Instructions

Analyze: Discourse Communities

Evaluation Title: Discourse Communities 

Before starting a research project it is imperative to recognize your discourse community. This will lead you to suitable places to conduct your research and will assist you in communicating with your audience in a language that they recognize and relate to.

To complete this assessment, consider the discourse communities or groups of people with whom you share common interests. Consider the individuals that discuss topics important to the group.

• List all learning and social discourse communities that you are a member of.

Respond to the questions below in an essay that provides an analysis of your discourse communities.

• What topics of discussion, issues, problems, or concerns keep these communities together? What constitutes new knowledge for your group? Is it created experimentally, through discussion, or through a combination of these two and other methods?
• How would you characterize the kinds of language which each of these communities uses? Is it formal, informal, complex, simple, and so on? How are the community’s reasons for existence you listed in the first question reflected in their language?
• When you entered into the community, did you have to change your discourse, both oral and written, in any way, to be accepted and to participate in the discussions of the community?
• Does your community or group produce any written documents? These may include books, professional journals, newsletters, and other documents. What is the purpose of those documents, their intended audience, and the language that they use? How different are these documents from one community to the next?
• How often does a community you belong to come into contact with other intellectual and discourse groups? What kinds of conversations take place? How are conflicts and disagreements negotiated and resolved? How does each group adjust its discourse to hear the other side and be heard by it?

Validate your statements and opinions with supporting evidence (citations and references) in APA form.

Library Assignment #1 – AACN Essentials Paper Due Saturday

The purpose of this assignment is to provide a concise description and appraisal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials of master’s Education in Nursing. Following APA guideline, provide a brief explanation on each of the essentials reflecting on each essential affects the clinical practice and the author’s interpretation of each essential. Make sure to include a (Title page, abstract, introduction, body, conclusion, and reference page). 

Please find that AACN Masters Degree Essentials attached as a reference.

Upon completion. submit your assignment via Turn-it-in.com. Your plagiarism score must be below 20%. The utilization of paraphrasing or quotations with proper in-text citations will help lower your score. Refer to APA 7th ed.  guidelines. 

Title Page: Title of article, journal information, and your name and date. (1 point)

Abstract: Summary of an article (1-2 paragraphs). (1 point)

The Problem: (2 or 3 paragraphs). (1 point)

Is the problem clearly stated?
Is the problem practically important? What is the purpose of the study? What is the hypothesis?
Are the key terms defined?

Review of Literature: (1 -2 paragraphs). (2 points)

Are the cited sources pertinent to the study? Is the review too broad or too narrow?
Are the references recent?
Is there any evidence of bias?

Design and Procedures: (3-4 paragraphs). (2 points)

What research methodology was used? Was it a replica study or an original study? What measurement tools were used?
How were the procedures structures?
Was a pilot study conducted?
What are the variables?
How was sampling performed?

Data analysis and Presentation: (1 – 2 paragraphs) (2 points)

How was the data analyzed?
Did findings support the hypothesis and purpose? Were the weaknesses and problems discussed?

Conclusions and Implications: (2-3 paragraphs). (1 point)

Are the conclusions of the study related to the original purpose? Were the implications discussed?
Whom the results and conclusions will affect?
What recommendations were made at the conclusion?

What is your overall assessment of the study and the article?

Total 10 points (100%)

Im asking for 7 pages to develop the assignment. Due date: Wednesday 20th @8:00am. Please make sure it is Plagarism free (less than 20%). Use APA 7th ed. 

 

Instructions

Analyze: Discourse Communities

Evaluation Title: Discourse Communities 

Before starting a research project it is imperative to recognize your discourse community. This will lead you to suitable places to conduct your research and will assist you in communicating with your audience in a language that they recognize and relate to.

To complete this assessment, consider the discourse communities or groups of people with whom you share common interests. Consider the individuals that discuss topics important to the group.

• List all learning and social discourse communities that you are a member of.

Respond to the questions below in an essay that provides an analysis of your discourse communities.

• What topics of discussion, issues, problems, or concerns keep these communities together? What constitutes new knowledge for your group? Is it created experimentally, through discussion, or through a combination of these two and other methods?
• How would you characterize the kinds of language which each of these communities uses? Is it formal, informal, complex, simple, and so on? How are the community’s reasons for existence you listed in the first question reflected in their language?
• When you entered into the community, did you have to change your discourse, both oral and written, in any way, to be accepted and to participate in the discussions of the community?
• Does your community or group produce any written documents? These may include books, professional journals, newsletters, and other documents. What is the purpose of those documents, their intended audience, and the language that they use? How different are these documents from one community to the next?
• How often does a community you belong to come into contact with other intellectual and discourse groups? What kinds of conversations take place? How are conflicts and disagreements negotiated and resolved? How does each group adjust its discourse to hear the other side and be heard by it?

Validate your statements and opinions with supporting evidence (citations and references) in APA form.

Create a professional presentation of your evidence-based intervention and change proposal to be disseminated to an interprofessional audience of leaders and stakeholders. Include the intervention, evidence-based literature, objectives, resources needed, anticipated measurable outcomes, and how the intervention would be evaluated. Submit the presentation in LoudCloud for feedback from the instructor.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

 CASE STUDY: An Older Immigrant Couple: Mr. and Mrs. Arahan Mr. and Mrs. Arahan, an older couple in their seventies, have been living with their oldest daughter, her husband of 15 years, and their two children, ages 12 and 14. They all live in a middle-income neighborhood in a suburb of a metropolitan city. Mr. and Mrs. Arahan are both college educated and worked full-time while they were in their native country. In addition, Mr. Arahan, the only offspring of wealthy parents, inherited a substantial amount of money and real estate. Their daughter came to the United States as a registered nurse and met her husband, a drug company representative. The older couple moved to the United States when their daughter became a U.S. citizen and petitioned them as immigrants. Since the couple was facing retirement, they welcomed the opportunity to come to the United States. The Arahans found life in the United States different from that in their home country, but their adjustment was not as difficult because both were healthy and spoke English fluently. Most of their time was spent taking care of their two grandchildren and the house. As the grandchildren grew older, the older couple found that they had more spare time. The daughter and her husband advanced in their careers and spent a great deal more time at their jobs. There were few family dinners during the week. On weekends, the daughter, her husband, and their children socialized with their own friends. The couple began to feel isolated and longed for a more active life. Mr. and Mrs. Arahan began to think that perhaps they should return to the home country, where they still had relatives and friends. However, political and economic issues would have made it difficult for them to live there. Besides, they had become accustomed to the way of life in the United States with all the modern conveniences and abundance of goods that were difficult to obtain in their country. However, they also became concerned that they might not be able to tolerate the winter months and that minor health problems might worsen as they aged. They wondered who would take care of them if they became very frail and where they would live, knowing that their daughter had only saved money for their grandchildren’s college education. They expressed their sentiments to their daughter, who became very concerned about how her parents were feeling. This older couple had been attending church on a regular basis, but had never been active in other church-related activities. The church bulletin announced the establishment of parish nursing with two retired registered nurses as volunteers. The couple attended the first opening of the parish clinic. Here, they met one of the registered nurses, who had a short discussion with them about the services offered. The registered nurse had spent a great deal of her working years as a community health  nurse. She informed Mr. and Mrs. Arahan of her availability to help them resolve any health-related issues.

 Reflective Questions

 1. What strategies could be suggested for this older adult couple to enhance their quality of life?

 2. What community resources can they utilize?

 3. What can the daughter and her family do to address the feelings of isolation of the older couple?

 4. What health promotion activities can ensure a healthy lifestyle for them? 

Required Instructional Resources and Materials: Edelman, Kudza (2018). Health Promotion throughout the Life Span. (9 th Ed.). Elsevier ISBN: 978-0- 323-41673-3.

Recommended Resources:

Buttaro, T., Trybulski, J., Polgar-Bailey, P., & Sandberg-Cook, J. (2021). Primary Care: Interprofesisonal Collaborative Practice, (6th ed.). Elsevier ISBN: 978-0-323-57015-2.

Family Nurse Practitioner Review and Resource Manual Volume 1. 5 th Ed. SBN: 978-1-935-21390-1 Reinisch, C. (2016).

Family Nurse Practitioner Review and Resource Manual Volume 2. 5 th Ed. ISBN: 978-1-935-2194-9

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service. (2010) Healthy People 2020: National health promotion and disease prevention objectives. Washington, D.C.: http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/default.aspx. For more information on Health Promotion and Prevention of Disease see this: https://www.encyclopedia.com/medicine/educational-magazines/prevention-disease