This guide is for NURS 718 Week 1 Discussion Board Forum 1, start to submission. A comprehensive, graduate-level thread on the provided informatics prompt, with replies to two classmates.
NURS 718 is Informatics, Technology and Trends for Transforming Health Care, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's DNP. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as NURS718; it is the same course.
| Course | NURS 718 Informatics, Technology and Trends for Transforming Health Care |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 1 |
| Points | 100 points |
| Length | Not set in the guide; a comprehensive thread and 2 replies |
| Replies | 2 classmates' threads |
| Sources | Course readings and scholarly sources |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Canvas discussion thread; current APA |
What NURS 718 Week 1 Discussion Board Forum 1 asks for
Forum 1 is due in Module/Week 1 with Tan and Payton chapters 1, 2 and 14 and Zaccagnini and White chapter 4, the informatics Essential. You create a thread in response to the provided prompt; the guide requires it to be comprehensive, demonstrate course-related knowledge and be written at the graduate level. You then reply to two classmates. Worth 100 points.
Where it fits in NURS 718
In the published schedule, Discussion Board Forum 1 is one of 8 graded written assignments in NURS 718. It is the first written assignment in the course; the next is Week 2 Discussion Board Forum 2.
How NURS 718 Week 1 Discussion Board Forum 1 is graded
Liberty grades Discussion Board Forum 1 with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 100 points in the published guide. That is about 10% 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 718 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 940 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 begins on Monday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Sunday 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 718 Week 1 method, step by step
Read the prompt against the week's material
Open the Discussion Board Forum 1 prompt in Canvas and list every question it asks before you read anything else. Most NURS 718 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
Lead with the claim, not the background. One sentence that answers the prompt, one that says why, and the reader of your NURS 718 thread knows exactly what the next paragraphs will prove.
Build the body from course concepts
Name the concept from the textbook or presentation, define it in one line, and then apply it to the case or question in the prompt. Application is what separates a strong thread from a summary of the chapter.
Place the sources where they do work
Use Course readings and scholarly sources. 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
Close the argument with application. Name the setting and what someone there would do differently because of your answer.
Write replies that add something
Replies are graded too (2 classmates' threads). 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 718 Week 1 Discussion Board Forum 1
Word targets are planning numbers for about 500 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. | ~80 words |
| Concept | Define the course concept from the week's reading that the prompt turns on. | ~140 words |
| Application | Apply the concept to the case, setting or question in the prompt. | ~150 words |
| Evidence | Bring in the required sources where they support a specific claim. | ~100 words |
| Close | Restate the answer and what it means for practice or the field. | ~30 words |
A topic angle that works
Zaccagnini and White's chapter frames informatics as a DNP competency, not an IT job. Use one system you work with daily (the EHR, barcode medication administration, a nurse call system) to show what a DNP-prepared nurse should be able to evaluate about it.
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.
Barcode medication administration is a good test of the DNP informatics role, because the technology works and the workarounds still happen.1 Studies of BCMA find that nurses override scanning when wristbands fail or medications arrive without readable barcodes, and each workaround reopens the error the system was built to close.2 Evaluating that system is a DNP task: measure the override rate, find the workflow causes and fix them with the pharmacy and IT, which is the interprofessional informatics leadership the Essentials describe.3
- Picks a concrete system.
- Uses research to show the gap.
- Defines the DNP role with the course text.
Mistakes that cost points on NURS 718 Week 1
- A thread that describes technology without evaluating it.
- Writing below the graduate level the guide requires.
- Replies that only agree.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: Not set in the guide; a comprehensive thread and 2 replies
- Sources: Course readings and scholarly sources
- Replies: 2 classmates' threads
- 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
How is NURS 718 Forum 1 graded?
The guide requires a comprehensive thread that demonstrates course-related knowledge at the graduate level, plus replies to 2 classmates.
How many points is NURS 718 Week 1 Discussion Board Forum 1 worth?
100 points in Liberty's published course guide for NURS 718, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 10% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is NURS 718 Week 1 the same in every section of NURS 718?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for NURS 718. 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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