NR565-16717 Discussions Week 4: Collaboration Café

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CPGs Related to Musculosketal and Rheumatologic Conditions

Preparing the Collaboration Café 

Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the Collaboration Café. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.

General Instructions

Step 1: Identify your assigned client from the Week 4 Explore lesson. Your assignment is based on the first letter of your last name in the chart below. Review your assigned clinical application activity from the lesson. The client case link will take you to the page in the lesson where the respective case is located.  Scroll to the bottom of the page to locate the client case.

Last Name Client From Week 4 Lesson
A – C Rishi Agarwal
D – F Roberta Day
G – I Lillian Cho
J – L Marianne Terra
M – O Chara Gutierrez
P – R  Barbara Witten
S – U Roland Berger
V – Z Yuval Cohen

Step 2: Assess the client’s case, the applicable clinical practice guideline (CPG), and the prescription writing activity for that client within the lesson.

Step 3: Answer the discussion prompts below with explanation and detail, providing complete references for all citations. Refer to the lesson for client information. 

Step 4: Reply to peers with different assigned clients.

Include the following sections: 

  1. Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
    1. Describe your assigned client’s situation. Why are they presenting to the clinic? What medications are they currently taking?  
    2. Assess the applicable clinical practice guideline (CPG) for your assigned client. What treatment is recommended by the CPG for your client’s situation? 
    3. Discuss your personal professional assessment of the client’s situation provided in the scenario. What pharmacological treatment is necessary and why?
    4. Reflect on additional questions you have about your assigned client that may influence treatment. What else do you need to know? What follow-up assessments, labs, or conversations are required to ensure optimal health outcomes? 
  2. Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage peers by asking questions and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice:
    1. Respond to at least one peer.
    2. Respond to a second peer post.
    3. Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to advanced nursing practice.
  3. Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
  4. Wednesday Participation Requirement: Provide a substantive response to the Collaboration Café topic (not a response to a peer), by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.
  5. Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic and two to student peers) on two different days during the week.

NR565-16717 Discussions Week 3: Collaboration Café

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CPGs Related to Opioid Prescribing

Preparing the Collaboration Café

Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the Collaboration Café. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.

General Instructions

Step 1: Review your assigned client scenario below. Your assigned client is based on the first letter of your last name in the chart below. The scenarios below depict inappropriate or excessive opioid use. 

Last Name Client from Week 3 Lesson
A – E David Ball, a 45-year-old male, is currently taking hydromorphone (Dilaudid) 4mg PO QID for chronic pain from fibromyalgia. 
F – J Terrence Brown, a 71-year-old male, is currently taking oxycodone 10mg/acetaminophen 325mg (Percocet) QID for neuropathic pain from diabetic peripheral neuropathy. 
K – N Geraldine Marzec, a 60-year-old female, is currently taking oxycodone ER (OxyContin) 20mg PO BID for chronic low back pain from an old injury. 
O – R Bola Ogunwande, a 31-year-old female, is currently taking oxymorphone ER (Opana) 5mg PO QID for migraines. 
S – V Le Chin, a 54-year-old male, is currently taking morphine sulfate (MS Contin) 30mg PO TID for dental pain. 
W – Z Marianne Rubenstein, an 80-year-old female, is currently taking hydrocodone 10mg/acetaminophen 325mg (Norco) PO QID for osteoarthritis. 

Step 2: Review the client’s case and CDC’s (2022) CPG related to opioid prescribing. You can use the Ctrl F function on your keyboard to assist in your review of the CPG to help find keywords.

Step 3: Analyze and critique your assigned case and answer the prompts below with explanation and detail, providing complete references for all citations.  

Step 4: Reply to peers with different assigned clients.

Include the following sections:

  1. Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
    1. Introduce your client, their situation, and their medication regimen. Calculate and describe your client’s daily morphine milligram equivalents (MME). Provide your calculations and a rationale for your answer. Refer to this linkLinks to an external site. for reference. 
    2. Discuss how your client’s daily MME falls above or below the threshold for additional consideration. How do you know?  
    3. Consider the need for additional considerations given the total MME, the limited information available in the case, and the risks for overdose. What other consultations, prescriptions, and education may be required given their current individual circumstances and medications?  
    4. Consider the appropriateness of your client’s medication regimen. According to the CPG, what other prescriptions may be more appropriate for their individual circumstances? If no change is needed or warranted according to the CPG, state that with support from the CPG. 
  2. Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage peers by asking questions and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice:
    1. Respond to at least one peer.
    2. Respond to a second peer post.
    3. Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to advanced nursing practice.
  3. Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
  4. Wednesday Participation Requirement: Provide a substantive response to the Collaboration Café topic (not a response to a peer), by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.

Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic and two to student peers) on two different days during the week.

NR565-16717 Discussions Week 2: Discussion

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CPGs Related to Cardiac Conditions

Preparing the Assignment

Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the discussion. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.

General Instructions

Step 1: Identify your assigned client from the Week 2 Explore lesson. Your assignment is based on the first letter of your last name in the chart below. Review your assigned clinical application activity from the lesson. The client case link will take you to the page in the lesson where the respective case is located.  Scroll to the bottom of the page to locate the client case.

Last Name Client from Week 2 Lesson
A – E Malia Mowry 
F – J Raymond Collins 
K – N Gertrude Green 
O – R Arthur King 
S – V Peter Xi 
W – Z Tyrone Ball 

Step 2: Assess the client’s case, the applicable clinical practice guideline (CPG), and the prescription writing activity for that client within the lesson. 

Step 3: Answer the discussion prompts below with explanation and detail, providing complete references for all citations. Refer to the lesson for client information. 

Step 4: Reply to peers with a different assigned client. 

Include the following sections:  

  1. Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.  
    1. Describe your assigned client’s situation. Why are they presenting to the clinic? What medications are they currently taking? 
    2. Assess the applicable clinical practice guideline (CPG) for your assigned client linked on the same page in the lesson where the client case is located. What treatment is recommended by the CPG for your client’s situation?
    3. Discuss your personal professional assessment of the client’s situation provided in the scenario. What pharmacological treatment is necessary and why?
    4. Reflect on additional questions you have about your assigned client that may influence treatment. What else do you need to know? What follow-up assessments, labs, or conversations are required to ensure optimal health outcomes?
  2. Integration of Evidence: Integrate relevant scholarly sources as defined by program expectationsLinks to an external site.:
    1. Cite a scholarly source in the initial post.
    2. Cite a scholarly source in one faculty response post.
    3. Cite a scholarly source in one peer post.
    4. Accurately analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles from evidence with no more than one short quote (15 words or less) for the week.
    5. Include a minimum of two different scholarly sources per week. Cite all references and provide references for all citations.
  3. Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage peers and faculty by asking questions and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice.
  1. Peer Response: Respond to at least one peer on a topic other than the initially assigned topic.
  2. Faculty Response: Respond to at least one faculty post.
  3. 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: Provide a substantive response to the graded discussion topic (not a response to a peer or faculty) by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.  
  4. Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic, one to a student peer, and one to a faculty question) on two different days during the week.

NR565-16717 Discussions Week 1: Collaboration Café

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CPGs Related to Prescribing Medication

Preparing the Collaboration Café 

Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the Collaboration Café. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.

Include the following sections:

Choose a clinical condition from the list below that is applicable to your practice area or clinical interests. Assess the linked clinical practice guideline (CPG) related to prescribing medications for clients with that condition and respond to the following questions.

List of Conditions:

  1. Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
    1. Briefly summarize the condition you selected and your rationale for selecting it.
    2. Describe the prescribing recommendations from the CPG and how these could impact pediatric, pregnant, and older adult populations considering pharmacokinetic principles.
    3. Discuss how you could apply the clinical guidelines to your future practice.
    4. In considering the summary from this articleLinks to an external site., review the strengths and weaknesses of the CPG you selected and discuss how the graded evidence may influence your practice as a clinician.
  2. Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage peers by asking questions and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice:
    1. Respond to at least one peer.
    2. Respond to a second peer post.
    3. Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to advanced nursing practice.
  3. Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
  4. Wednesday Participation Requirement: Provide a substantive response to the Collaboration Café topic (not a response to a peer), by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.
  5. Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic and two to student peers) on two different days during the week.

NR507-11171 Discussions Week 8: Collaboration Café

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Preparing the Collaboration Café

Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the collaboration café. Contact your course faculty if you have questions. 

Include the following sections: 

  1. Application of Course Knowledge:Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
  1. Reflect on your learning experience in this course. Which concepts stood out to you and made an impact? How do you envision using these concepts in your future nursing practice as a master’s prepared nurse?   
  2. Describe how course learning activities and assignments will help you achieve Program Outcome 1: Provide high quality, safe, patient-centered care grounded in holistic health principles. 
  3. Describe how course assignments or activities will help you achieve ONE of the sub-competencies from the advanced-level nursing education competencies from AACN Essentials Competency 1.3 Demonstrate clinical judgment founded on a broad knowledge base.
      • 1.3d: Integrate foundational and advanced specialty knowledge into clinical reasoning.
      • 1.3e: Synthesize current and emerging evidence to influence practice.
  1. Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue:Engage peers by asking questions and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice: 
  1. Respond to at least one peer.  
  2. Respond to a second peer post.  
  3. 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. Wednesday Participation Requirement:Provide a substantive response to the collaboration café topic (not a response to a peer) by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.  

5. Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic and two to student peers) on two different days during the week.  

NR507-11171 Discussions Week 7: Discussion: Choose Your Own Pathophysiology Adventure: Part 3 of 3

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Preparing the Assignment

Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the discussion. Contact your course faculty if you have questions. 

General Instructions 

This discussion represents the third and final step in a three-step discussion series where you will choose your pathophysiology adventure to analyze and present to the class. You will continue to explore the disease process that you chose in Week 2. In this final step of the discussion series, you will present the case study that you created in Week 5 on your chosen disease process from Week 2 to the class using the required templateLinks to an external site.. Your presentation will be recorded in video format using Kaltura and should be presented as if you are teaching the client who was just diagnosed with your chosen condition from Week 2 and their family. You will then do a peer review for another student who chose a different condition. This link Links to an external site.can provide information on how to use Kaltura to record your presentation after signing in with your Chamberlain University student credentials.

Include the following sections:  

  1. Application of Course Knowledge:Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.  
  1. Prepare a presentation using the required templateLinks to an external site.. The presentation should incorporate the case study you created in Week 5 and the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and diagnosis of your selected condition as if you are teaching it to the client in the case study. For images of the client for the case study, free stock images are available from Adobe StockLinks to an external site..  
  2. Record your presentation in a video format (~2-5 min) using Kaltura. Ensure clarity in the audio and visual elements of the presentation. 
  3. Submit the Kaltura recording link of your presentation in your discussion post.  
  4. After posting your presentation link, watch the presentation of one of your classmates with a different condition. Provide a response to their post offering constructive feedback focusing on the accuracy of the information, their presentation skills, and whether the presentation is appropriately targeted to the client in the case study. 
  1. Integration of Evidence:Integrate relevant scholarly sources as defined by program expectationsLinks to an external site.:  
  1. Cite a scholarly source in the initial post. 
  2. Cite a scholarly source in one faculty response post. 
  3. Cite a scholarly source in one peer post. 
  4. Accurately analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles from evidence with no more than one short quote (15 words or less) for the week.  
  5. Include a minimum of two 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.  
  1. Peer Response: Respond to at least one peer on a topic other than the initially assigned topic.  
  2. Faculty Response: Respond to at least one faculty post.  
  3. 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 free of errors.  
  3. Wednesday Participation Requirement:Provide a substantive response to the graded discussion topic (not a response to a peer or faculty), by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.  

7. Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic, one to a student peer, and one to a faculty question) on two different days during the week. 

NR507-11171 Discussions Week 6: Discussion

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Client Scenario

Preparing the Discussion

Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the discussion. Contact your course faculty if you have questions. 

General Instructions 

The purpose of this discussion is to examine an assigned disease process and determine which disease process explored in the discussion Bayani, the client, is experiencing. Follow the instructions below and your faculty member will reveal which disease process Bayani is experiencing at the end of the discussion week. 

Step 1: Review the following client scenario: 

Bayani, a 62-year-old male client, presents to the NP with abdominal pain with his wife. Bayani is mildly confused, and according to his wife, he is normally fully oriented. His abdomen is soft and non-distended, and his wife states he has been urinating and drinking more water than usual. She also states he has had foul-smelling urine and is concerned he also has a urinary tract infection. 

Step 2: Review your assigned disease process from the chart below. Your assigned disease process is based on the first letter of your last name. 

Last Name Disease Process
A – H Condition: Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD)
I – P Condition: Cirrhosis
Q – Z  Condition: Type 2 Diabetes

Step 3: Review the client case scenario and answer the discussion prompts below with explanation and detail, providing complete references for all citations.  

Step 4: Reply to a peer with a different assigned disease process. 

Include the following sections:  

  1. Application of Course Knowledge:Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail. 
  1. Discuss the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of your assigned disease process. Which clinical manifestations observed in Bayani’s case could be explained by the pathophysiological mechanisms? 
  2. Analyze Bayani’s clinical manifestations in the context of your assigned disease process. Do these findings support a diagnosis of your assigned disease process? Why or why not?  
  3. Identify and justify the diagnostic tests (including labs, imaging, or other diagnostic tests) that would be most appropriate for investigating a diagnosis of your assigned disease process in Bayani. What could the results of these tests look like in your assigned disease process? 
  4. Compare and contrast your response with a peer assigned a different condition. Does their condition fit Bayani’s case? Why or why not? 
  1. Integration of Evidence:Integrate relevant scholarly sources as defined by program expectations:  
  1. Cite a scholarly source in the initial post. 
  2. Cite a scholarly source in one faculty response post. 
  3. Cite a scholarly source in one peer post. 
  4. Accurately analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles from evidence with no more than one short quote (15 words or less) for the week.  
  5. Include a minimum of two 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.  
  1. Peer Response: Respond to at least one peer on a topic other than the initially assigned topic.  
  2. Faculty Response: Respond to at least one faculty post.  
  3. 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 free of errors.  
  3. Wednesday Participation Requirement:Provide a substantive response to the graded discussion topic (not a response to a peer or faculty) by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.  

7. Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic, one to a student peer, and one to a faculty question) on two different days during the week

NR507-11171 Discussions Week 5: Discussion: Choose Your Own Pathophysiology Adventure: Part 2 of 3

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Preparing the Assignment

Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the discussion. Contact your course faculty if you have questions. 

General Instructions 

This discussion represents the second step in a three-step discussion series where you will choose your pathophysiology adventure to analyze and present to the class. Students will continue to explore the disease process that was chosen in Week 2. In this step of the discussion series, you will describe the pathophysiology of your chosen condition from Week 2 and its manifestations, diagnosis, and lifespan considerations. You will also create your case study. 

Include the following sections:

  1. Application of Course Knowledge:Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.  
  1. Describe the pathophysiology of the chosen condition. What is the condition’s etiology, signs and symptoms, complications, and risk factors? 
  2. Discuss how the condition is diagnosed. What are relevant assessment findings, labs, and imaging studies? 
  3. Explain how the pathophysiology of the condition might differ across the lifespan. Does the condition manifest in pediatric, pregnant, breastfeeding, and older adult populations? How might the condition look different across the lifespan? 
  4. Create your case study based on the chosen condition (~ 1,000 words or less using bullet points and full sentences). Start with the diagnosis and work backward to develop a clinical scenario that leads to this diagnosis. Include the client’s name, social background, symptoms, lab results, medical or surgical history, and other relevant details. 
  1. Integration of Evidence: Integrate relevant scholarly sources as defined by program expectations:  
  1. Cite a scholarly source in the initial post. 
  2. Cite a scholarly source in one faculty response post. 
  3. Cite a scholarly source in one peer post. 
  4. Accurately analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles from evidence with no more than one short quote (15 words or less) for the week.  
  5. Include a minimum of two 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.  
  1. Peer Response: Respond to at least one peer on a condition other than the one you selected.  
  2. Faculty Response: Respond to at least one faculty post.  
  3. 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 free of errors. 
  3. Wednesday Participation Requirement:Provide a substantive response to the graded discussion topic (not a response to a peer or faculty), by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.  

7. Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic, one to a student peer, and one to a faculty question) on two different days during the week.

NR507-11171 Discussions Week 4: Collaboration Café

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Preparing the Collaboration Café

Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the collaboration café. Contact your course faculty if you have questions. 

General Instructions 

During the past four weeks, you have examined conditions affecting the immune, hematologic, cardiovascular, pulmonary, and renal systems. Some conditions can affect all of these conditions, including autoimmune disorders like systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) that cause inflammation in multiple body systems. Follow the steps below to analyze the effects of SLE on various body systems. 

Step 1: Review your assigned body system from weeks 1-4. Your assignment is based on the first letter of your last name in the chart below.

Last Name Body System
A – F Immune System
G – K  Hematologic System 
L – P  Cardiovascular System
Q – U Pulmonary System
V – Z Renal System

Step 2: Reflect on how SLE impacts your assigned body system. 

Step 3: Answer the discussion prompts below with explanation and detail, providing complete references for all citations.

Step 4: Reply to a peer with a different assigned body system. 

Include the following sections: 

  1. Application of Course Knowledge:Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail. 
  1. Describe the specific pathophysiological processes in SLE that lead to the manifestations observed in your assigned body system. How does SLE affect your assigned body system? 
  2. Discuss the symptoms and clinical manifestations of SLE on your assigned body system. How do these symptoms impact the client’s function and quality of life? Can changes in your assigned body system affect or be affected by other body systems in clients with SLE? 
  3. Discuss the diagnostic tests used to diagnose SLE-related complications in your body system. What challenges are associated with diagnosing SLE if only looking at your assigned body system? 
  4. Explore the current treatments for managing SLE symptoms associated with your assigned body system. What are the goals of these treatments and how effective are they in mitigating the impact of SLE on the body?  
  1. Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue:Engage peers by asking questions and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice: 
  1. Respond to at least one peer.  
  2. Respond to a second peer post.  
  3. 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. Wednesday Participation Requirement:Provide a substantive response to the collaboration café topic (not a response to a peer) by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.  

5. Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic and two to student peers) on two different days during the week.

NR507-11171 Discussions Week 3: Discussion

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Client Scenario

Preparing the Assignment

Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the discussion. Contact your course faculty if you have questions. 

General Instructions 

The purpose of this discussion is to examine an assigned disease process and determine which disease process explored in the discussion Janessa, the client, is experiencing. Follow the instructions below and your faculty member will reveal which disease process Janessa is experiencing at the end of the discussion week. 

Step 1: Review the following client scenario: 

Janessa, a 41-year-old female client, presents to the NP complaining of shortness of breath, weakness, and dizziness for “about a month.” She denies having a cough or recent illness. She has a history of endometriosis, and her physical assessment reveals her lungs are clear to auscultation bilaterally, and her mucous membranes are pale.  

Step 2: Review your assigned disease process from the chart below. Your assigned disease process is based on the first letter of your last name.  

Last Name Disease Process
A – H Condition: Anemia
I – P Condition: Heart Failure
Q – Z Condition: Asthma

Step 3: Review your assigned disease process and answer the discussion prompts below with explanation and detail, providing complete references for all citations.  

Step 4: Reply to a peer with a different assigned condition. 

Include the following sections:  

  1. Application of Course Knowledge:Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.  
  1. Discuss the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of your assigned disease process. Which clinical manifestations observed in Janessa’s case could be explained by the pathophysiological mechanisms? 
  2. Analyze Janessa’s clinical manifestations in the context of your assigned disease process. Do these findings support a diagnosis of your assigned disease process? Why or why not?  
  3. Identify and justify the diagnostic tests (including labs, imaging, or other diagnostic tests) that would be most appropriate for investigating a diagnosis of your assigned disease process in Janessa. What could the results of these tests look like in your assigned disease process? 
  4. Compare and contrast your response with a peer who was assigned a different condition. Does their condition fit Janessa’s case? Why or why not? 
  1. Integration of Evidence:Integrate relevant scholarly sources as defined by program expectations:  
  1. Cite a scholarly source in the initial post. 
  2. Cite a scholarly source in one faculty response post. 
  3. Cite a scholarly source in one peer post. 
  4. Accurately analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles from evidence with no more than one short quote (15 words or less) for the week.  
  5. Include a minimum of two 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.  
  1. Peer Response: Respond to at least one peer on a topic other than the initially assigned topic.  
  2. Faculty Response: Respond to at least one faculty post.  
  3. 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 free of errors.  
  3. Wednesday Participation Requirement:Provide a substantive response to the graded discussion topic (not a response to a peer or faculty) by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.  

7. Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic, one to a student peer, and one to a faculty question) on two different days during the week.