Purpose

Threaded discussions are interactive assignments that require current scholarly literature to support and validate information presented. The purpose of the threaded discussion (TD) is to engage with the class instructor and peers to apply, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate course-related concepts and topics, to facilitate achievement of course learning outcomes. Participation in the TDs generates opportunities for students to actively engage in the written ideas of others by carefully reading, researching, reflecting, and responding to the contributions of their peers and course faculty. TDs foster the development of members into a community of learners as they share ideas and inquiries and integrate knowledge from other disciplines. Written interactions on the discussion show respect and sensitivity to peers’ gender, cultural and linguistic background, sexual orientation, political and religious beliefs.

Each threaded discussion requires interaction with peers and/or the instructor, with active engagement in the TD on at least 2 separate days of the assigned week.

Course Outcomes

This discussion enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

• CO 1: Examine leadership competencies and underpinnings essential for advanced nursing practice. (POs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
• CO 5: Develop professional competencies to lead in diverse healthcare settings. (POs 2, 3, 4, 5)

Threaded Discussion Overview

Threaded Discussion assignments will open on Sunday preceding the start of a designated week, and end on Sunday at 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Weeks 1-7, and on Saturday at 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 8.

In each TD, students are expected to post the following during the week:

• Initial post
• Minimum of one responsive post to a peer or the instructor

In each TD, students are expected to be actively engaged in the discussion on 2 separate days of the week. Dialogue must be substantive in nature, addressing specific concepts and topics noted in the TD question and contributing to further discussion with peers. No more than one short quote (15 words or less) may be used within the TD per week.

The initial posting must meet the following expectations:

• Addresses the TD question in a thorough, substantive manner.
  • Demonstrates application of scholarly resources
    • Provides relevant evidence oftwo scholarly resources in the initial post clearly stating how the evidence informed or changed professional or academic decisions.
    • One scholarly resource must be from a nursing peer review journal.
  • Demonstrates Application of Course Knowledge
    • Demonstrate the ability to analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles and concepts learned in the course lesson and outside readings and relate them to real-life professional situations.
    • Compares concepts and principles from the weekly lesson with personal experience as it applies to the practice setting.
  • Includes correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax, sentence, and paragraph structure.
  • Includes a minimum of twoscholarly sources, current within five years, to support information presented.
    • Scholarly sources required for the TD must be sources that are separate from course-related sources and/or reading assignments.
    • If course-related sources or readings are used as a source in the TD, they must be in addition to the required scholarly sources for the discussion and must be cited following the current APA guidelines.
    • If used as a source in the assignment, course-related readings must meet the criteria for scholarly work current, within five years.
    • Sources older than five years may not be used without the permission of the course professor.
    • Correct APA format for citing and referencing sources is applied.

The responsive posting must meet the following expectations:

• Responds to at least one peer or the course instructor.
• Responsive postings are substantive in nature, with a logical flow of ideas that contributes to further discussion
  • Demonstrate the ability to analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles and concepts learned in the reviewing peer/instructor’s responses, course lesson and outside readings and relate them to real-life professional situations.
  • Substantive responses which further the discussion include considerations such as: asking questions, offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice.
• Include correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax, sentence, and paragraph structure.
• When appropriate to the information shared, scholarly support should be included to credit the author.

Expectations for total participation requirements for the week, and timeliness of postings for the TD include:

• Discussion postings must occur on 2 separate days of the weekfor all weeks where TD assignments occur.
• For TD Assignments that take place during Weeks 1 – 7, the due date for the initial posting is Wednesday 11:59 p.m. MT; the due date for responsive posting is Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT of the week that corresponds with the assigned.
• For TD Assignments that take place during Week 8, the due date for the initial posting is Wednesday 11:59 p.m. MT; the due date for responsive posting is Saturday 11:59 p.m. MT, at the end of Week 8.

Initial Post

Change in healthcare is ongoing and inevitable. Nurse leaders are called to innovate at a rapid rate to transform healthcare delivery across the care continuum.

1. Describe a situation in which a change was implemented in your professional practice environment.
2. Analyze how well the change was implemented using one of the following models: Lewin’s Theory of Planned Change, Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA), or Kotter’s 8-Step Process for Leading Change.
3. Identify and discuss one barrier to implementing the change process. Identify and discuss one factor that facilitated the change process.
4. Evaluate your personal level of change acceptance based on the information provided in the Week 5 Explore lesson. How might your level of change acceptance influence your ability to lead change?

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