Week 7 discussion

Please see attached document with instructions and grading rubric.

Assignment needed by tomorrow 08/20/2020 @ 5pm

Please read and answer the following questions. For part 2 I chose option #3.

With each passing year, the United States is becoming more racially, ethnically, and culturally diverse. This growth of diversity is not occurring in our population of healthcare professionals and this lack of parallel growth results in the provision of discordant patient care. Nurses must be educated to be able to negotiate across cultural divides that may occur during our interactions with patients whose cultural background is different from our own. Nurses must become culturally competent to provide safe, high-quality care for diverse patient populations for improved patient outcomes. 

Part 1. Discuss the following questions:

How does culture shape nurses’ concepts of health and their nursing practice?

What does it mean to be culturally competent and culturally sensitive? Why are these important in nursing? 

Part 2. Discuss the meaning of healthcare disparities.

Choose one of the following cultural groups. Discuss the healthcare disparities they encounter and culture-specific nursing considerations.

1. Asian/Pacific Islander Americans

2. Black Americans

3. Latino/Hispanic Americans

4. Native Americans/Alaska Natives/American Indians

5. White Americans

References:

1. Peer reviewed nursing scholarly journal no older than 5 years.

2. ANA textbook

RN-BSNDiscussion Rubric Feb 2018

RN-BSN Discussion Guideline and Rubric
Please read the requirements of the discussion criteria thoroughly and carefully. Download and/or Print for personal use.

The discussion
grade includes

attendance,
participation, and

content

Initial Attendance

Initial student attendance in each course will be documented through the student’s completion of the course

certification, pre-test, and introduction, which is required to be completed within the first three (3) days of the

course. Failure to log into the course and post within the first three days will result in a recorded absence. A

student’s failure to attend during that time frame may result in administrative withdrawal from the course.

General Attendance

Learners in online courses must post to the discussion boards with at least three substantive posts on three

different days every week to meet attendance requirements. Students are expected to communicate directly with

the course instructor regarding any circumstance that may result in their absence. Absence is defined as not

fulfilling any of the above requirements and failure to post initial discussion responses by Thursday of each week.

Due to the nature of some discussions, instructors may not allow students to post in advance or after the week’s

end without prior approval. Forgiveness of absences, grade deductions, or acceptance of late assignments due to

any circumstance is up to the discretion of the instructor. Each week’s posting deadline for all posts is Sunday at

11:59 pm ET.

Participation:

Participation is not the same as attendance. Course participation is met through discussion postings and submission
of assignments including quizzes/exams/weekly summaries by required due dates. Participation level is determined
by the instructor and will be evaluated throughout the week. Additional point deductions may apply.

Content:
Initial responses require the use of a scholarly nursing journal article to support the student’s own ideas and that of
the nursing community in addition to the required textbook. “Scholarly” is defined as a full-text, peer-reviewed
nursing journal article published within the last 5 years. If the article is considered a “classic”, “foundational to
nursing”, or there is a “lack of current research” for the concept, articles older than 5 years can be utilized. If older
articles are utilized, the student should be prepared to defend to the instructor and/or class, why the article was
considered and used as support. Discussion of individual experiences related to the topic is encouraged.

Academic Honesty:
It is expected that student’s will do their own work and properly paraphrase, cite, and reference any content from
other sources including the course text book when creating their discussion responses. Students are encouraged to
view Keiser University’s plagiarism policy as it relates to academic honesty. Students may not use posts that they
have used previously in the same course or from their other courses. This is considered self-plagiarism and is strictly
prohibited.

Plagiarism: The deliberate or unintentional use of another’s words or ideas without proper citation for which the
student claims authorship. It is a policy of Keiser University that students assume responsibility for maintaining
honesty in all work submitted for credit and in any other work designated by an instructor of a course. Students may
not submit the same work completed for one course in any other course, earning credit for the same work each
time. Plagiarism, because it is a form of theft and dishonesty that interferes with the goals of education, must carry
severe penalties. These penalties can be found in the Keiser University Undergraduate Catalog, Academic Honesty
Policy.

ANY occurrences of academic dishonesty or plagiarism will result in a zero grade for the entire week’s discussion
grade.

RN-BSN Discussion Rubric Feb 2018

DISCUSSION GRADING RUBRIC

Criteria Criteria Description
Exemplary (A)

90-100%
Above Average (B)

80-89%
Average (C)

70-79%
Failure (D-F)

0-69%

Initial Posts:
Use of scholarly
nursing journal
articles and APA
(25)

Initial posts must
include a current
nursing scholarly
journal article
paraphrased, cited,
and referenced in
APA format in
addition to the
required textbook.

Initial posts include
strong and
appropriate nursing
scholarly journal
articles substantively
and accurately
paraphrased, cited,
and referenced that
clearly supports the
discussion topic with
excellent APA format
in addition to the
required text.

Initial posts include
supportive nursing
scholarly journal
articles paraphrased,
cited, and referenced
appropriately but
exhibit minor gaps in
clarity of content or
accuracy of APA.
Includes reference
from textbook.

Initial posts include
nursing scholarly
journal articles or
other source and was
paraphrased, cited,
and referenced with
major gaps in clarity
of content or
accuracy of APA.
May or may not
include reference
from textbook.

Initial posts did
not include a
nursing scholarly
journal article or
were not
paraphrased
with any clear
understanding.
Other sources
may have been
present with or
without proper
APA
citations/referen
ces. May or may
not include
reference from
textbook.

Responses to
Peers:
Use of scholarly
articles or other
sources and APA
(25)

All responses to
peers must include
a minimum of one
(1) professional
source AND at least
one peer response
must include a
scholarly journal
article paraphrased
cited, and
referenced. (Sources
can include
scholarly articles
from nursing or
other relevant
disciplines, ANA
Essential texts,
professional web
sites, or the course
text. The use of web
sites such as
Wikipedia or a non-
discipline
supportive website
are not allowed)

All responses to
peers include a
professional source
substantively and
accurately
paraphrased, cited,
and referenced that
clearly supports the
peer discussion
response with
excellent APA
format. Includes at
least one scholarly
journal article.

Most all responses to
peers include a
professional source
paraphrased, cited, and
referenced
appropriately with only
some minor gaps in
clarity of content or
accuracy of APA.
Includes at least one
scholarly journal
article.

Some responses to
peers include a
professional source
paraphrased, cited,
and referenced with
or without gaps in
clarity of content or
accuracy of APA.
May or may not
include a scholarly
journal article.

None or a couple
responses to
peers include a
professional
source
paraphrased,
cited, and
referenced with
or without gaps
in clarity of
content or
accuracy of APA.

Content Quality
and Critical
Thinking (35)

Discussion
responses are
comprehensive and
relate directly to the
weekly topic by
exploring the
various aspects
(details) through
discussing or
debating and adding

Addresses all
aspects/components
of the discussion
question.
Comprehensively and
accurately analyzes,
synthesizes, or
evaluates the
selected topic and
related aspects

Addresses most
aspects/components of
the discussion
question. Selectively,
analyzes, synthesizes,
or evaluates the
selected topic and
related aspects with
minor gaps in

Addresses some
aspects/components
of the discussion
question. Minimally
analyzes, synthesizes,
or evaluates the
selected topic with
major gaps in

comprehensiveness,
accuracy, or clarity.

Presents only
superficial
knowledge with
no real analysis,
synthesis, or
evaluation of the
topic.

RN-BSN Discussion Rubric Feb 2018

to the content with
textbook and/or
other citations for
support. Responses
show evidence of
analysis, synthesis,
or evaluation of
topic and related
concepts.

Analysis –
understanding
organizational
structure by
breaking down the
parts of the
concepts:
relationships and
principles
Synthesis -putting
things together to
form a whole:
concept building
Evaluation -ability
to judge the value
of the material
being presented.

applying knowledge,
experiences, and
presenting a clear
understanding of the
week’s concepts.

comprehensiveness,
accuracy, or clarity.

Professionalism
(10)

Student addresses
classmates and/or
Instructor by name
and is respectful of
others’ ideas and
opinions. Responds
to questions asked
by instructor or
peers (if question is
posed by Saturday
of the course week).

Addressed
students/Instructor
by name for all posts.
Tone and responses
are respectful and
engaging. Responded
to all questions
posed by
Instructor/peers
(even if question was
posed on Sunday).

Most posts addressed
students/Instructor by
name. Tone and
responses are
respectful and
engaging. Responded
to all questions posed
by Instructor/peers (if
question was posed by
Saturday).

Some postings
addressed
students/Instructor
by name. Some
postings may not
reflect
professionalism. May
or may not
responded to
questions posed by
Instructor/peers.

Postings did not
reflect
professionalism
requirements
effectively.

Writing
Conventions (5)

Uses proper
sentence structure
and paragraphing
including accurate
spelling,
punctuation,
capitalization,
grammar, and a
professional tone.

Postings are very well
written in scholarly
style with excellent
writing conventions.

Postings are mostly
well written with minor
errors in writing
conventions.

Postings are
generally poorly
written with major
errors in writing
conventions making
the content difficult
to understand or
follow.

Writing
conventions are
non-conformant
in consistency
and accuracy
making the
presentation
unreadable.

Attendance and
Participation
Requirements

Each Initial post to
the required
discussion threads
are made on or
before Thursday
11:59 PM ET of each
course week.

A minimum of two
(2) responses to

If all attendance and
participation
requirements are
met, no deductions
to overall grade are
imposed.

Compliance deductions
are taken off manually
from the graded
discussion rubric raw
score.
Compliance
Deductions are as
follows:
-5 each late initial post

N/A N/A

RN-BSN Discussion Rubric Feb 2018

peers are posted on
two (2) different
days from initial
post and by Sunday
11:59 PM ET within
the course week.
One of your
required responses
can be a response
to a question asked
by the Instructor.

A total minimum of
three (3) responses
(initial post and two
responses to peers)
are present on at
least three different
days throughout the
course week.

-5 Participation on less
than 3 days for the
week
-30 for each response
to peer not posted
-40 for each initial
response not posted