Transforming Support in Palliative Care
- Choose an aspect of mental health, school, or end-of-life nursing that interests you. Briefly summarize what resources are available to patients within that aspect’s scope. Propose a change that is sensible both clinically and economically.
- Post your response to the forum site by Friday and peer responses by the following Tuesday at 1159 EST
Each week, I will read all the posts and comments posted to the discussion board. I will comment, where appropriate, on those posts or discussion threads that contain inaccuracies or where there seems to be some confusion. I will also point out those posts/discussions that I thought were particularly thoughtful, insightful, or well written.
Transforming Support in Palliative Care
With regard to replies to other students, you can:
- Expand on or clarify a point made in the answer.
- Offer an additional argument to support a position taken in an answer.
- Suggest ways in which an idea could be more clearly expressed.
- Identify passages where you think the writer misunderstood a concept or applied it incorrectly.
- Disagree with a point or position made in an answer.
If you are disagreeing with the views of another student, please be constructive and respectful.
You may criticize a position but not the author. State precisely the point with which you disagree. Offer reasons why you think their view is incorrect and support your position by citing the text or other sources.
A good post/comment will have some or all of the following features:
- There are virtually no errors in punctuation, spelling, grammar or usage
- All parts of the question are completely answered.
- The answer avoids unsupported generalizations.
- Use of supporting information is superior.
- The ideas reflect critical thinking and insight.
- There is some originality in the writer’s response.
- The content has depth and substance.
- The post/comment holds the reader’s interest.