Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the discussion. 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.
a. Discuss two factors that motivated you to enroll in the master’s degree program
in nursing (MSN).
b. Identify three Chamberlain resources available to support your success in the
MSN program.
c. Explain how you will use two self-care strategies to enhance your resilience while
completing your education.
d. Evaluate the adequacy of resources available to support your self-care management. Are
the resources adequate? If not, describe what additional resources are needed and how
to obtain them.
2. Integration of Evidence: Integrate relevant scholarly sources as defined by program
expectations:
e. Cite a scholarly source in the initial post.
f. Cite a scholarly source in one faculty response post.
g. Cite a scholarly source in one peer post.
h. Accurately analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles from evidence with no more
than one short quote (15 words or less) for the week.
i. 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.
j. Peer Response: Respond to at least one peer.
k. Faculty Response: Respond to at least one faculty post.
l. Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to
advanced nursing practice.
4. Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English
grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
5. Reference Citation: Use current APA format to format citations and references and is free of
errors.
6. Saturday Participation Requirement: Provide a substantive response to the graded
discussion topic (not a response to a peer or faculty), by Saturday, 11:59 p.m. MT of this
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.
faculty if you have questions. Include the following sections:
1. Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations
and detail.
a. Discuss two factors that motivated you to enroll in the master’s degree program
in nursing (MSN).
b. Identify three Chamberlain resources available to support your success in the
MSN program.
c. Explain how you will use two self-care strategies to enhance your resilience while
completing your education.
d. Evaluate the adequacy of resources available to support your self-care management. Are
the resources adequate? If not, describe what additional resources are needed and how
to obtain them.
2. Integration of Evidence: Integrate relevant scholarly sources as defined by program
expectations:
e. Cite a scholarly source in the initial post.
f. Cite a scholarly source in one faculty response post.
g. Cite a scholarly source in one peer post.
h. Accurately analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles from evidence with no more
than one short quote (15 words or less) for the week.
i. 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.
j. Peer Response: Respond to at least one peer.
k. Faculty Response: Respond to at least one faculty post.
l. Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to
advanced nursing practice.
4. Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English
grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
5. Reference Citation: Use current APA format to format citations and references and is free of
errors.
6. Saturday Participation Requirement: Provide a substantive response to the graded
discussion topic (not a response to a peer or faculty), by Saturday, 11:59 p.m. MT of this
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.
