Week 6 discussion

N362 Family and Societal Nursing for RNs

Discussion Board Guidelines

The Group Discussion provides you with an opportunity to participate in scholarly discussion about the readings and content for this course. Each student will be assigned to a Discussion Board (DB) Group. All students are expected to participate in each assigned group discussion. Your initial posting in your group discussion should be posted by 11:59pm CST on Wednesday to receive maximum points; this allows your group members enough time to read and respond to your initial post. Your response posting in your group discussion should be posted by 11:59pm CST Sunday to receive maximum points.

Initial Postings

Your posting should be no more than 2 pages (single spaced). Compose your post initially in a word document, then copy/paste it directly onto the discussion board. Please do not post word documents as attachments, as this requires other group members to download, read, and respond to material that cannot be seen directly on the discussion board. You are encouraged to share personal experiences and insights that you are comfortable sharing with the instructor and your peers.

For your initial post, the goal is to answer/respond to your assigned topics, applying what you have found in your assigned readings or other relevant sources. Clarify the content and major points in the readings, and help your peers understand the topic/issue you are posting about. You must cite your reference(s) below your posts, using APA format. At least one reference must be used to get a 10/10 on the discussion.

Responding to group members’ posts

Read and respond to your group members’ postings with meaningful, substantive comments to stimulate their thinking. Whenever possible, offer relevant examples, making connections between the posted topic and your own or others’ experiences. You must cite your reference(s) below your posts, using APA format. At least one reference must be used to get a 10/10 on the discussion.

Weekly discussions will end on Sunday at 11:59 pm CST. For grading purposes, only posts and responses that occur during the designated week for that module discussion will be graded.

Family and societal issues often raise strong opinions and controversy. We want to have a stimulating discussion, and group members may have differing views on many of the issues. Remember to keep a professional tone to the discussion, and to state your differing viewpoints respectfully. When you state your views, please back them up with facts and data related to family nursing. Science is the father of knowledge but opinion breeds ignorance. Hippocrates.

See the Group Discussion Grading Rubric below, to understand the criteria on which you will be assessing yourself. A total of 10 points are possible for one discussion board grade.

Discussion Board Grading Rubric

Grading criteria for discussion board post

Discussion Grading Rubric

Please note: Initial weekly discussion posts are due by 11:59 pm CST on Wed. and a response to at least one other person is due by 11:59 pm CST Sunday. Any discussion posts after this time will be given zero credit. Students must actively participate in the discussion forums. Each student is expected to read all weekly discussion posts of their group, contribute one discussion post weekly, and contribute discussion responses to at least two other student’s post in their group. 10 points are possible for each discussion. Please read and understand the entire rubric below, this will impact your discussion grade:

CRITERIA	Points Possible
Spelling, Grammar and Sentence Format.
Sentences are well organized, complete and free of spelling and grammar errors. (Composed in a word document and used spell and grammar check for errors before posting to help ensure this)	2
Sentences are well organized and complete but some grammar and/or spelling errors (2 or less per paragraph)-i.e. did not use spell and/or grammar check	1.5
Sentences are complete and comprehensible, but organization needs improving to present a coherent argument or statement and/or has grammar and/or spelling errors (3 or more per paragraph)	1
Sentences inadequate organization/structure, several grammar and/or spelling errors; run-on sentences	0
Discussion Participation Timeliness and Interaction
Makes postings on at least two different days (Wed initial post due by 11:59 PM, Sun. response to two other people due by 11:59PM). Responds to at least 2 peers’ postings and reads all posts in assigned group	2
Late first post and/or posts everything 1 day only. Responds to at least 2 peers’ postings and reads all posts in assigned group	1.5
Responds to only 1 peer’s posting	1
Does not reply to or provides minimal comments and information to other participants	0
Content of Initial Posting
Initial posting is clear and concise, completely addresses all parts of the discussion, and demonstrates that the course content was reviewed, analyzed, understood and well synthesized. Content was applied through use of relevant examples. Posts by 11:59PM Wed.	2
Initial posting reasonably clear and concise, addresses most, but not all of the discussion, and demonstrates sufficient understanding, analysis and application of the content through use of examples. Posts by 11:59PM Wed.	1.5
Initial posting shows superficial understanding and analysis of the content, or is limited to substance that could be derived from others’ postings, and/or late initial post	1
No initial posting, or discussion was not related to the content.	0
Content of Responses to Others’ Postings
Response to others’ postings advances discussion such as: critical analysis or another interpretation of posted idea, provide example(s) to illustrate post, provide additional information/explanation on the topic, provide additional resources (e.g. a journal article or URL), reflect on the content in the context of your practice, discuss how you might apply something you learned in the post to your practice, share a related experience from work or life	2
Response to others’ postings incomplete (i.e. less than 3 sentences) and/or superficial	1.5
Response to others’ postings limited to agree or disagree	1
Does not respond to others’ postings	0
APA Format for initial Posting
Provides evidence-based, scholarly resources to support one’s position on the posed topic or idea for the initial posting; resources are correctly & accurately presented in APA Format as cited in text and referenced at the bottom of the discussion	2
Provides evidence-based, scholarly resources for the initial posting, but uses incorrect APA Format in text citation and/or at the incorrect APA format for referencing at the bottom of the post	1.5
Does not cite sources within the initial post, but does provide scholarly references at the bottom of the post.	1
Provides no scholarly reference to support position in the initial post	0