Nursing exercise
Mary and Elmer’s fifth child, Melvin, was born 6 weeks prematurely and is 1-month old. Sarah, age 13, Martin, age 12, and Wayne, age 8, attend the Amish elementary school located 1 mile from their home. Lucille, age 4, is staying with Mary’s sister and her family for a week because baby Melvin has been having respiratory problems, and their physician told the family he will need to be hospitalized if he does not get better within 2 days.
- Choose two or three areas of prenatal care that you would want to discuss with Mary, and then write brief notes about what you know and/or need to learn about Amish values to discuss perinatal care in a way that is culturally congruent.
- Discuss three Amish values, beliefs, or practices to consider when preparing to do prenatal education classes with Amish patients.
Submission Instructions:
- Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.
- You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per response.)
- All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.
- Please post your initial response by 11:59 PM ET Thursday, and comment on the posts of two classmates by 11:59 PM ET Sunday.
- You can expect feedback from the instructor within 48 to 72 hours from the Sunday due date.
Grading Rubric
Your assignment will be graded according to the grading rubric.
| Discussion Rubric | |||||
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| Criteria | Ratings | Points | |||
| Identification of Main Issues, Problems, and Concepts | 5 points Distinguished Identify and demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of the issues, problems, and concepts. |
4 points Excellent Identifies and demonstrate an accomplished understanding of most of issues, problems, and concepts. |
2 points Fair Identifies and demonstrate an acceptable understanding of most of issues, problems, and concepts. |
1 points Poor Identifies and demonstrate an unacceptable understanding of most of issues, problems, and concepts. |
5 points |
| Use of Citations, Writing Mechanics and APA Formatting Guidelines | 3 points Distinguished Effectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. Exceptional use of citations and extended referencing. High level of APA precision and free of grammar and spelling errors. |
2 points Excellent Effectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. Moderate use of citations and extended referencing. Moderate level of APA precision and free of grammar and spelling errors. |
1 point Fair Ineffectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. Moderate use of citations and extended referencing. APA style and writing mechanics need more precision and attention to detail. |
0 point Poor Ineffectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. An unacceptable use of citations and extended referencing. APA style and writing mechanics need serious attention. |
3 points |
| Response to Posts of Peers | 2 points Distinguished Student constructively responded to two other posts and either extended, expanded or provided a rebuttal to each. |
1 points Fair Student constructively responded to one other post and either extended, expanded or provided a rebuttal. |
0 point Poor Student provided no response to a peer’s post.
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2 points | |
