Vital Organs & Unconscious State Forum

 Based on your assigned readings and lecture materials this week, engage with your peers and me by initiating a thread or responding to another peer’s thread or one of my threads. You should post a minimum of three times.

  • Is there something you are learning this week that you are excited about?
  • Can you apply any of the concepts this week to the career you are interested in pursuing?
  • Do you have any questions about the concepts you are learning this week?
  • You are not required to initiate a thread, however,  There is no minimum or maximum word count. You will be graded on the relevance of your post to the topic and the application of the concepts.
  • When responding to your peers, you should extend, refute/correct, or add additional nuance to their posts. 
  • All replies must be constructive and follow proper netiquette. Click here to go to the Academic Continuity Guide for Students and read the Course Communication Guidelines (Netiquette)

Epidemiology

 

  • Demonstrate application of principles of epidemiology, including use of data tracking systems (CO 4)
  • Provide one example from your current or past nursing practice and consider how the principles of epidemiology were applied to enhance care (CO 4)

Instructions: 

  • You must cite and reference the course materials in your initial discussion post.

Vital Organs & Unconscious State Forum

 

Based on your assigned readings and lecture materials this week, engage with your peers and me by initiating a thread or responding to another peer’s thread or one of my threads. You should post a minimum of three times.

  • Is there something you are learning this week that you are excited about?
  • Can you apply any of the concepts this week to the career you are interested in pursuing?
  • Do you have any questions about the concepts you are learning this week?

 

Examining Nursing Specialties

 

To Prepare:

Reflect on your decision to pursue a specialty within the MSN or PMC program, including your professional and academic goals as they relate to your program: Acute Care Nurse Practioner

 Explanation of your choice of a nursing specialty within the program. Describe any difficulties you had (or are having) in making your choice, and the factors that drove/are driving your decision. Identify at least one professional organization affiliated with your chosen specialty and provide details on becoming a member. 

Strategies for Academic Portfolios

 

To Prepare:

  • Reflect on strategies that you can pursue in developing portfolios or portfolio elements that focus on academic achievements.
  • Review one or more samples from your own research of resources focused on portfolio development.
  •  Explanation of at least two strategies for including academic activities and accomplishments into your professional development goals. Then, explain how those goals may align with the University’s emphasis on social change. Be specific and provide examples.