This guide is for NURS 220 Week 5 Discussion Board Forum 2, start to submission. The second forum: a 250-word formal thread and two 150-word replies, each with a peer-reviewed source.
NURS 220 is Advanced Nursing Communication, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's RN to BSN. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as NURS220; it is the same course.
| Course | NURS 220 Advanced Nursing Communication |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 5 |
| Points | 75 points |
| Length | Thread at least 250 words (citation not counted) |
| Replies | 2 replies of at least 150 words, each with 1 peer-reviewed source |
| Sources | 1 peer-reviewed source in the thread and in each reply; the Bible may be used but does not count |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Canvas discussion thread; formal language; current APA |
What NURS 220 Week 5 Discussion Board Forum 2 asks for
Forum 2 is due in Module/Week 5 with Patterson et al. chapter 6, the same week as the personal PowerPoint. Same rules: a formal 250-word thread with a peer-reviewed source and two 150-word replies with one each. Worth 75 points.
Where it fits in NURS 220
In the published schedule, Discussion Board Forum 2 is one of 11 graded written assignments in NURS 220. It follows Week 4 APA Paper Final and comes before Week 5 Personal PowerPoint Presentation. The same week also has Personal PowerPoint Presentation, so plan the week's writing together.
How NURS 220 Week 5 Discussion Board Forum 2 is graded
Liberty grades Discussion Board Forum 2 with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 75 points in the published guide. That is about 7% of the course's 1,010 points. Read the rubric first. Each row is a criterion, and the wording of the highest column is the closest thing you have to a model answer.
Course grades in NURS 220 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 900 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course module/week (except Module/Week 1) begins on Tuesday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Monday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final module/week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The NURS 220 Week 5 method, step by step
Read the prompt against the week's material
Open the Discussion Board Forum 2 prompt in Canvas and list every question it asks before you read anything else. Most NURS 220 prompts ask two or three linked things; a thread that answers only the first is graded as incomplete no matter how well it is written.
Take a position in the first two sentences
Graders read dozens of threads. State your answer to the main question at the top, then spend the rest of the thread earning it. A thread that warms up for a paragraph loses the reader before the course concepts arrive.
Build the body from course concepts
Each body paragraph should carry one idea from the Advanced Nursing Communication reading, put to work on the prompt. Define it briefly, apply it, and say what it changes. Repeating the chapter back is the most common reason threads score in the middle of the rubric.
Place the sources where they do work
Use 1 peer-reviewed source in the thread and in each reply; the Bible may be used but does not count. A citation belongs to the sentence it supports; a reference list with sources that never appear in the paragraphs does not count toward the requirement in practice.
Connect it to practice
Show what the answer changes in a real setting: a unit, a team, an organization or a client. Graders in NURS 220 look for the line between the concept and its use.
Write replies that add something
Replies are graded too (2 replies of at least 150 words, each with 1 peer-reviewed source). Agree or disagree with a specific point, add a source or example the classmate did not use, and ask one real question. Praise alone does not meet the word count in substance.
A structure for NURS 220 Week 5 Discussion Board Forum 2
Word targets are planning numbers for about 250 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Opening | Answer the main question of the prompt directly and state your position. | ~40 words |
| Concept | Define the course concept from the week's reading that the prompt turns on. | ~70 words |
| Application | Apply the concept to the case, setting or question in the prompt. | ~70 words |
| Evidence | Bring in the required sources where they support a specific claim. | ~50 words |
| Close | Restate the answer and what it means for practice or the field. | ~20 words |
A topic angle that works
Chapter 6 deals with mastering your stories, the stories people tell themselves that fuel emotion. Apply it to a nursing scene where a nurse's story about a colleague or patient drove a reaction.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
Before I spoke to a colleague who left a patient unchanged at shift change, I had already decided she was lazy.1 Patterson et al. describe this as a villain story, and they suggest asking why a reasonable person would do what she did, which in this case led me to learn she had been pulled to a rapid response.2 Questioning my story turned a confrontation into a conversation about how we cover each other in emergencies.3
- Uses an honest example.
- Names the textbook concept precisely.
- Shows how the skill changed the outcome.
Mistakes that cost points on NURS 220 Week 5
- Informal tone.
- Replies without peer-reviewed sources.
- Summarizing the chapter.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: Thread at least 250 words (citation not counted)
- Sources: 1 peer-reviewed source in the thread and in each reply; the Bible may be used but does not count
- Replies: 2 replies of at least 150 words, each with 1 peer-reviewed source
- Every question in the prompt is answered, in order
- The thread is typed into the text box, not attached
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
What is due in NURS 220 Week 5?
Forum 2, Worldview Checkpoint 5 and the Personal PowerPoint Presentation.
How many points is NURS 220 Week 5 Discussion Board Forum 2 worth?
75 points in Liberty's published course guide for NURS 220, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 7% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is NURS 220 Week 5 the same in every section of NURS 220?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for NURS 220. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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