Category: Nursing

  • Week 6 discussion

    In Week 5, you were assigned by Faculty to argue either the pro (for) or con (against) for a particular medication. You were also provided information for a patient case study scenario. Week 5 was your opportunity to conduct research for this debate.

    This week, you will present and defend your assigned stance (pro or con) and specific medication for your patient case study scenario with your peers. Within the debate, you will also share your perspective on why the alternative medication class would not be appropriate for the patient case scenario.

    Support your answers with evidence-based, peer-reviewed scholarly literature.

    Note: APA style format with citations and references will apply.

    As a reminder, these were the assigned medications:

    Pro Con

    Amphetamine

    Amphetamine

    Methylphenidate

    Methylphenidate

    Alpha Adrenergic Agonist

    Alpha Adrenergic Agonist

    Non-Stimulant

    Non-Stimulant

    RESOURCES

    Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
    Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.

    To prepare:

    • Review the Required Learning Resources.
    • Review your research regarding your position and medication.
    • Consider how you will apply your specific position and medication to the presented patient case.

    BY DAY 3 OF WEEK 6

    Post your response detailing your argument for the following:

    • What is the proposed mechanism of action of the medication(s)? Why might this be appropriate for the patients?
    • What are the advantages or disadvantages to your class of medication (options for different administration, length of duration, etc.)?
    • What are the advantages or disadvantages to the other medication options?
    • What possible side effects or considerations need to be evaluated?
    • Provide one example for each considerationlegal, ethical, and social implicationsfor prescribing the medication category.

    Note: Your response needs to be supported by three 3 scholarly peer-reviewed resources located outside of your course learning resources.

  • Nursing Question

    Create a 12-15 page complete teaching plan, synthesizing previous work with an assessment plan for the course to create a cohesive whole.

    INTRO:

    Assessment is a key to teaching and learning. In this assessment, you will select meaningful ways to assess the teaching and learning in the course you have been designing, and will tie together each of the parts of your course design

    PREPARE:

    For this assessment, you will build an assessment plan of your own that fits with your course plan. Your assessment plan should blend seamlessly into the course components that you have already designed (ATTACHED ARE ASSESSMENTS 1-3). To that end, you will consolidate the work you have already completed in earlier assessments with the assessment plan here in order to create a clear, concise, focused teaching plan that meets the needs of the content, learner population, and environment.

    Take time to reflect on the following questions as you craft your assessment plan for your course, conducting additional research as necessary.

    What types of assessment do you believe are most appropriate for your educational topic and intended audience?

    • How will you evaluate whether or not learning outcomes were accomplished?
    • Do the assessments you selected support cultural competence?
    • How will the assessments demonstrate that learning has occurred?
    • As you select the assessments that you will use, what is your rationale for the type of assessments you will use? Explain how these assessments support differences in learning styles (visual, auditory, kinesthetic)?

    Also, before completing your final, complete course plan, be sure to make any necessary changes or improvements based on what you have learned over the course overall.

    (Optional) Practice implementing these considerations in the Vila Health challenge provided in the Resources before beginning your work here.

    As you prepare to complete this assessment, you may want to think about other related issues to deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. You are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community.

    INSTRUCTIONS:

    Create a complete teaching plan for your course that fuses together all previous course components and includes the addition of a detailed assessment plan.

    Your complete teaching plan should provide:

    • An overview of the course topic, environment, and learner population.
    • An explanation of the learner outcomes for the course as well as the learning theory or theories that are the foundation of the course.
    • An incorporation of evidence-based best practices to enhance learner motivation in your selected learning environment and format.
    • An integration of appropriate teaching strategies, techniques, and learner outcomes for nursing and healthcare education for use in specific situations and populations and of evidence-based best practices for classroom and learner management.
    • A consideration of barriers to learning when designing and developing educational programs and an integration of cultural competence in nursing and healthcare educational offerings.
    • A logical, well-designed assessment plan that addresses these points:
      • A selection of assessment types that are most appropriate for the content, environment, and learner population.
      • An explanation of how you will evaluate whether or not learning outcomes were accomplished in the course, and how assessments will demonstrate that learners have learned as intended.
      • An analysis of how your selected assessment types support cultural competence as well as fit for learners with varied learning styles.

    Organize your plan as follows:

    • Title page.
    • Table of Contents.
    • An overview of your course (topic, setting audience, and so on).
    • Learning Theories and Diversity (Assessment 1).
    • Teaching Strategies (Assessment 2).
    • Management and Motivation (Assessment 3).
    • Assessment Strategies (designed in this Assessment).
    • Summary.
    • References.
    • Appendices.

    Your completed plan should be clear and flow together well. It should show cohesion, understanding, and the application of best practices, and all writing should be professional and free of errors.

    • Format: 12-point Times New Roman or Arial font, double-spaced in Microsoft Word.
    • Length: 1215 pages, plus a title page and a references page.
    • Use correct APA format, including running head, page numbers, and a title page.
    • Use and cite at least 10 references, and at least five of them from peer-reviewed journals that are not required for this course.
    • Writing should be free of grammar and spelling errors that distract from content.
  • Discuss an area of management/leadership related to clinical…

    I will be disqualified from the course if I fail this paper. I have delivered two times and failed all. This is final. It has to be so good.

    Write a 3000-word report discussing an area of management/leadership related to clinical practice and impacting on care delivery. Include theories underpinning management and leadership, decision making, current policy, teamwork, emotional intelligence and budgeting.

    This assignment is worth 100% of the total marks for this module and assesses all the Module Learning Outcomes:

    • Critically discuss theories of management in healthcare practice relevant to the students healthcare setting.
    • Critically evaluate the principles of leadership and decision-making in relation to a specific area of clinical (or nursing/healthcare) practice.
    • Critically discuss the impact of contemporary health and social care policy on healthcare practice.
    • Critically debate the management of budgets and their influence on healthcare practice.
    • Evaluate how the principles of teamwork impact on risk management assessment, resources and human factors in healthcare.
    • Critically evaluate emotional intelligence and resilience in relation to emotional motivation within healthcare delivery.

    You must use your critical thinking and writing skills, and a variety of sources (journal articles, books etc) to identify and discuss factors impacting on the delivery of aligned care.

    Citation and referencing must be done using the Harvard method.

    The Submission deadline for this assignment is 13:00hrs on the Monday of Week 8

    Submission is in CANVAS as a word document.

    Please use the provided which should include

    • Student Name
    • Student Number
    • Module title and code
    • Date of submission
    • Actual word count (this excludes the cover page and reference list)
    • Statements of use of Artificial Intelligence tools
    • Declaration
    • Signature and date

    Please use the following formatting:

    • 1.5-line spacing
    • size 12; font: Arial
    • Left alignment of main text
    • No indentation of paragraphs or of the reference list
    • Reference list should be formatted with single line spaces.
    • Write in the third person.

    Your work should be set out in a report format and should include:

    Introduction

    • This section sets the scene and providing an overview of what the reader can expect in the report.
    • Give a brief example of how your or a colleagues management/ leadership has affected care positively or negatively.
      • This example forms the basis for your application to practice throughout your report
    • Briefly explain what the report will be about.

    Main body general points (this is not a heading)

    • This section should address all LOs equally.
      • Divide your word count more or less equally per LO.
      • Remember the introduction and conclusion are also included in the total word count of 3000 words.
      • The cover page and references do not form part of the word count.
    • As it is a report, you need to include headings:
      • Have one heading related to each LO (besides introduction and conclusion).
      • Use key words
      • Do not use the exact wording of the LO in your heading.
      • Do not use the term LO in your writing

    Critically discuss theories of management in healthcare practice relevant to the students healthcare setting (LO1)

    • Discussion of management theories (this is the main part of this section)
    • Briefly apply this to the example you provided in the introduction
    • Discussion of principles of leadership and decision-making (this is the main part of this section)
    • Briefly apply this to the example you provided in the introduction

    Critically evaluate the principles of leadership and decision-making in relation to a specific area of clinical (or nursing/healthcare) practice (LO2)

    Critically discuss the impact of contemporary health and social care policy on healthcare practice (LO3)

    • In this section, make a link to at least one health and social care policy and how this policy affected the management and leadership of the care provided in the example you gave in the introduction.
    • The policy you are considering should be a current policy in the UK.

    Critically debate the management of budgets and their influence on healthcare practice (LO4)

    • In this section consider how the management of budget influences healthcare.
    • Again, make application to practice looking at your example given in the introduction did the management of budgets influence the healthcare practice? How or why did it influence healthcare practice?

    Evaluate how the principles of teamwork impact on risk management assessment, resources and human factors in healthcare (LO5)

    • The principles of teamwork
    • The impact teamwork may have on risk assessment
    • You can also consider its impact on resources and human factors.
    • Application to your example given in the introduction

    Critically evaluate emotional intelligence and resilience in relation to emotional motivation within healthcare delivery (LO6)

    • Critically evaluate emotional intelligence and resilience
      • This should include defining those terms
    • How this links to motivation
    • Application to practice: how it impacts healthcare delivery especially in relation to the example you have given

    Conclusion

    • There should be no new information in the conclusion as this is the place where you sum up the findings of your report.
    • You can also give recommendations.

    References

    • This needs to start on a new page, insert a page break.
    • Use Harvard referencing.
    • References need to be in alphabetical order.
    • In the reference list all authors need to be named, and you cannot use et al.

    Useful things to remember:

    • When completing your assignment please check your work against the marking criteria as these are what your work will be marked against
    • Aim to include discussion related to each of the Learning Outcomes.
    • Make sure to proofread your work (several times) before submission.
    • Use the complete word allowance of 3000 words but stay within the word limit. There is a 10% margin either way.
    • Check your similarity score and where the similarity appears. Make adjustments if needed.
    • Use Arial 12 with 1.5 line spacing. You can use bold for headings, do not use upper case.
    • Align your work with the left margin.
    • has helpful videos and support available. Here is the link.
    • And finally, ensure to submit your work on time and check you have submitted it in the right place.

    All the best with your assessment.

  • Nursing Question

    The purpose of this assignment is to provide students with an opportunity to develop critical thinking skills, clinical reasoning, and clinical judgment when providing an assessment with findings for adult and geriatric clients with Respiratory, Cardiovascular, Musculoskeletal, Abdomen, HEENT

    This assignment will be

    i.PowerPoint presentation

    ii.Each PowerPoint will include:

    a.Definition

    b.Head to toe assessment by system

    i.Review of system

    ii.And Head to Toe assessment

    c.Signs and Symptoms

    d.Client Education

    Instructions:

    1. Students will work individually.

    2. The assignment will be presented by:

    a)PowerPoint will be based on a case scenario.

    b)All topics need to be mastered to obtain a maximum grade.

    3. Identify the disorder for which a patient would seek care and work it out.

    4. Incorporate therapeutic communication techniques in the client-nurse relationship.

    5. Include key elements/symptoms and behaviors you identified to substantiate your diagnosis and provide appropriate assessment findings.

    6. A lottery will be done with the topics

    6. Present by creating a case scenario with one of the following themes:

    HEET

    Acromegaly

    Cushing Syndrome

    Cachectic

    Hyperthyroidism

    Hypothyroidism

    Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

    Down Syndrome

    Hydrocephaly

    Eczema

    Cataract

    Conjunctivitis: All

    Menier Disease

    Otitis Media

    Peripheral vascular

    Peripheral Venous Disease

    Peripheral Arterial Disease

    Heart

    Right Side Congestive Heart Failure

    Left Side Congestive Heart Failure

    Angina

    Myocardial Infarction

    Hypertension

    Abdomen

    Cholecystitis

    Hepatitis A

    Hepatitis B

    Gastritis

    Peptic Ulcer

    Crohn Disease

    Ulcerative Colitis

    Appendicitis

    Peritonitis

    Intestinal Obstruction

    Colon Cancer

    Pyelonephritis

    Cystitis

    Ectopic Pregnancy

    Stomach Cancer

    Colon Cancer

    Pancreatitis

    Umbilical Hernia

    Inguinal Hernia

    Musculoskeletal

    Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Osteoarthritis

    Osteoporosis

    Bursitis

    Epicondylitis

    Scoliosis

    Neuro

    Bell Palsy

    Hemorrhagic Stroke

    Ischemic Stroke

    Parkinson

    Headache: All types

    Epilepsy

    Brain Cancer

    Alzheimers

    Male

    Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

    Prostate Cancer

    Hemorrhoids

    Rectal Cancer

    Sexually Transmitted Disease

    Female

    Breast Cancer

    Leiomyoma

    Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

    Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

    Endometriosis

    Sexually Transmitted Disease

    Skin

    Pressure Ulcers

    Systemic Erythematous Lupus

    Skin Cancer

    Respiratory

    Asthma

    Pneumonia

    COPD

    Sinusitis

    Covid 19

    Upper Respiratory Infection

    Lung Cancer

  • Comprehensive 2

    please i need you to be very detail on this one, my professor us very strict

    FOLLOW THE RUBRIC!!!!


    Step 1: You will use the

    to:

    1. Compose a written comprehensive psychiatric evaluation of a patient you have seen in the clinic.
    2. Upload your completed comprehensive psychiatric evaluation as a Word doc. Scanned PDFs will not be accepted.
      • For the Comprehensive Evaluation Presentation Assignment: You will need to get it signed by your preceptor for the presentation (actual signature, not electronically typed).

    Step 2: Each student will create a focused SOAP note video presentation in the next assignment. See for more details.

    SOAP is an acronym that stands for Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan.

    S =

    Subjective data: Patients Chief Complaint (CC); History of the Present Illness (HPI)/ Demographics; History of the Present Illness (HPI) that includes the presenting problem and the 8 dimensions of the problem (OLDCARTS or PQRST); Review of Systems (ROS)

    O =

    Objective data: Medications; Allergies; Past medical history; Family psychiatric history; Past surgical history; Psychiatric history, Social history; Labs and screening tools; Vital signs; Physical exam, (Focused), and Mental Status Exam

    A =

    Assessment: Primary Diagnosis and two differential diagnoses including ICD-10 and DSM5 codes

    P =

    Plan: Pharmacologic and Non-pharmacologic treatment plan; diagnostic testing/screening tools, patient/family teaching, referral, and follow up

    Patient 34 (NEW CONSULT)

    Gender: Male
    Age: 70
    Ethnicity: Hispanic
    Race: White
    Insurance: Medicare
    Reason for Visit: New Consult

    Chief Complaint: Ive been feeling nervous and shaky.

    HPI:
    70-year-old male presents with a 3-month history of excessive worry, restlessness, and muscle tension. He reports poor sleep and constant concern about health and finances. Symptoms occur daily and impair functioning. Denies SI/HI or panic attacks.

    Clinical Note:
    Anxious, mildly tremulous, cooperative, thought process coherent.

    Social Problems Addressed:
    Emotional distress, Financial concerns, Health anxiety

    Immunizations:
    Missing influenza and shingles vaccines

    CPT Code: 90792 + 90833

    ICD-10 Diagnosis:
    F41.1 Generalized Anxiety Disorder

    Differential Diagnoses:

    • F41.0 Panic Disorder
      Supporting: anxiety present but no episodic panic attacks
    • F45.21 Illness Anxiety Disorder
      Supporting: health concerns present but generalized worry predominant
    • F51.01 Insomnia Disorder
      Supporting: sleep disturbance present but secondary

    Vitals:
    BP: 142/86 | HR: 82 | RR: 16 | Temp: 98.3F | Ht: 58 | Wt: 175 lb | BMI: 26.6

    Allergies: Diazepam excessive sedation

    Procedures:
    GAD-7 (score: 17), MSE, psychosocial assessment

    Treatment Plan:

    • Buspirone 5 mg PO BID, #60, 2 refills
    • Education: delayed onset, adherence

    Non-Pharmacological:
    CBT to manage excessive worry
    Relaxation techniques to reduce physical symptoms

    Follow-Up:

    4 weeks monitor anxiety symptoms

    Keep in mind this is a healthy 70 year old, however add soome medical history like hospitalization for appendicities when he was young and maybe history of hypertension nothing else, dont compolicate it

  • Comprehensive psych eval 2

    please i need you to be very detail on this one, my professor us very strict

    FOLLOW THE RUBRIC!!!!


    Step 1: You will use the

    to:

    1. Compose a written comprehensive psychiatric evaluation of a patient you have seen in the clinic.
    2. Upload your completed comprehensive psychiatric evaluation as a Word doc. Scanned PDFs will not be accepted.
      • For the Comprehensive Evaluation Presentation Assignment: You will need to get it signed by your preceptor for the presentation (actual signature, not electronically typed).

    Step 2: Each student will create a focused SOAP note video presentation in the next assignment. See for more details.

    SOAP is an acronym that stands for Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan.

    S =

    Subjective data: Patients Chief Complaint (CC); History of the Present Illness (HPI)/ Demographics; History of the Present Illness (HPI) that includes the presenting problem and the 8 dimensions of the problem (OLDCARTS or PQRST); Review of Systems (ROS)

    O =

    Objective data: Medications; Allergies; Past medical history; Family psychiatric history; Past surgical history; Psychiatric history, Social history; Labs and screening tools; Vital signs; Physical exam, (Focused), and Mental Status Exam

    A =

    Assessment: Primary Diagnosis and two differential diagnoses including ICD-10 and DSM5 codes

    P =

    Plan: Pharmacologic and Non-pharmacologic treatment plan; diagnostic testing/screening tools, patient/family teaching, referral, and follow up

    Patient 34 (NEW CONSULT)

    Gender: Male
    Age: 70
    Ethnicity: Hispanic
    Race: White
    Insurance: Medicare
    Reason for Visit: New Consult

    Chief Complaint: Ive been feeling nervous and shaky.

    HPI:
    70-year-old male presents with a 3-month history of excessive worry, restlessness, and muscle tension. He reports poor sleep and constant concern about health and finances. Symptoms occur daily and impair functioning. Denies SI/HI or panic attacks.

    Clinical Note:
    Anxious, mildly tremulous, cooperative, thought process coherent.

    Social Problems Addressed:
    Emotional distress, Financial concerns, Health anxiety

    Immunizations:
    Missing influenza and shingles vaccines

    CPT Code: 90792 + 90833

    ICD-10 Diagnosis:
    F41.1 Generalized Anxiety Disorder

    Differential Diagnoses:

    • F41.0 Panic Disorder
      Supporting: anxiety present but no episodic panic attacks
    • F45.21 Illness Anxiety Disorder
      Supporting: health concerns present but generalized worry predominant
    • F51.01 Insomnia Disorder
      Supporting: sleep disturbance present but secondary

    Vitals:
    BP: 142/86 | HR: 82 | RR: 16 | Temp: 98.3F | Ht: 58 | Wt: 175 lb | BMI: 26.6

    Allergies: Diazepam excessive sedation

    Procedures:
    GAD-7 (score: 17), MSE, psychosocial assessment

    Treatment Plan:

    • Buspirone 5 mg PO BID, #60, 2 refills
    • Education: delayed onset, adherence

    Non-Pharmacological:
    CBT to manage excessive worry
    Relaxation techniques to reduce physical symptoms

    Follow-Up:

    4 weeks monitor anxiety symptoms

    Keep in mind this is a healthy 70 year old, however add soome medical history like hospitalization for appendicities when he was young and maybe history of hypertension nothing else, dont compolicate it

  • Nursing Question

    Powerpoint presentation on your drug of choice: Prednisone. You are to be dressed in office attire. The purpose of the presentation is for you to educate your colleagues on the drug you have selected. The presentation must include information about the:

    • Drug pharmacology, pharmacokinetics
    • Brand name
    • Generic name
    • Dosing
    • Indications for use
    • Side effects
    • Contraindications
    • Pregnancy class
    • You must also perform a cost analysis of the drug.
    • Provide a patient case study on a patient in which you would utilize the drug you have selected and include at least two peer-reviewed evidence-based studies related to the drug.
    • Describe the appropriate patient education.
    • What is your role as a Nurse Practitioner for prescribing this medication to this patient on your case study presentation?
    • Describe the monitoring and follow-up.

    Submission Instructions:

    • Logically organized in current APA style including citation of references.
    • Incorporate a minimum of 4 current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles within your work.
    • PowerPoint presentation with 10-15 slides, excluding the title slide and the reference slide.
  • discussion

    1. ApplicationofCourseKnowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
      • Describe a current safety concern in your practice environment.
      • Explain one HIT that could be applied to address the concern.
      • Explain how it could be applied to enhance safety.
      • Identify at least one possible unintended consequence of adopting the HIT.
      • Discuss at least one strategy for mitigating the unintended consequence.
    1. Integration of Evidence: Integrate relevant scholarly sources as defined by :
      • Cite a scholarly source in the initial post.
      • Cite a scholarly source in one faculty response post.
      • Cite a scholarly source in one peer post.
      • Accurately analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles from evidence with no more than one short quote (15 words or less) for the week.
      • Include a minimum of three different scholarly sources per week. Cite all references and provide references for all citations.
    1. Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage peers and faculty by asking questions, and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice.
      • Peer Response: Respond to at least one peer.
      • Faculty Response: Respond to at least one faculty post.
      • Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to advanced nursing practice.
    1. Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
    2. Reference Citation:Use current APA format to format citations and references and is free of errors.
    3. Wednesday Participation Requirement: Provideasubstantiveresponse to the gradeddiscussiontopic (notaresponseto a peer or faculty),byWednesday,11:59 p.m. MTofeach week.
    4. Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic, one to a studentpeer,and one to a faculty question)on two different days during the week.
  • Ethical dilemma


    An ethical dilemma involves conflicting beliefs, values, rights, or professional responsibilities of individuals and/or groups. To clarify and understand what an ethical dilemma is you need to identify whothe problem affects (groups, organizations customers). What is the issue (opposing sides or beliefs)? What impact is the issue causing? What would happen if the ethical dilemma were not solved?

    The aim of this assignment is for students to identify their core beliefs and positions on a specific ethical dilemma, discuss a clinically relevant scenario, and apply multiple perspectives or concepts to an ethical issue. Students will be divided into teams, based on clinical groups. Teams will be asked to prepare a 10-minute presentation on their ethical dilemma, covering an overview of their dilemma

    The goal of the presentation is to help your classmates gain anunderstanding of the main aspects of the assigned ethical dilemma. When completing this assignment, you are teaching your classmates about the ethical dilemma and why the dilemma is a concern to nurses.

    Students should find and discuss a clinical scenario related to their assigned dilemma. Students should then develop 3 questions about the scenario to help develop their class presentation. The questions are to help students develop their presentation; students do not have to include the questions in the presentations. The final deliverables will include a copy of presentation materials used, and a reference sheet in APA format. Teams must use a minimum of 3 scholarly references ( must be within the last 5yrs).

    The presentation must include but not limited to the following;

    Pros & cons of the ethical issue/differing viewpoints.

    Identifying core beliefs and their positions on ethical issues.

    Real-life application of ethical issue.

    Applies ethical perspectives or concepts to a question or issue


    Identifies ethical issues in relevant contexts and content areas


    Scenario:

    A college student is hospitalized after a suicide attempt and is diagnosed with severe depression. The student begs the nurse not to tell their parents, fearing judgment and rejection. The student is over 18 and legally competent but continues to show signs of suicidal ideation.

    Ethical dilemma: Should the nurse respect the students right to privacy and confidentiality, or notify the family to ensure the student has adequate support and safety measures in place?

  • week 5 discuss the element

    Discuss the elements of Power Analysis: Power, Effect size, Alpha, and Sample Size.

    Participation Requirements

    The student must answer the graded discussion with a substantive reply to the graded discussion question(s)/topic(s) posted by the course instructor by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time of each week. Two scholarly sources references are required unless stated otherwise by your professor.

    The student provides a substantive response to the discussion question or topic on Wednesday day and posts a minimum of two additional responses to peers on another day(s). The answers to classmates must be posted by Saturday, 11:59 pm Eastern Time. We expect each student to participate in the discussion board in a respectful manner.

    Remember that a new discussion rubric was approved by the professors, committee members, and a majority of the students. Please review the rubric before posting to ensure a maximum of points.

    Here are the categories of the new discussion rubric:

    Initial Post relevance to the topic of discussion, applicability, and insight. (20%)

    Quality of Written Communication Appropriateness of audience and words choice is specific, purposeful, dynamic, and varied. Grammar, spelling, punctuation. (20%)

    Inclusion of DNP essentials explored in the discussion as well as the role-specific competencies as applicable.(10%)

    Rigor, currency, and relevance of the scholarly references. (Use articles that are below 5 years). (20%)

    Peer & Professor Responses. The number of responses, quality of response posts. (20%)

    Timeliness of the initial post and the answers to the peers. (10%)