NURS 340 Week 1 Discussion
Discussion Board
Analyze the roots of public health nursing and its influence on practice today. What significant changes or historical events have made public health what it is today?
The Discussion Board is designed to stimulate class dialog that would normally take place in a face-to-face setting. Participation in the Discussion Board serves as a learning strategy to help demonstrate your knowledge of the course content.
To earn full weekly discussion credit, students are expected to comment on all prompts posed by the instructor and provide responses to classmates. Each Discussion Board post will be assessed using a rubric (under the My Grades menu item). In addition to reviewing the grading criteria in the rubric, please note the following expectations for Discussion Board posts:
Discussion posts must be completed during the week they are assigned. Discussion posts made in advance of the assigned week will not count toward your grade. If you wish to work ahead, please compose your responses in a Word document, then post when the week arrives.
Each week, you are required to submit a reply to each initial prompt and replies to your peers or instructors in the Discussion Board. The required posts are as follows:
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- No later than Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. (Pacific time) each week, you must respond to each initial prompt posted by the instructor. An automatic 10% deduction will be assessed for all late initial postings. Please note that there may be one or two initial prompts per week, depending on the course material. It is your responsibility to reply accordingly -AND-
- Throughout the week, and no later than the conclusion of each week, you must reply to a minimum of two (2) peers or instructors, per prompt although replying to more is highly encouraged. Replies must be made throughout the week to show active participation.
Any post made in the Discussion Board must be well-developed. NURS 340 Week 1 Discussion
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- A well-developed post is meaningful, shows relevance to the topic, and reflects your knowledge of the material. Well-developed posts demonstrate synthesis of the subject matter, extend the discussion by building on previous posts, and include proper source citations, when applicable. Posts limited to “I agree,” “Great posting,” or “Thank you” will not be assessed as well-developed, and will therefore not be considered a contribution to the number of required weekly posts.
According to (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2016), population-centered nursing emphasizes the community where nursing is based in the population providing care on-site to individuals or group members of the population, the essence of Public Health Nursing. We can look back to the days of Florence Nightingale and see the work and efforts she put in during the Crimean War, in her efforts in helping the soldiers, implementing cleanliness, and placing emphasis on the environment in when care is rendered. Those were some of the earliest concepts on public health nursing. What has led to significant changes in public health, has been in large part due to costs. The rising costs of health care, and admitting people into hospitals has become astonishing. This fact places more emphasis on public health and or community nursing, in ensuring we as nurses educate and prevent disease in the community. The 2010 legislation, The Affordable Health Care Act, has also led to more emphasis being place on public health. Emphasizing health education within the community helps in the prevention of disease, which has a direct effect on efforts to decrease health care costs, and patients being admitted to hospitals. NURS 340 Week 1 Discussion
Stanhope, M., Lancaster, J. (2016). Public Health Nursing: Population-Centered Health Care in the Community, 9th Edition. [Bookshelf Online]. Retrieved from https://vsaccess.vitalsource.com/#/books/9780323321532/
Excellent post! You addressed a few interesting points. Public Health works inside the society to improve the overall well-being of the area. Turnock (2001) defines Public health as shared efforts aimed at identifying and addressing the deplorable realities which culminate in preventable and needless community health outcomes. The health of each person can be affected in dependence of several factors including life styles, race, age, genetics and the environment in which each individual lives. We can educate our community about different health problems. Prevention of diseases plays a fundamental role in the health of every human being. Thanks to public health we can achieve the welfare of our community. While in hospitals there are doctor and nurses trying to save a patient’s life, those who are in public health work hard to prevent disease from occurring. Also they improve the quality of life, help families thrive and decrease human affliction. Public health nursing practice has had a great influence on the current community health status of the global society. We all play a part in participating in the promotion of public health in our communities. NURS 340 Week 1 Discussion
Reference:
Turnock, B.J. (2001). Public Health: What it is and (2nd ed). Gaithersburg, MD, Aspen Publishers, Inc
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS
Discussion Questions (DQ)
- Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
- Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
- One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
- I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation
- Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
- In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
- Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
- Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality
- Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
- Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
- I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes
- I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
- As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
- It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy
- For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
- Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
- Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
- Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy
- The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
- Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
- If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
- I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
- As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication
- Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
- Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
- Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.
