Follow these directions: Access the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Website http://www.guideline.gov/browse/by-topic.aspx 2. Find a Clinical

Follow these directions:

Access the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Website

http://www.guideline.gov/browse/by-topic.aspx

2. Find a Clinical Practice Guideline of your interest.

3. Briefly describe the guideline

4. Report on one recommendation and the level of evidence associated with the recommendation

5. Examine the recommendations. Were all recommendations based on study findings with the highest level of evidence? Explain

Participation Requirements

The student must answer the graded discussion with a substantive reply to the graded discussion question(s)/topic(s) posted by the course instructor by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time of each week. Two scholarly sources references are required unless stated otherwise by your professor. . 

Here are the categories of the new discussion rubric:

Initial Post relevance to the topic of discussion, applicability, and insight. (20%)

Quality of Written Communication Appropriateness of audience and words choice is specific, purposeful, dynamic, and varied. Grammar, spelling, punctuation. (20%)

Inclusion of DNP essentials explored in the discussion as well as the role-specific competencies as applicable.(10%)

Rigor, currency,  and relevance of the scholarly references. (Use articles that are below 5 years). (20%)

Peer & Professor Responses. The number of responses, quality of response posts. (20%)

Timeliness of the initial post and the answers to the peers. (10%)