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Week 1 Discussion
Shohreh Nikzad
Chamberlain University
NR581NP Foundational Concepts for Advanced Nursing
Practice Professor Angela Thompson
September 5, 2024
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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.
Week 1 Discussion
I enrolled for a master's degree in nursing for a number of reasons. One of the reasons is
that I believe in continuous improvement in the profession, as there are new technologies and
Week 1 Discussion
Shohreh Nikzad
Chamberlain University
NR581NP Foundational Concepts for Advanced Nursing
Practice Professor Angela Thompson
September 5, 2024
, 2
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.
Week 1 Discussion
I enrolled for a master's degree in nursing for a number of reasons. One of the reasons is
that I believe in continuous improvement in the profession, as there are new technologies and
