, and chai square
analysis. Six articles were reviewed and used as the basis for
this research.
Results:Research showed that patients, their families, providers,
and the facility all benefit from decreased patient fall rates. By
implementing new fall policies such as post fall huddles, more
frequent patient fall assessment, and improving interdisciplinary
communication patient fall rates declined and when falls did
occur injuries were less likely to be severe.
Conclusion: These studies established a foundation to
understand current hospital policies and procedures regarding
patient falls, rates of falls, patient outcomes, and provider roles.
They reflect the importance of team collaboration and quality
care improvement. Health care organizations rely on their staff
to keep their patients safe. It must continue to advance and
change according to their needs. Because patient care is so
complex there needs to be an established set of checks and
balances to ensure the best possible patient care and safety.
Changes to policies regarding patient falls such as
implementation of a post fall huddle, improved fall prevention
procedures, and increased employee involvement/accountability
would promote just that. Falls are completely preventable and
hopefully thought the implementation of new policies and
procedures fall rates will significantly decrease.
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